Countries Cyril Ramaphosa’s political fate hangs in balance Johannesburg – The political future of President Cyril Ramaphosa hung in the balance on Friday, as South Africans wondered... Read more 2 Dec, 2022
Countries NGOs demand Senegal’s president renounce a third term Dakar – A number of Senegalese associations on Thursday urged President Macky Sall to dispel doubts and publicly declare... Read more 28 Oct, 2022
Burkina Faso Traore officially named Burkina Faso president after coup Ouagadougou – Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement,... Read more 6 Oct, 2022
Countries Tanzania’s president issues warning to rivals as cabinet shuffled again Dar es Salaam – Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday cautioned critics inside her government against overstepping their... Read more 4 Oct, 2022
Countries Opposition leader and 150 supporters held in Equatorial Guinea Libreville – One of the main political opponents in authoritarian Equatorial Guinea has been arrested along with 150 supporters... Read more 1 Oct, 2022
Countries Nigeria presidential hopefuls in tight race as 2023 vote campaign opens Lagos – With Nigeria’s economy struggling and insecurity rife, four top presidential candidates start campaigning this week for next... Read more 26 Sep, 2022
Countries Equatorial Guinea’s ruler to run for sixth term Libreville – President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron fist for more than... Read more 24 Sep, 2022
Burkina Faso Ousted Burkina president ‘totally locked up’, his party says Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kabore, who was overthrown in an army putsch, has been “totally locked... Read more 24 May, 2022
World Peru’s former president Fujimori returns to prison after hospital stay Lima – Disgraced former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori returned to prison after an 11-day hospitalisation with heart problems, his daughter... Read more 15 Mar, 2022
Countries Tunisia swears in judicial watchdog under presidency Tunis – Tunisia’s President Kais Saied inaugurated a “temporary” council of judges on Monday, which replaces an independent watchdog that... Read more 9 Mar, 2022