Over sixty years after gaining independence, the issue of balance between military and civilian rule still lingers in most African countries. Nevertheless, coups have become a common phenomenon in the political scene of the continent despite democratic advances made in various states. Military takeovers have overthrown elected governments in West Africa to the Sahel, claiming […]
Governments, port authorities, and local communities are putting money and effort into ports, logistics corridors, and the blue economy. From Djibouti to Mombasa, from Berbera to Port Sudan, we have learned one clear lesson: stable ports create shared prosperity. But there is one part of this Africa–Asia maritime chain that does not get enough attention. […]
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 shared on social media showed people gathered at the Lagos national stadium where people were gathering for the event. The […]
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 presidential election, was sentenced Friday in Cotonou to five years of inequality and six months of imprisonment suspended for use […]
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 gave the advice when she paid a courtesy visit to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Idris […]
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 Organisation (ILO), President Buhari said: “In the last four years, this government prioritised Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure development. Our focus […]
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 in Qatar where he had gone for treatment after the attack. He returned to Somalia to help rebuild the war-torn […]
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 Gordhan, wasn’t authorised to approve the early retirement of the SA Revenue Service’s deputy commissioner’s early retirement with full pension […]
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 other members of the U.S. Congress plan discussions on “regional security, sustainable and inclusive development and the challenges of tomorrow […]
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 week said President Trump had designated John Deaver Alexander III, Senior Advisor for Energy, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, to lead […]
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 need Chamisa to tell them that the situation at home is unbearable. People don’t need Chamisa to tell them that […]
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 2019 ahead of the Mid-Year Review Budget presentation to parliament by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. In November last year, Mr […]
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 confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja, said the president was honoured during the 172nd independence anniversary of the […]
It’s been a tumultuous week in South African politics. The continued fallout over the Public Protector’s reports on Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan and President Cyril Ramaphosa, as well former president Jacob Zuma’s testimony about spies and a plot to get rid of him before the state capture commission, played deep into the week. […]
Canada has reiterated its desire to help Cameroon solve the crisis in the North West and South West regions of the country. The stance was reiterated by the outgoing Canadian Ambassador to Cameroon Nathalie O’Neil during an audience at the Unity Palace with the Head of State Paul Biya. “We talked on the situation in […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says that while the country has problems, its democratic system based on a strong constitution has served South Africa well. Ramaphosa was speaking at the University of Johannesburg’s “25 years into our democracy conference” held at its Auckland Park campus on Tuesday. “We are all implicated in what is happening in our […]
South Africa’s highest court has ruled that the public protector – the state official in charge of investigating corruption – had lied under oath and acted in bad faith. The devastating judgement will add weight to claims that Busisiwe Mkwebane is involved in a dirty-tricks campaign to undermine President Cyril Ramaphosa and halt his campaign […]
Day 2 of Zuma’s testimony South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said he had received a death threat after his testimony the previous day to an inquiry on corruption. Appearing for the second day at the commision of inquiry into state capture, Zuma said his personal assistant received a phone call late on Monday […]
National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise says the EFF’s “unacceptable conduct” toward Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan last week is “in clear contravention of the rules of the House”. In a statement, Modise expressed “disappointment and a strong condemnation” of Thursday’s incident. After Gordhan made his way to the podium to deliver his department’s budget vote […]
The President of the Republic Paul Biya has signed a decree extending the term of office of Municipal Councillors to February 29, 2020. This follows and official communique signed and published today. The decree extends the mandate of Municipal Councillors elected during the 30 th September 2013, whose mandates were previously extended by 12months thanks […]