Billionaire tech entrepreneur Musk, who has called for major spending cuts, has been chosen alongside biotech investor Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (Doge). This acronym is a nod to Musk's…
Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Dies
Leader of the opposition party, Zimbabwe Development Party (ZDP), Kisinoti Mukwazhe has died, at the age of 49. Mukwazhe died on Sunday night at Karanda Mission Hospital after a short illness. He died after being…
Niger’s exiled opposition chief back in jail after…
Hama Amadou, the main opposition leader in Niger’s last presidential election recently returned from medical exile in France but has since hauled into jail. Multiple news portals said the former Speaker of the National Assembly,…
Ethiopia’s ruling coalition moves to merge into single…
Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front, EPRDF, the four-member ruling coalition governing Africa’s second most populous nation, on Saturday announced an agreement in principle by its top leadership to merge into one party. The decision was…
Mozambique’s top court rejects Renamo’s election challenge
Mozambique's largest opposition party Renamo has lost its bid to annul last month's election results after the country's top court threw out its challenge, according to a court judgement seen on Friday. Renamo, the rebel…
MPs Tell Ruto to Resign for Undermining Uhuru,…
Twenty-three MPs have accused DP William Ruto of undermining President Uhuru Kenyatta and demanded his resignation. They said the DP has been attacking government officials and working round the clock to scuttle Uhuru's handshake deal…
Egypt rejects UN expert report labeling Morsi death…
An Egyptian government minister slammed a UN expert who warned that former president Mohammed Morsi's death in June could amount to a "state-sanctioned arbitrary killing", but said Cairo was investigating. "The former president (Morsi) died…
US Based Nigerians, APC America Leaders Back Osinbajo
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the United States have thrown their weight behind Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, kicking against any plans to ridicule him by some people in the country. The leaders…
Amhara ruling party backs Ethiopia PM’s ‘controversial’ united…
The Amhara Democratic Party, ADP, the governing party in Ethiopia’s Amhara regional state has backed plans by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to reconstruct the ruling coalition into a united national party. Announcing the decision, a…
Guinea announces new parliamentary election date
The president of the electoral commission in Guinea announced on Saturday that the legislative elections, which have been delayed for months, will take place on 16 February 2020. The same chairman of the electoral commission…
South Sudan rival leaders agree to 100-day delay…
South Sudan's president Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar agreed on Thursday to extend by 100 days a deadline to form a power-sharing government, a regional official said, after they failed to resolve outstanding…
Why Mauritian poll is ‘referendum’ on father-son succession…
Mauritians will go to the polls on Thursday, as the reigning prime minister Pravind Jugnauth seeks his first substantive mandate, having taken officer after his father stepped down two years ago.Nearly a million voters are…
Raila Ups The Ante In Hunt For Votes…
Jolted by fears of a loss in a constituency that has been described as his “bedroom,” Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga has taken charge of last-minute campaigns for the party’s candidate in the upcoming…
ZANU PF MPs Snubbing Party Programs & Events…
Zanu Pf Youth league secretary has warned ZANU PF MPs who are not attending party programs and events that they risk losing their positions the Chronicle reports. Pupurai Togarepi was speaking at the Zanu-PF National…
Mozambique opposition files suit against ‘massive electoral fraud’
Mozambique's largest opposition party Renamo on Wednesday lodged court papers calling for the October 15 election results to be annulled due to "massive electoral fraud". Renamo, the rebel group turned opposition party, lost the election…
We’ll Dump Nasa After Kibra Poll, Says Sifuna
Raila Odinga's ODM has declared it will forge new political alliances after the Kibra by-election, signaling a collapse of the National Super Alliance (Nasa). ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna said their partners in Nasa had…
Nigeria Supreme Court dismisses appeal against Buhari’s re-election
Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 30) dismissed an appeal filed by main opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar against the re-election earlier this year of President Muhammadu Buhari. The panel headed by the Chief Justice Mohammed…
“African countries not being led into debt trap”…
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday refuted allegations that a number of countries in Africa are being led into a debt trap as they take up loans to fund a number of projects. Ramaphosa said in…
Mozambique president reelected with 74%, opposition rejects results
Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi has been re-elected with 73% of the vote and his Frelimo party will have 74% of seats in parliament, according to official results announced Sunday following elections on Oct. 15. The…
