A Nation Left Stunned As Ghana’s Unprecedented Hung Parliament Begins On A Violent Note
On the morning Ghana’s new Parliament was set to be sworn in, there was unexpected rainfall amid the dry season across the country.
It would have been almost fitting for...
Uganda Elections: Bobi Wine Withdraws Election Petition Against Museveni
Uganda’s youthful musician turned opposition politician, Robert Kyagulanyi has ended his long shot suit aiming to overturn President Yoweri Museveni’s disputed victory in the January 14 election, clearing the...
Nigeria President Buhari Turns Blind Eye To Shooting Of Unarmed EndSARS Protestors In National...
October 22 — Nigerians hoping for some contrition from their government were left fuming as President Muhammadu Buhari delivered an address to the nation that did not acknowledge the...
Somalia Threatens To Leave Regional Bloc As Row With Kenya Escalates
On November 29 last year, the Federal government of Somalia broke its diplomatic ties with Kenya, after accusing Nairobi of meddling with its internal and political affairs. This was...
As Federal Government of Somalia pursues fugitive minister, a Governor in Kenya is on...
NAIROBI MARCH 13, 2020 — “When the safety and security of our population is threatened by foreign forces regardless of how they came into Mandera County, our position is...
South Africa’s Ruling Party Snubs Opposition In Zimbabwe
Harare, September 9 — A delegation from South Africa’s governing African National Congress party has evaded meeting Zimbabwe’s opposition political parties and civil societies which anticipated to brief the...
US Military Presence In Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Making SADC Volatile
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) might have been defeated, but its ideas and followers did not disappear. It has since reappeared in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado...
Zimbabwe Government Pounded by Fresh Divisions
MARANDA, May 19 — 46-year old Livious Nhundugwa of Maranda township in Zimbabwe’s Mwenezi district and his one-time friend, 43-year old Taguta Chikondo, are now sworn enemies despite the...
Tanzania Asks For Clarification On U.S Visa Sanctions
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Barely a day after the U.S Department of State imposed visa restrictions on unspecified number of Tanzanian officials it accused of subverting the electoral...
China’s Appetite For Furniture Depletes Africa’s Rosewood Trees
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — China’s insatiable appetite for rosewood tree species is still driving illegal deforestation in Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa, killing forests and sowing civil strife,...
S.A Delegation Blocked From Meeting Opposition In Zimbabwe
Harare, September 8 — South Africa’s delegation from the country’s governing Africa National Congress (ANC) dispatched by the country’s President Cyril Ramaphosa to meet Zimbabwe’s governing party and opposition...
Tinubu’s Inauguration: End Of An Error, The Dawn Of Calamity
"I am confident that I am leaving office with Nigeria better in 2023 than in 2015." President Buhari ended his farewell speech with this remark on the 28th of...
Missing Journalist’s Activist Brother Dies In Zimbabwe
Harare, August 26 — Patson Dzamara, a human rights activist in Zimbabwe, who was also brother to the country’s missing journalist-cum political activist, Itai Dzamara, died this Wednesday morning...
Economic Freedom In Our Lifetime
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As Taxes Soar Amid COVID-19, Kenyans Groan
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Africa’s Coup Governments: When Elections Become An Exhausted Idea Confirming Democratic Fatigue
The trending successful military coups in West Africa today indicate the continuation of political processes and leadership by another method. Their executions have been systematic; citizens protest against the...
A Former South Sudanese Businessman Detainee Forms a Rebel Movement
Juba, June 6 — The former detained businessman Carpino Woll announced on Friday, June 5th the establishment of a new rebel movement in South Sudan named "7 October Movement."...
Cameroon Audit Exposes Extensive Misuse Of COVID-19 Funds
Several government officials, including ministers, charged with the country’s Coronavirus response have been found wanting in their spending of COVID-19 funds, according to a recently leaked preliminary report by...
Recurring Diplomatic Row Between Kenya And Tanzania Likely To Threaten AfCFTA Success
Nairobi, September 3 — The recent diplomatic tiff between Kenya and its neighbor, Tanzania is likely to spell doom for the East African Community (EAC) and by extension the...
U.S Expresses Concern Over Tanzania’s Newspaper Ban
Dar es Salaam, June 25 — The United States has expressed concern over recent actions by the government of Tanzania to revoke media license of an opposition party newspaper...
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