Isaac Kaledzi is an experienced and award winning journalist from Ghana. He has worked for several media brands both in Ghana and on the International scene. Isaac Kaledzi is currently serving as an African Correspondent for DW.
South Africa's rand fell more than 2 percent on Monday to its weakest in almost three months after S&P Global Ratings cut the country's credit score to sub-investment grade with a negative outlook after last week's dismissal of the South African finance minister.
Oil tanker drivers in Nigeria have announced an end to their strike. They had gone on strike on Monday agitating over poor working conditions and roads.
Congolese police deployed heavily across the capital Kinshasa on Monday as opposition calls for a general strike after a breakdown in talks with President Joseph Kabila's allies last week raised fears of renewed violence.
At least 10 people were killed and 50 injured when an explosion tore through a train carriage in the St. Petersburg underground system on Monday, Russian authorities said.
The Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda has said that violent incidents in the Democratic Republic of Congo could constitute war crimes.
An Indian commercial ship has been hijacked by Pirates off the coast of Somalia. A former government anti-piracy official told Reuters on Monday that the vessel is heading towards the shore.
Relatives of persons who were allegedly brutalized or killed under former Gambian leader, Yahya Jammeh say they are still devastated by the ordeal they suffered.
