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A pre-dawn attack on Baidoa, the capital city of South West State region, has been thwarted by Somali federal forces, with control remaining over the strategic city amidst rising tensions between Somalia’s federal government and regional leadership. The attack on Thursday, September 3, comes months after Somalia’s federal military took control of Baidoa, demonstrating the […]
South Africa’s police force has sacked suspended Crime Intelligence deputy head Major-General Feroz Khan, but this move will not affect the separate criminal proceedings against him. After failing to show up at the disciplinary hearing conducted by the senior official presiding over Khan’s accelerated disciplinary proceeding, the officer has been declared dismissed from the ranks […]
Eight presidential candidates stood behind their podiums aiming to impress Tunisian voters on Saturday evening in the young democracy’s first ever televised election debate. Although Tunisia has held elections twice since throwing off autocratic rule in the 2011 revolution which triggered the “Arab Spring” uprisings, democracy is still taking root and such direct questioning of […]
The recently introduced reciprocity visa fees introduced by the U.S. government for Nigerians will remain for now. This is because the American government is yet to be formally notified of any reduction by the Nigerian government, an official said. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the U.S. introduced an increased visa fee on Nigerians, saying it was […]
MDC supporter and constitutional law expert, Alex Magaisa, has criticised Mnangagwa for not understanding geopolitical and economic dynamics when he described the just ended Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) as the “first common platform to discuss African development”. According to Magaisa, this would fly in the face of China whose Forum on […]
Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has ordered general elections on October 23, as tensions rise with his estranged predecessor, Ian Khama, the man who put him in the top job. Khama, whose father led the southern African country to independence, has accused Masisi of becoming an autocrat and threatening the country’s reputation as a beacon of […]
President Mnangagwa has said that law is being applied impartially in Zimbabwe, with neither fear nor favour. Addressing Japan’s media organisations on the sidelines of the three-day Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) summit on Wednesday, Mnangagwa said: We apply the rule of law, those who commit crime, the law must apply. You cannot […]
Police in Zambia have arrested the leader of a small opposition party on charges of defaming President Edgar Lungu after the release of a video in which he allegedly inferred that the head of state was a dog. Addressing journalists as he was led by officers on Wednesday, Chishimba Kambwili, leader of the National Democratic […]
Deputy President William Ruto has said the constitutional review should be a win-win for Kenyans and not a tool to divide the country. He asked Kenyans to ignore leaders who want to take advantage of calls for a referendum to amend the Constitution as a route to create division, hatred and confusion in the country. […]
Uladi Mussa, a senior aide to Malawi President Peter Mutharika, resigned his position following a corruption indictment by the United States in July 2019. Mussa till August 8 was presidential advisor on parliamentary affairs. He tendered his resignation to the presidency days to his appearance before court over a corruption case. Despite standing down from […]
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Kennedy Osei Nyarko is already writing off John Dramani Mahama and the opposition National Democratic Congress in the 2020 polls threatening to resign from politics if the party is able to garner 48% of the total votes. The Minister who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Swedru Constituency […]
The President of Guinea, Prof. Alpha Conde was on Saturday received by President Muhammadu Buhari and members of Daura community in Katsina State. Conde was in Daura for the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. The visiting President will attend the Eid prayers with President Buhari on Sunday and be treated to the traditional Durbar display at the palace […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the Caribbean community to support Kenya’s bid for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) non-permanent seat for the period 2021 to 2022. The President made the appeal as he pitched for closer cooperation among African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to spur development and economic growth. “Kenya’s candidature is informed […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Friday said the relations between Ghana and Angola was now on “a new level.” This follows bilateral discussions the President held with his Angolan Counterpart, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço at the Presidential Palace in Luanda, on the Second day of his two-day historic state visit to that country. Addressing a […]
The former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, has reportedly told his family members that he does not want to be buried at the Heroes Acre shrine in Warren Hills. Zimbabwe independent reports that Mugabe does not want his funeral to be presided over by President Emmerson Mnangagwa who took power from him in 2017 […]
FORMER Minister of State for Mashonaland Central Province, Advocate Martin Dinha is being investigated by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on allegations of criminal abuse of office during his tenure as Bindura’s executive mayor between 2004 and 2008. In a letter seen by The Herald date stamped August 5, 2019 to Bindura Municipality signed by […]
The Nigerian police hierarchy is demanding answers from the Army over a clash which led to the death of three police officers and a civilian in the north eastern Taraba State. The police maintain that the action of the soldiers had also led to the escape from lawful custody of a “millionaire kidnapper,” one Alhaji […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday evening expressed the need for Kenya and the Caribbean island state of Barbados to scale up their bilateral engagement for the mutual benefit of the two countries. Terming Barbados as a strategic partner for Kenya in the Caribbean, Uhuru said the two developing countries need to work in solidarity 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 talks as part of deepening bilateral relations between the two countries especially in the area of regional security. A statement […]
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 country “is already drifting towards war” due to certain tendencies, actions, and policies of the administration. He said because of […]