In a video speech lasting around ten minutes posted on his social networks on the afternoon of 5 January, he drew up a gloomy assessment of President Patrice Talon's governance. He accuses the Beninese president…
Tunisian Establishment Stunned as Outsiders Claim Election Win
Tunisian voters appear to have up-ended their nation’s politics in Sunday’s presidential election, rejecting established leaders for two outsiders with 39% of votes counted. Kais Saied, a conservative law professor, and Nabil Karoui, a media…
Ethiopia PM tells tribes looking to break away…
On Sunday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed asked ethnic groups pushing to form breakaway regions to be patient and join him in building “a great Ethiopia”. Abiy made the plea during a visit to leaders…
Cameroon: PM Dion Ngute seeks views of legislative,…
The Prime Minister Head of government Chief Dr Joseph Dion Ngute has held consultative talks with the speaker of the National Assembly and the President of the Economic and Social Council this morning, ahead of…
India to proceed with Mahatma Ghandi statue in…
Indian government will proceed with its plans to erect a bust of Indian nationalist Mahatma Ghandi in Blantyre but changed plans from having it at an open site to put it inside Mahatma Ghandi International…
Mugabe Was A ‘Formidable Warrior’ – Rawlings’ Tribute…
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has paid glowing tribute to the late President of Zimbabwe on behalf of government and people of Ghana. At the funeral of Robert Mugabe Saturday, in the capital Harare, he…
ED Threatened Mugabe Family In-order To Get Them…
The Standard has exclusively revealed that ED threatened the Mugabe family to get the family to agree to bury Mugabe at the heroes acre. The publication says it is in possession of recordings that exposes…
Mugabe Burial Shrine Construction Process Begins
The government has started the process of constructing the mausoleum where former President Mugabe's remains will be interred it has emerged. This was revealed by Mr Nick Mangwana who spoke to journalists at the national…
Wife of Tunisia’s Late President, Beji Caid Essebsi…
The wife of Tunisia’s late president, Beji Caid Essebsi died on Sunday, as Tunisians were voting to elect his successor less than two months after his death. “My mother Chadlia, widow of Béji Caïd Essebsi,…
36 people dead as a cargo and passenger…
Thirty-six people have been declared missing when a cargo and passenger ship sank on the Congo River in the Kinshasa region, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, police announced on Sunday. The death toll…
Cameroon: Gov’t succours more IDP faimilies in Bamenda
Over 300 internally displaced families in the North West Regions have received support from the government to help them regain their normal life. The distribution of the food items fall in line with the Humanitarian…
Egypt’s Sisi rebuffs videos alleging corruption
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday said the allegations of corruption within the army and government were “lies and slander”, in his first public response to graft accusations that have gone viral online. “I…
UAE invests $4m to lift women out of…
The UAE will invest $4 million (Dh14.6 million) in a project to lift rural women in Liberia out of poverty The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Abu Dhabi green energy company Masdar and…
Mugabe stood out in anti-colonial struggle – VP…
Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe stood out as a leader because of his zeal, passion and selfless commitment to the emancipation of the people of Zimbabwe and the self realisation of black people everywhere. This…
Buhari To Attend Ecowas Summit In Burkina Faso
President Buhari will depart Abuja on Saturday to attend the one-day ECOWAS Heads of State and Government Extraordinary Summit on Counter-Terrorism, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Femi Adesina, the President's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,…
No Nigerian Arrested During Evacuation From South Africa…
Nigeria's Consul General in Johannesburg, Godwin Adama, has said no Nigerian was arrested during the evacuation of voluntary returnees following xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Mr Adama told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) through…
#ShutdownSandton: Thousands Gathering At JSE In Protest Against…
Crowds have been gathering since 03:00 on Friday at the JSE in Sandton, Johannesburg, to protest against gender-based violence. This follows the release of the South African Police Service's (SAPS) crime statistics on Thursday, which…
Sudan Crisis: Thousands Demand Justice over Protester Killings
Thousands of people have protested in Sudan to demand justice for pro-democracy demonstrators who were killed earlier this year. The crowd gathered outside the presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum, on Thursday. They chanted slogans,…
DR Congo: 50 reported dead after train accident
At least 50 stowaways were killed when a freight train derailed in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo early on Thursday, the latest rail tragedy to strike the vast central African nation. "Another disaster! Derailing at…
