Zimbabwe’s government has said it will fire up to 25,000 civil servants in an attempt to rein in government spending, while those keeping their jobs won’t receive end of year bonuses for the next two years. Check also: Zimbabweans show support for Robert Mugabe in ‘Million-Man March’ Patrick Chinamasa, the finance minister, said on Friday that the government was struggling to ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — A 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook the Lake Victoria region of East Africa on Saturday, killing at least 11 people in Tanzania, a police official said. The country’s president said that many were dead. Check also: Facebook to donate $2 million to victims of Nepal earthquake The quake was felt as far away as western Kenya and parts ...

Uganda is pulling out of the hunt for Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army ( LRA ), taking with it the best hopes of eliminating the militia once regarded as one of the world’s most brutal. The withdrawal of the roughly 2,500 Ugandan troops from an African Union military mission, which is set to be completed by the end ...

Volkswagen will resume producing cars in Kenya by the end of the year as it looks to sell more vehicles across the East African region. Check also: BMW In Plans To Expand To 7 Other African Countries After a four decade pause in production by the German carmaker in Kenya, VW will establish an assembly plant to initially produce its Vivo ...

It’s no secret that Hillary Clinton is well ahead of her presidential opponent Donald Trump when it comes to fundraising from Silicon Valley, but the second-largest donation of the election season just pushed her financial lead even further. The $20 million infusion comes from Asana and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and his wife Cari Tuna. Check also: Mark Zuckerberg On Nigeria Tour, He ...