politics

Laurent Gbagbo plays the longer game in Ivory Coast’s political poker

Abidjan – A year ago, former president Laurent Gbagbo returned to his native Ivory Coast after being acquitted abroad... Read more

17 Jun, 2022

Khartoum – Political and economic turmoil have helped drive a third of Sudan’s population towards life-threatening food shortages, and... Read more

17 Jun, 2022

Kampala – Former Ugandan presidential candidate Kizza Besigye has been charged a second time with inciting violence and remanded... Read more

17 Jun, 2022

Abuja – Nigeria’s opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar on Thursday selected the governor of oil-producing southern Delta State as his... Read more

17 Jun, 2022

Harare – Two leading lawmakers from Zimbabwe’s opposition appeared in court Thursday, after the grisly murder of an activist... Read more

17 Jun, 2022

Windhoek – Namibia’s police chief on Thursday denied helping cover up a cash heist at South African President Cyril... Read more

17 Jun, 2022

Kigali – Rwanda insisted on Wednesday it was still ready to take in asylum seekers being deported by the... Read more

16 Jun, 2022

Lagos – When Nigeria’s opposition named veteran operator Atiku Abubakar as its 2023 election candidate, ruling APC party chief... Read more

16 Jun, 2022

Mogadishu – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud appointed lawmaker Hamza Abdi Barre as the country’s prime minister on Wednesday,... Read more

16 Jun, 2022

Kigali – The Rwandan government said on Wednesday it was still committed to taking in asylum seekers sent by the... Read more

15 Jun, 2022