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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 […]
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that all political parties who contested in the 2018 harmonised elections are welcome to take part in the Political Parties Dialogue (POLAD). Presenting his State of the Nation Address in Harare on Tuesday, Mnangagwa said: _I am happy with the progress being made under the ongoing Political Parties Dialogue and […]
Authorities in Uganda are searching for five Eritreans who disappeared from a hotel where their team was playing in a soccer tournament. The missing players could be planning to seek asylum, which some Eritrean sports players have done in the past while traveling abroad. Tens of thousands of Eritreans flee their small Horn of Africa […]
The presidency in Nigeria on Tuesday dismissed reports that president Muhammadu Buhari’s government would seek a constitutional amendment to allow him seek a third term. In a statement posted on social networking site, Twitter, the presidency called out ‘so-called support groups, staging street demonstrations’ asking Buhari to extend his time in office. ‘‘There are NO […]
Tunisians will take to the polls on October 13 in the second round of the presidential election that pits jailed Nabil Karoui against retired law professor Kais Said. Said and Karoui’s success in beating established political leaders including the prime minister, two former premiers and a former president, during the first round, was seen as […]
Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday urged political parties in his home region to work together to serve the Oromo people. Abiy, who was representing his Oromo Democratic Party (ODP) at a meeting of political parties from the region, added that the ‘time when political parties work against each other should come to an […]
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of turning Nigeria into a joke, adding that there is nothing to celebrate except pains, division, incompetence, banditry, tribalism, and hopelessness as the country turn 59. CUPP said that Buhari’s leadership style and incompetence is a mockery of the efforts of the nation’s […]
Leader of the opposition MDC, advocate Nelson Chamisa has said that Zimbabwe has two presidents at the moment. He said that one of them was elected by the people whilst the other one came from the courts. President Chamisa: “We have two Presidents, one who came from the people and the other who came from […]
Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo wants President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition chief Raila Odinga out of the 2022 political equation to save Kenya from a possible acrimonious contest. Mr Kabogo said the involvement of the two leaders in the next poll would negate their push to unite the country through the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) […]
Lagos-based lawyer Inibehe Effiong on Thursday said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo does not have the constitutional power to waive his immunity. Effiong said this in a statement while reacting to Osinbajo’s vow to waive his constitutional immunity to challenge what he claimed to be false allegations against him and his office in the media after Timi […]
Somalia and Kenya have agreed to normalise ties, following months of tension over a maritime border dispute. In talks mediated by Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the Kenyan and Somali heads of state agreed ‘to restore relations to previous status’ and ‘take diplomatic steps to build confidence between the two governments’. Kenya and Somalia have […]
Algeria on Wednesday jailed its once-untouchable spy chief and three other members of the ruling elite, including Said Bouteflika, the former leader’s junior brother, as the army seeks to quell mass protests demanding a purge of old power brokers. The military court in Blida, south of Algiers, issued 15-year terms for “conspiring against the army” […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has allayed fears that Ghana will be in turmoil during and after the 2020 general elections. He said the country will be intact after next year’s elections though the atmosphere is a little tense. He said despite the negative picture some people posted on social media about the threat to […]
Ambazonia fighters in Fako Division, South West region of Cameroon are due to participate at the major national dialogue convened by President Paul Biya through telephone conferencing, reports have said. According to reports, Separatists in Fako Division have entered a commitment to partake in the national dialogue primarily aimed at seeking solutions to the Anglophone […]
The Federal Government on Friday filed seven counts of treasonable felony and money laundering against the Convener of # RevolutionNow protest , Mr . Omoyele Sowore . Sowore , publisher of SaharaReporters and a presidential candidate in the February 2019 presidential election is charged along with Olawale Bakare , also known as Mandate. The charges […]
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors have appealed against the acquittal of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo and a youth minister on charges of involvement in deadly post-election violence. Judges acquitted Gbagbo and Charles Ble Goude in January after ruling that prosecutors “failed to satisfy the burden of proof” in their presentation of evidence. Prosecutor […]
Hodgen Mainda, a Kenyan, has been appointed as a commissioner in the Tennessee state cabinet He is the first Kenyan to hold such a position. Tennessee governor Bill Lee announced the appointment of Mainda through a press statement on September 5, and this was also reported on the governor’s and the State Department of Commerce […]
The presidency on Saturday reacted to what it called a twisted story with malicious intent published with the front page headline, “Tribunal: Buhari retracts, confesses he was under tension.” Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, fired back in a statement on Saturday. It said the news story was derived from […]
