Recent Posts

Suu Kyi’s jail term cut to two years by Myanmar regime

Bloomberg Myanmar’s military regime reduced Aung San Suu Kyi’s jail term to two years after a special court found her guilty in her first trial since her ouster in a February coup and sentenced her to four years in prison, according to a statement on the state broadcaster MRTV. Suu Kyi will serve her sentence at her current location thus ...

Read More »

S African prosecutor tempers expectations on corruption arrests

Bloomberg South Africa’s chief prosecutor cautioned that arrests following a three-year judicial inquiry into state corruption will take time, as she announced plans to recruit a replacement for her top investigator who quit last week. A panel led by Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo is due to complete its graft probe this month, and it will fall to National Director ...

Read More »

Olaf Scholz set to become German chancellor

Bloomberg Olaf Scholz cleared the final hurdle on his path to becoming German chancellor when Green Party members overwhelmingly approved the coalition deal with his Social Democrats and the Free Democrats. The Greens said that 86% of some 71,000 members who voted backed the accord, which includes an ambitious climate agenda and plans to upgrade Germany’s technology infrastructure. The SPD ...

Read More »
Send this to a friend