Governance

The Judiciary of Ghana is preparing to establish a Tax Court. In a letter from the Chief Justice to the National President of the Ghana Bar Association, the Chief Justice wrote of the intention to establish a Tax Court to deal with the…

From May 1 2021, the taxes announced by the Government in the 2021 Budget, including the new taxes on fuel, will take effect. The taxes, borne out of the Government’s objective of Economic Revitalisation, through Completion,…

Zanzibar’s first Vice President Seif Sharif Hamad, 77, who had been undergoing treatment for Covid-19 in hospital, had died, the government announced Wednesday. Husein Mwinyi, the president of the semi-autonomous island region of…

Mozambique’s health system is facing a triple threat from the coronavirus pandemic, cyclone Eloise and a large-scale outbreak in violence attributed to extremist Islamic groups in Cabo Delgado province. Almost 700 health professionals…

Somalia’s deadline to pick a new president is on Monday but that’s now unlikely after negotiations between the central government and federal states collapsed over the weekend. Somali President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo, who is seeking…

UN calls for end of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Somalia. Somalia has one of the highest rates of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the world. According to the latest Somalia Health and Demographic Survey, 99 percent of women…

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has now taken over the helm of the African Union (AU) to serve as the chairman for 1-year. He replies his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa, following the AU’s 34th…

Tanzanian’s President John Magufuli has warned the country’s health ministry against rushing into embracing the Covid 19 vaccines promoted by foreign companies and countries. Magufuli cast doubt on the global urge to develop Covid 19…