Togo, Guinea Bissau top agenda of ECOWAS leaders’ meeting in Lomé
Togo and Guinea Bissau have topped the agenda of the 53rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government held in […]
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Congo’s Bemba arrives in, prepares to Challenge Kabila
Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba arrives in Kinshasa on Wednesday to submit his presidential candidacy after a decade in prison in The Hague. The president […]
EU Announces New €2 Million Assistance for Refugees, Host Communities in Uganda
The European Union’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department (ECHO) confirmed last week fresh funding worth €2 million to the International Organization for Migration […]
Comoros holds referendum to extend presidential term limits
Comoros holds a referendum on Monday to extend presidential term limits and change the current system which sees power rotate every five years between the […]
Morocco’s King outlines a roadmap to improve social protection
King Mohammed VI has outlined a roadmap for an in-depth, thorough restructuring of national social welfare programs and policies, and called on the Government and […]
Post Mugabe’s vote kicks off in Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans began voting on Monday in the first election since the removal of former President Robert Mugabe. The election pits 75-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a […]
Mali: 24 candidates vying for presidential office
More than eight million Malians went to the polls Sunday to choose their president among 24 candidates, including outgoing President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and opposition […]
Cameroon begins man-hunt to track over 160 detainees after prison break
More than 160 inmates have escaped from jail in Cameroon’s north-west region following an attack on the penitentiary by armed men. According to local media […]
‘Time for posturing is over’ – U.S. warns Congo’s Kabila
The United States on Thursday warned President of Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila that “the time for posturing is over.” DR. Congo is in […]
Senegal’s jailed mayor Khalifa Sall to run for top Job
Senegal’s jailed former mayor of capital Dakar, Khalifa Sall, plans to run for president in February 2019, Reuters reported on Friday. Khalifa Sall, mayor of […]