politics

Burkina junta chief sacks defence minister as jihadist violence rages

Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso junta chief Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who took power in a January coup, has sacked... Read more

13 Sep, 2022

Nairobi – William Ruto will be sworn in as Kenya’s president on Tuesday after narrowly winning the coveted job... Read more

13 Sep, 2022

Lagos – Gunmen have attacked a convoy of an opposition senator in southeast Nigeria, killing five people, including two... Read more

13 Sep, 2022

N’Djamena – Chad’s military junta said on Sunday it was suspending a summons for the country’s main opposition leader. Succes... Read more

12 Sep, 2022

Johannesburg – When 16 people were shot dead at a South African tavern, few thought the investigation would lead... Read more

11 Sep, 2022

Johannesburg – A court on Friday quashed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s suspension of South Africa’s public protector a day after... Read more

10 Sep, 2022

N’Djamena – Police in the Chadian capital N’Djamena fired tear gas on Friday to disperse supporters of a leading... Read more

9 Sep, 2022

Dakar – Senegal will break new ground on Monday as West Africa’s largest-ever proportion of women MPs take their... Read more

9 Sep, 2022

Nairobi – Burundi’s president Evariste Ndayishimiye replaced his prime minister and a top aide in a high-level political purge... Read more

8 Sep, 2022

Nouakchott – Mauritania’s disgraced ex-president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has been released from custody pending a trial on corruption... Read more

8 Sep, 2022