Voting Starts in Uganda Presidential Polls
Voting is under way in Uganda’s presidential elections amid a shutdown of some social media sites in the country. After reports of delays in some […]
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France-Morocco: Shared Resolve to Bolster Bilateral Partnership, Triangular Cooperation
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and President Francois Hollande of France have both voiced their shared resolve to give a new momentum to their “permanent and […]
Former UN Chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies aged 93
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the first Arab and African diplomat to lead the United Nations during one of its most controversial periods, passed away Tuesday at the […]
DRC: Nationwide Strike Slows Activities
People in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday observed a nationwide general strike called for by the opposition to put pressure on the president […]
Senegal: Macky Sall to continue 7-year term
Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Tuesday announced the holding on March 20 of a referendum on reducing presidential term limits from 7 to 5 years […]
Car Bomb Kills Somalia’s ex-Defense Minister
Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab killed Somalia’s former defense minister on Monday. Muhidin Mohamed, ex-defense minister and Parliamentary Counsellor, died in the capital Mogadishu after the terrorist group […]
Morocco-France: Royal Visit to Give New Impetus to Enduring Partnership
The working and friendship visit King Mohammed VI of Morocco is to pay to France as of Wednesday will give a new impetus to the […]
DRC: Opposition Leader Arrested ahead of Planned General Strike
The police on Sunday arrested a prominent opposition leader ahead of a general strike against President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo planned […]
Boko Haram Fighters Trained in Somalia, Somalian President
Somalia’s President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, on Sunday, said members of the extremist Islamist Boko Haram group were trained in Somalia before returning to West Africa […]
Nigeria: Gov’t to chase 23,000 ghosts on payroll
Nigerian Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun on Thursday said 23,000 ghost workers unraveled in the Federal Civil Service in the West-African nation would be handed […]