An agreement that was struck on Sunday between the government and the federated states of Somalia provides for the implementation of direct universal suffrage beginning in 2024 as well as the transition to a presidential…
DR Congo: Etienne Tshisekedi’s body returned from Belgium
After a two-year delay, the body of the father of Democratic Republic of Congo's president is to lie in state in his home country. Veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi died in Belgium in February 2017,…
South Africa joins Ethiopia, Rwanda in small club…
South Africa’s cabinet announced on Wednesday became the third on the African continent that has an equal number of female and male ministers. Ramaphosa who hailed the cabinet for making history as the first gender-parity…
Nigeria presidential inauguration as Buhari starts second term
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria takes his oath of office for a second and final term in charge of Africa’s most populous nation. Today’s event is on the back of his re-election in polls held…