The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
The World: Donald Trump floats delaying election
Later the previous day afternoon, Trump doubled down on his until now statement, tweeting: “Must know Election outcomes on the night of the election, not days, months or even years later!” Trump, who has lengthy…
Uganda: Muntu blast EC, Clergy over ‘silence amidst…
“The silence of the Electoral Commission (EC) and the clergy amidst a looming crisis is deafening,” Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) President Flag bearer, Gen Mugisha Muntu has said. Gen Muntu used to be on…
Politics: President Ouattara nominated as candidate by RHDP…
President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, has decided to reserve his decision to seek a third mandate for now. Without surprise, the president's RHDP party officially nominated him as a candidate during a convention in…
Tunisia: President Kais Saied Names Hicham Mechichi as…
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied picked his former felony adviser to shape a new government, nation news organisation TAP reported. The 46-year old Hichem Mechichi held the indoors ministry in the outgoing government of Elyes Fakhfakh. Fakhfakh resigned…
The ruling party in Ivory Coast wants Ouattara…
Ivory Coast’s ruling party, RHDP, wants outgoing President Alassane Ouattara to contest as its candidate for October presidential polls. The choice comes on the lower back of the demise of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who…
Congolese Catholics march toward ‘tired’ vote boss in…
Hundreds of Catholics took to the streets in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday (July 19). The demonstrators have criticized Ronsard Malonda 's nomination as president of the independent national…
NEWS: Zimbabwe’s ruling party says attempts are being…
He dismissed as baseless, alleging that some of his senior officials pillaged millions of US dollars in public funds through the Farm Mechanization Scheme of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) more than a decade…
Tanzania opposition considering united front to unseat Magufuli
One opposition leader was shot 16 times and fled the country. Another had his leg broken by unknown assailants and his newspaper was shut down. A third, the country’s most prominent, has been banned for…
Nigeria: I’ll win the state for PDP and…
Dr Eddy Olafeso is one of the leading aspirants for the October 10, 2020 governorship election in Ondo State and aims to pick up the ticket of the PDP for the poll. In this interview…
Politics: Somalia not ready for ‘one person –…
Regional presidents in Somalia are unanimous in their position that federal level polls be held on time in the wake of postponement suggestions by the electoral body. They held that one-person, on-vote system was still…
Breaking: DR Congo justice minister resigns
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Justice Minister Celestin Tunda resigned his position on Saturday following a dispute with the president over proposed laws that would give politicians more control over criminal prosecutions. In a televised…
Burkina Faso ruling party endorses president for re-election
Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore’s party backed him Saturday to run for re-election despite struggling to crush a bloody jihadist insurgency. Simon Compaore, president of the People’s Movement for Progress (MPP), made the…
Angola: João Lourenço Congratulates Malawi’s President-Elect
The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, congratulated, last Monday, the elected President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera. At the age of 65, leader of the Malawi Congress Party, Lazarus Chakwera won the June 23 elections…
Malawi’s opposition chief now president: Lazarus Chakwera
Lazarus Chakwera is the latest addition to the list of African opposition figures that have unseated incumbent presidents. He was on June 27 declared winner of Malawi’s presidential election re-run. Reacting to his victory on…
Malawi president says Tuesday’s vote was worst election
Malawi President Peter Mutharika described Saturday a court sanctioned presidential election earlier this week as the worst in the country’s history. “Much as I find the election unacceptable, I ask all Malawians to be peaceful…
Malawians vote in crucial presidential poll rerun despite…
Voters in Malawi have already started casting their ballots today in crucial presidential election rerun pitting incumbent Peter Mutharika and opposition coalition leader Lazarus Chakwera. Today’s vote was necessitated after courts nullified the results of…
Politics: Malawi braces for historic presidential election re-run
Malawi goes to the polls on Tuesday in a historic presidential re-run after a court overturned last year's elections and ordered a fresh vote. Citing "grave" and "widespread" rigging, the country's constitutional court ruled in…
Trump asked China to help him win 2020…
In a withering behind-the-scenes portrayal, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton accused him of sweeping misdeeds that included explicitly seeking Chinese President Xi Jinping's help to win re-election. Bolton, a longtime foreign…
