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When voters in Togo head to the polls this weekend they will have to choose between keeping the Eyadéma 50 year dynasty or a new leader. The six challengers lining up against incumbent Faure Gnassingbé, including favourite Jean-Pierre Fabre, face a mammoth task to persuade the 3.6 million registered voters to take out the leader. President of the African Information… Read More

Algeria’s president Abdelmadjid Tebboune has honored the protest movement that toppled his predecessor Abdelaziz Bouteflika last year, with a special holiday. Tebboune, who was elected in December last year, declared Feb. 22 a special holiday to honor the peaceful “smile revolution”. The announcement of the holiday was made on Wednesday ahead of what are expected to be big protests this… Read More

A court decision in Kenya dismissing a security guard’s case for unfair dismissal highlights the delicate position that security personnel find themselves in when interfacing with high profile government officials. While the treatment of Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i led to the dismissal of Daizy Cherogony, in Rwanda, the justice minister Evode Uwizeyimana was fired for harassing a security guard.… Read More

Across the African continent, First Ladies are generally considered the ‘Mother of the Nation’, and are often expected to be unifying figures, serving the president of the nation and the voters who entrusted him the mandate to lead. While the position of first lady is not legally or constitutionally provided for in many countries, many presidencies cater for the Office… Read More

Namibia has become the first African country to export red meat to the United States, following nearly two decades of negotiations. The state-owned meat firm Meatco sent a shipment of 25 tonnes of beef to Philadelphia on Wednesday, and the Southern African nation is set to export 860 tonnes of various beef cuts in 2020 to the United States, rising… Read More

Haitians gear up for the annual Carnival celebration. This year, the Mardi Gras festivities are seen as controversial in a country struggling with gang violence, kidnappings and political unrest. “I could go to China to take that (raw textiles) basically because, I know I will work with that, with more money but we don’t have money. But in the last… Read More

Togo’s president Faure Gnassingbe is confident of securing victory in Saturday’s elections, telling AFP and Le Monde on Thursday that he is not a dictator. Gnassingbe is aiming to extend his family’s decades-long domination over the West African nation by claiming a fourth term in power. The country of 8 million goes to the polls on Saturday after the constitution… Read More

The Prime Minister of Lesotho Thomas Thabane announced his resignation Thursday. In a televised speech in the capital, Maseru, the 80-year old said the decision has been the hardest he’s made in his career. “Today I wish to reiterate my announcement to retire from office. I might still have the necessary zeal and fervor to continue serving my people and… Read More

21/02 – 08:00 For several weeks now, three senior MINUSCA officials, who are responsible for establishing contacts between the armed groups and the Central African Government have been accused by the population of manipulating the crisis in the Central African Republic. More than a thousand young people demonstrated on Monday February 17 at the so-called UN roundabout in Bangui to… Read More

There was dram and excitement as a Ugandan court on Thursday acquitted popular activist Stella Nyanzi, ordering her immediate release from jail. Nyanzi had been sentenced to 18 months in jail, finding her guilty of cyber-harassment. In September 2018, the 45-year-old university lecturer had refereed to the private parts of president Yoweri Museveni’s deceased mother. Gladys Kamasanyu, the magistrate who… Read More