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…
South Africa’s main opposition leader resigns amid race…
Leader of South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), Mmusi Maimane, has announced his resignation from the party. His move was widely speculated by local media outlets that said it was in connection with a…
Tunisia swears in new president
Kais Saied, a political outsider and retired law professor, was sworn in as Tunisian president on Wednesday after he won a landslide victory in this month’s election. Saied’s win delivered a heavy blow to a…
African presidents resist term limits: Guinea, Burundi, Cameroon,…
Guinea’s president Alpha Conde has become the latest African head of state to seek an extension his legal mandate, a move that fuelled protests in the country this week. If Conde tries to run for…
Riek Machar visits South Sudan to save peace…
South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar on Saturday arrived in Juba to try and save the fragile peace agreement as the mid-November deadline for forming a government with President Salva Kiir approaches. The two men…
Mozambique’s Renamo wants election results cancelled
Mozambique’s main opposition party, Renamo on Saturday accused the government of violating a recent peace agreement by using “violence” during the general elections this week and called for the election to be cancelled. “The ruling…
Tunisians vote amidst political, economic woes
Citizens of the North African country, Tunisia, will go to polls on Sunday to vote in legislative elections amid political and economic challenges. Last month, contenders from Tunisia’s major political blocs, including the moderate Islamist…
Cameroon frees detained opposition leader Kamto
Cameroon’s main opposition leader Maurice Kamto walked free from jail Saturday after a military court ordered his release at the behest of long reigning President Paul Biya.Kamto was greeted by hundreds of supporters as he…
ED Says He “Stands Ready To Welcome” MDC-A…
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that all political parties who contested in the 2018 harmonised elections are welcome to take part in the Political Parties Dialogue (POLAD). Presenting his State of the Nation Address in…
Uganda police hunts for Eritrean football players
Authorities in Uganda are searching for five Eritreans who disappeared from a hotel where their team was playing in a soccer tournament. The missing players could be planning to seek asylum, which some Eritrean sports…
Nigeria presidency says Buhari will not seek unconstitutional…
The presidency in Nigeria on Tuesday dismissed reports that president Muhammadu Buhari’s government would seek a constitutional amendment to allow him seek a third term. In a statement posted on social networking site, Twitter, the…
Tunisia sets October 13 as date for presidential…
Tunisians will take to the polls on October 13 in the second round of the presidential election that pits jailed Nabil Karoui against retired law professor Kais Said. Said and Karoui’s success in beating established…
Ethiopia PM mobilises Oromo parties to cooperate in…
Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday urged political parties in his home region to work together to serve the Oromo people. Abiy, who was representing his Oromo Democratic Party (ODP) at a meeting of…
Nigeria At 59: Supreme Court Asked To Sack…
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of turning Nigeria into a joke, adding that there is nothing to celebrate except pains, division, incompetence, banditry, tribalism, and hopelessness as the…
“We’ve 2 Presidents In Zimbabwe,” – Chamisa
Leader of the opposition MDC, advocate Nelson Chamisa has said that Zimbabwe has two presidents at the moment. He said that one of them was elected by the people whilst the other one came from…
Kabogo Wants Uhuru, Raila Out Of 2022 Poll
Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo wants President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition chief Raila Odinga out of the 2022 political equation to save Kenya from a possible acrimonious contest. Mr Kabogo said the involvement of the…
Nigeria: Osinbajo lacks constitutional power to waive immunity
Lagos-based lawyer Inibehe Effiong on Thursday said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo does not have the constitutional power to waive his immunity. Effiong said this in a statement while reacting to Osinbajo’s vow to waive his constitutional…
Kenya, Somalia agree to normalise relations
Somalia and Kenya have agreed to normalise ties, following months of tension over a maritime border dispute. In talks mediated by Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the Kenyan and Somali heads of state agreed ‘to…
Algeria jails ex-president’s brother Said Bouteflika, spy chief,…
Algeria on Wednesday jailed its once-untouchable spy chief and three other members of the ruling elite, including Said Bouteflika, the former leader’s junior brother, as the army seeks to quell mass protests demanding a purge…
