Politics

Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said the nation needs a character like Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. He commended El-Rufai for his pan-Nigeria character and his commitment to good governance. The former president…

Botswana's former president Ian Khama has hit back against corruption allegations, vowing to sue a lead investigator for defamation after he accused the ex-leader of syphoning-off billions in state funds. After a decade in power,…

Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping said on Tuesday that the appointment of the president's eldest son as his top aide showed that the Central African country was turning into a monarchy. Noureddin Bongo Valentin, 27,…

South Sudan’s exiled rebel leader Riek Machar is due to meet with president Salva Kiir in Juba on Tuesday. Machar’s visit was confirmed to Radio Tamazuj by the deputy spokesman of the opposition forces. The…

The Gabonese presidency has defended the recent appointment of the president’s son as a top presidential aide stressing that it was more for his competence and experience than any other reason. The 27-year-old Noureddin Bongo…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is pressing on with plans of the new Prosperity Party despite an open opposition by a close ally and Minister of Defence Lemma Megerssa. Abiy on Sunday (December 1) met…

Incumbent Namibian President, Hage Geingob, was re-elected with 56.3% of the votes cast, a very sharp drop from the 86% he received five years ago. The leader of the South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO),…

Namibia's president Hage Geingob on Friday looked set to secure a second term with partial results from this week's general election showing him leading with 56% of the vote. The southwestern African country held its…

Sudan’s National Congress Party (NCP) on Friday condemned the government’s decision to dissolve it, and confiscate its assets, insisting that its ‘ideas will prevail’. The NCP which is ousted president Omar al-Bashir’s party accused the…

Sudan’s transitional government has abolished a law criminalizing immoral conduct and indecent clothing that rights groups criticize as targeting women and say is a holdover from the three-decade rule of toppled autocrat Omar al-Bashir. Sudan’s…

Tanzania’s ruling party won more than 99 percent of seats in local elections boycotted by the opposition, according to official figures released on Monday. The vote on Sunday was for 16,000 seats for street and…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Monday warned it had a standby military force poised to “re-establish order” in the event of a coup in Guinea Bissau. The warning came as the…

Former Deputy Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Obert Gutu who is also the Vice President of the opposition MDC led by Thokozani Khupe has claimed that there are some quarters who were not…

Senior officials of MDC have said that they do not want another military coup in Zimbabwe. Since the return of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga from China on Saturday morning, there has been speculation that the…

Tanzania on Sunday held local government elections, viewed as a test case ahead of national polls next year, with the main opposition party boycotting the ballot citing violence and intimidation. The long-ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi…

Deputy President William Ruto has insisted that Kenyans should not be coerced to support Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report. Speaking at Muraga Technical Training Institute in Tharaka-Nithi County on Saturday, Dr Ruto said Kenyans must…

Zimbabwe's president Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that he arranged VP Chiwenga's hospitalisation in China directly with China's President Xi Jinping. Mnangagwa revealed this to journalists after meeting Chiwenga's at his home yesterday. I am confident…

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is back in Zimbabwe in time for the Zanu PF annual conference scheduled for 11 to 16 December in Goromonzi. He returned to Zimbabwe earlier today and was welcomed at the…