Zimbabwe’s parliament drops Mugabe’s $15 billion diamond probe
Zimbabwe’s parliament on Monday backed down from its decision to demand former president Robert Mugabe to answer questions related to the looting and loss of […]
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Ethiopia’s PM names new cabinet, MPs appoint female speaker
Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has named a new cabinet of 16 members with six veterans from the previous cabinet. Abiy Ahmed, who was […]
Uganda: Parliament vote extends presidential age limit
After 30 years in power, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will likely run for re-election in 2021 as lawmakers in the East African nation, late on […]
Tunisia: Terrorist arrested after knife attack near parliament
Two policemen Wednesday suffered a knife attack near Parliament in Tunis, close to Bardo Museum scene of first major attacks of Tunisia in 2015. The […]
Uganda: Police fires teargas as parliament extends Museveni’s rule
Police in Uganda on Thursday fired teargas to disperse protesters outside the East African nation’s parliament. The move comes as legislators of the ruling party […]
Togo: constitution bill fails to get sufficient backing from MPs
Togo will hold a referendum in the coming months to vote on presidential term limits after parliament on Tuesday failed to vote the amendment of […]
Ex-Senegal president Abdoulaye Wade resigns as MP
The 91-year-old former president of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade, whose Coalition was defeated by President Macky Sall’s Party in July legislative election, resigned from the National […]
Tunisia: Parliament approves new Chahed cabinet
Prime Minister Youssef Chahed who received Monday the parliament’s vote of confidence for his new cabinet vowed that his team will be at war against […]
Kenyans vote in tight, hotly elections to elect President, MPs
More than 19 million Kenyan voters are heading this Tuesday to 40,883 polling stations across the East African nation to elect a president and a […]
Ethiopia: parliament lifts state of emergency
Ethiopia’s parliament on Friday voted to lift the state of emergency imposed last October to help check anti-government protests, BBC reports. Ethiopia declared a state […]