Uganda: Museveni gets green light to run in 2016 election
Uganda’s Electoral Commission has cleared on Tuesday President Yoweri Museveni to contest in the 2016 presidential elections. The commission also gave the green light to […]
Articles by Steven Addamah
Nigeria: Bar Association uncovers 1,000 fake lawyers
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), on Monday said that it had discovered 1,000 fake lawyers through its stamp policy launched on April 15, 2015. The […]
Somalia: Al Shabaab kills 13 in hotel attack
At least a dozen people have been killed on Sunday at a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in an attack by Al-Shabaab Islamic militants. […]
Uganda launches eCitizen portal for Government online services
Uganda’s National Information Technology Authority (NITA-U) has launched the eCitizen portal; a one-stop online centre for Government online services, on Tuesday. The platform, called Citizen […]
Botswana grants asylum to Eritrean football team
Botswana granted asylum to Eritrean football players who refused to return home after playing in a World Cup qualifying match earlier this month, their lawyer […]
Nigeria: MTN fined $5.2 billion over unregistered SIM cards
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a landmark fine of $5.2bn against MTN Nigeria, the largest mobile network operator in the country for failing […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Ouattara takes early lead in results
Outgoing President of Côte d’Ivoire Alassane Ouattara took an early lead in Sunday’s elections according to the provisional results released by the electoral commission. According […]
EU to initiate consultation process with Burundi officials to end political crisis
The European Union will initiate a consultation process with Burundi’s government in a bid to find a solution to the political crisis that broke in […]
South Africa: Zuma to meet students protesting varsity tuition-fee hikes
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday that he would meet with protesting students in his first official reaction to a week of heated […]
Kenya: Google to buy Africa’s largest wind farm
Google Inc. has agreed to buy a 12.5% stake in Africa’s largest wind project, Kenya’s Lake Turkana, from Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems […]