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Nigeria: Saraki’s Senate adjourns Sine Die

The 8th Senate, presided over by Dr Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, adjourned sine die after a valedictory session which marked the last official assignment of the 8th Senate. There were mixed feelings on at the valedictory session, when senators took turns to appraise their performance for the past four years. The News Agency of Nigeria […]

Sudan to hold elections within nine months

Sudan’s military on Tuesday announced that elections will be held within nine months, adding that it had decided to cancel all that had been previously agreed with protesters about the country’s transition. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s announcement came the after Sudan’s military forcefully broke up a weeks-long sit-in outside Khartoum’s army headquarters calling on the […]

Netanyahu fires two key ministers ahead of Israeli polls

Netanyahu fires two key ministers ahead of Israeli polls

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired two prominent ministers Sunday ahead of general elections set for September, the second time the country will go to the polls this year, an official said. An official from Netanyahu’s office confirmed on condition of anonymity that Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked had been fired, […]

Ethiopia PM – Somali president confer in Addis Ababa

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday met for talks with Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo in Addis Ababa. Abiy’s office said the two: “held discussions on bilateral issues, including further strengthening cooperation in regional peace & security. Relations between the two countries have received a greater boost in recent times with visits by both […]

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Algeria: Elections can no longer on July 4 – Authorities

The body which oversees elections in Algeria says it is not possible to hold presidential elections as planned on 4 July. A statement from the constitutional council said it was up to the president to name a new date for the vote. Algeria has seen months of anti-government protests. Long-time President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in […]

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Nigeria: Aisha Buhari Fires Another Salvo at President Buhari’s Administration

We must speak on whatever is going wrong in the country. It is not proper for us to give the highest number of votes during the general elections and allow bandits to continue killing people and keep quiet. Wife of Nigeria’s President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has challenged Nigeria’s security agencies under the watch of her […]

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DR Congo: Etienne Tshisekedi’s body returned from Belgium

After a two-year delay, the body of the father of Democratic Republic of Congo’s president is to lie in state in his home country. Veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi died in Belgium in February 2017, aged 84. But his body stayed in Brussels because of a row with former President Joseph Kabila. The deadlock ended […]

South Africa joins Ethiopia, Rwanda in small club of gender-parity cabinets

South Africa’s cabinet announced on Wednesday became the third on the African continent that has an equal number of female and male ministers. Ramaphosa who hailed the cabinet for making history as the first gender-parity cabinet in the country’s history, joins Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame who have taken similar actions. Ramaphosa’s female […]

Nigeria presidential inauguration as Buhari starts second term

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria takes his oath of office for a second and final term in charge of Africa’s most populous nation. Today’s event is on the back of his re-election in polls held on February 23. The event is slated for the Eagles Square in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Buhari was announced […]