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Mekelle has fallen again, but peace has not followed. The Ethiopia Tigray war escalation is now pulling the whole Horn of Africa into a dangerous guessing game about who will act next. A capital retaken, a war unfinished After nearly two weeks of heavy fighting, Ethiopian federal forces entered the Tigrayan capital as rebel groups, […]
Two presidents sat down in Pretoria this week with one question on the table: can the world’s youngest nation finally go to the polls? The talks centred on South Sudan elections, which are due in December, and on the fragile peace deal that has to hold until then. What the Two Leaders Discussed President Salva […]
Sudan’s rulers have agreed to hand over ex-President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face genocide and war crimes charges. Bashir is accused of serious crimes in a conflict that broke out in Darfur in 2003 and led to the deaths of 300,000. Authorities said the former president, and others charged by […]
The suspension of plenary followed a point of order raised by the Majority Leader, Sen.Abdullahi Yahaya (APC Kebbi). Abudullahi cited order 43 which gave provision for personal explanation and officially announced the death of Sen. longjan. “We have lost Sen. Longjan representing Plateau South. “He was Vice Chairman, Committee of Foreign Affairs, but died on […]
Activists of the left-wing Workers’ Party in Algeria are demanding the release of Louisa Hanoune. They demonstrated in the town of Blida, about 45 kilometres south-west of the capital, where Hanoune and Said Bouteflika, the jailed brother of the former president, are due to appear before a military court. “Through this stand, in addition to […]
Cameroon voted Sunday in polls overshadowed by a partial opposition boycott and separatist violence that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Elections for the central African country’s legislature and local councils are taking place for the first time in seven years, after two postponements. They are unlikely to ruffle the enduring rule of President […]
Fugitive leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from his safe haven in London has threatened to deal with the Abia State Commissioner of Police, Ene Okon should there be any killing on 14 February when his parents would be buried in Afaraukwu. In a message on Facebook, Kanu downgraded the commissioner and […]
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has condemned the claim by the immediate past administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State, that it built a modern Oyo State. He stated that the claim was unjustifiable bogus, noting, however, that his government was determined to lift the state out of the mess left behind […]
Kenya has asked the Africa Union to ensure it protects the integrity of the continental organisation and fidelity to its procedures over Djibouti’s insistence to continue its bid for the UN Security Council non-permanent seat. Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo, while appreciating AU’s endorsement of Kenya as Africa’s candidate for the UNSC seat, talked of […]
The annual African Union Summit has kicked off in Addis Ababa. This 33rd Ordinary Summit, which commenced on 21st January, will run until the 10th of February. Comprising statutory meetings and side events, the summit is being held under the African Union’s theme for the year 2020; Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions For Africa’s […]
The wife of the prime minister of Lesotho has been formally charged in court with murdering his previous wife. First Lady Maesaiah Thabane has not yet been asked to plead. She surrendered to police on Tuesday for questioning. Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has also been questioned. His estranged wife, Lipolelo Thabane, was shot dead outside […]
Namibia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the results of last year’s presidential election on Wednesday, saying the challengers failed to prove that the ruling party manipulated electronic voting machines. The ruling means President Hage Geingob will continue in his second term. He won in November with 56% of the vote while Namibia’s first independent presidential […]
Guinea’s president announced late Tuesday that he would go ahead with a contested plan to revise the West African country’s constitution next month, a move that threatened to further inflame political tensions after a series of deadly demonstrations. “This is a constitutional coup. I call on all Guineans to stand up to block the way […]
Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Monday nullified the results of last year’s presidential election, citing “widespread, systematic and grave” irregularities including significant use of correction fluid to alter the outcome. The two leading opposition candidates had challenged the narrow election win of President Peter Mutharika, alleging that irregularities affected over 1.4 million of the total 5.1 […]
Malawi’s Constitutional Court will on Monday deliver a ruling on last year’s disputed presidential election that led to deadly confrontations and widespread unrest. The long-peaceful southern African nation has never had a presidential vote overturned, but the two opposition candidates who teamed up for a legal challenge are hoping the Constitutional Court will agree with […]
Senator Shehu Sani has described his recent detention by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, as the most traumatizing interrogation. Sani, who represented Kaduna South in the 8th assembly, also described his detention as unfair, unjust and a clear breach of his fundamental human rights. In a statement he personally issued on Saturday, Senator […]
Lawmakers in Nigeria’s lower chamber of parliament have called on the top brass of the army to resign, failure for which the president should relieve them of their posts. Members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday agreed at their plenary sitting to make the demand after debating over rising insecurity across the country. “Following […]
Botswana’s court of appeal on Wednesday dismissed an opposition bid to challenge election results that enabled President Mokgweetsi Masisi to secure a five-year term. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) swept to a crushing majority in the October 23 general elections, securing 38 out of 57 seats in parliament. Runner-up Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), […]
Democratic Republic of Congo’s president Felix Tshisekedi marks one year in office on Friday, and while the country’s first peaceful transfer of power was historic, the journey thereafter has been bumpy. On January 24 2019, after election results that rivals bitterly contested, opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi succeeded President Joseph Kabila, who stepped down after 18 […]
The West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, and European Union delegation in the Gambia have commented on recent political ongoings in the West African country. Their statements called for the respect of the rule of law on the part of all groups staging protests for one reason or the other. It further stressed their support for […]