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FINDING a single candidate to run against President Paul Biya in the October 7 presidential elections is a puzzle Cameroon’s…
UGANDAN police and soldiers closed off parts of Kampala for several hours on Monday and fired teargas and shots into…
DR Congo President Joseph Kabila, has warned foreign and Western powers against interfering in the country’s politics, specifically calling them…
NIGERIAN Senate president Bukola Saraki is considering running against President Muhammadu Buhari when Nigeria holds elections in February. ‘I am…
AS South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa steps up efforts to crackdown on corruption, the justice minister says the government will…
US President Donald Trump has approved a new law that imposes tough new conditions that must be met by Zimbabwe…
GHANA’S President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday evening announced a ministerial reshuffle, the first since appointments were made in…
ZIMBABWE President Emmerson Mnangagwa has disclosed that he intervened to have a leading opposition figure Tendai Biti bailed. According to…
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila will not stand in December’s presidential election, a spokesman said on Wednesday, announcing…
ZIBABWEAN opposition leader Tendai Biti’s lawyer says he was arrested on Wednesday morning by the country’s police — while trying…
COTE D’IVOIRE President Alassane Ouattara on Monday announced amnesties for around 800 people, including former first lady Simone Gbagbo who…
IT’S the final countdown to Zimbabwe’s landmark elections on July 30, the first without Robert Mugabe. The run-up to this…
PRESIDENT of the United States, Donald Trump, says he is on a mission to achieve global peace especially peace on…
LANDLOCKED Ethiopia wants to make the re-opening of two roads connecting it to two of Eritrea’s Red Sea ports a…
SIERRA LEONE’S President Julius Maada Bio will launch a commission to investigate accusations of widespread corruption under his predecessor Ernest…
THE African Union (AU) and the EU say the normalisation of relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea is a boost for…
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has offered to support Nigeria’s efforts to realise security within its borders and eliminate terrorist organisation,…
ETHIOPIA has announced it will fully accept the terms of a peace agreement with neighbouring Eritrea in a major step…
BURUNDI’S President Pierre Nkurunziza made a surprise announcement on Thursday, saying he will not contest in the country’s next presidential…
KENYA’S veteran politician, Raila Odinga is leading efforts to reconcile the warring factions in South Sudan, following the regional body’s…