According to Space in Africa, the African Union Commission (AUC) will officially launch the African Space Agency (AfSA) at the 2025 NewSpace Africa Conference. Egypt Space City in Cairo, will host the conference. After its…
Eritrea President Receives Saudi Arabia Honorary Award in…
Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki earlier this week (August 6) met with the commander of Saudi Arabia’s military offensive in Yemen, Lt. General Prince Fahad bin Turki Abdulaziz. Eritrea’s Minister of Information said the two held…
Nigeria Drifting Towards War – Prophet El-Buba Blasts…
General Overseer of the Evangelical Bible Outreach Ministries International (EBOMI), Prophet Isa El-Buba, has stated that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is gradually worsening the prospects of unity and cohesion in Nigeria, stressing that the…
Kenyan MP Ejected From Parliament for Attending With…
Proceedings in the Kenyan National Assembly was on Wednesday morning halted when a Member of Parliament attempted to participate in proceedings with her five-month-old baby. MP Zulekha Hassan’s move created a hold-up of quarter of…
Nigeria Should Be Saved from Buhari – Secondus
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Uche Secondus has asked journalists and other vocal Nigerians to rise and challenge the “anti-people” tendencies of President Muhammadu Buhari. Secondus, who addressed newsmen at the…
South Africa ‘Not Psychologically Ready for a Female…
Former National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete believes South Africa is not psychologically ready for a female president. Mbete was talking to SAfm's Masechaba Ndlovu on Monday evening as the radio station celebrates powerful women during…
Gambia Outdoors New Banknotes without Jammeh’s Portrait
Plans by The Gambian government to roll out new currency notes is gathering steam. The tiny West African nation uses a currency known as the Dalasi. The Central Bank chief Bakary Jammeh on Monday presented…
Mugabe Still in Singapore Hospital Since April: Zimbabwe…
Zimbabwe's ex-leader Robert Mugabe remains hopsitalised in Singapore where he has been receiving medical care for four months, his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Monday (Aug 5). Mnangagwa said in a statement that the…
Nigeria Security Forces Disperse ‘Revolution Now’ Protesters in…
Security forces have fired teargas at protesters in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos Monday morning. The Revolution Now protests called for by activists had been expressly outlawed by the police who said it was treasonable. Photos…
Benin’s Ex-PM Banned From Politics for 5 Years
Lionel Zinsou has been handed a sentence that bans him from politics for 5 years and 6 months community work. The Beninese opposition leader and former Prime Minister who came in second in the last…
How Brexit Will Favour Nigerians – UK
The British Government has said Nigerians will gain from Brexit as it was an opportunity of opening its relationship with the rest of the world. The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Gill Atkinson…
Nigeria: President Buhari Reveals Major Plan For 2nd…
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the commitment of his administration to creating jobs for the youthful population of Nigeria. Speaking Thursday in Abuja during an audience with Guy Ryder, the Director-General of the International Labour…
Somalia: Mogadishu Mayor Dies After Al Shabaab Attack
The mayor of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has died in Qatar of wounds sustained in an Al-Shabaab inspired suicide bomb attack on his office, government officials said on Thursday. Abdirahman Omar Osman, a naturalised Briton died…
Ramaphosa’s Court Tussle With Public Protector Over SARS…
One of the court tussles between President Cyril Ramaphosa and Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been postponed in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. The application relates to Mkhwebane's findings that Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin…
US Congressional Delegation Led by Nancy Pelosi visits…
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in Ghana as the head of a Congressional delegation to hold discussions with President Nana Akufo-Addo Monday and to address Ghana’s lawmakers on Wednesday. While in Ghana, Pelosi and…
Trump Sends Rep to August 1 Investiture of…
The United States will send a delegation to the investiture of new Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, which event takes place on August 1, 2019. The White House in a statement late last…
Zimbabwe: Chamisa Says He Will Not Tell People…
MDC president, Nelson Chamisa, said that Zimbabweans do not need him to call for a demonstration against the continued deterioration in the country’s economy. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday, Chamisa said: People don’t…
Ghana: Gov’t Reviews 2019 Budget to GHS 85.1…
The government of Ghana is seeking approval for extra expenditure of some GHS 6.4billion in its Mid-Year Review and Supplementary Estimates. This was contained in the Order of Business of Parliament on Monday, 29 July…
Buhari Receives Liberia’s Highest Award
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Monrovia, Liberia, received the country’s highest award, and expressed his resolve to continue to strengthen cooperation within the West African sub region. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, who…
