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African Union leaders are meeting this week in Addis Ababa to discuss “silencing arms and creating conditions for the development of Africa”. For years the crisis in Libya and that of the Sahel have constantly come to the fore. In recent weeks there have been numerous deaths in Somalia and on the DRC side, the massacres of civilians caught up… Read More

Namibia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the results of last year’s presidential election on Wednesday, saying the challengers failed to prove that the ruling party manipulated electronic voting machines. The ruling means President Hage Geingob will continue in his second term. He won in November with 56% of the vote while Namibia’s first independent presidential candidate, Panduleni Itula, received 29%… Read More

Malawi’s president Peter Mutharika will challenge the Constitutional Court’s decision to nullify results of the 2019 presidential election, his spokesperson said on Wednesday. After six months of hearings that gripped the southern African country, five top judges on Monday ruled that Mutharika was “not duly elected”, citing massive and widespread irregularities including the use of correction fluid on results sheets.… Read More

Guinea’s president announced late Tuesday that he would go ahead with a contested plan to revise the West African country’s constitution next month, a move that threatened to further inflame political tensions after a series of deadly demonstrations. “This is a constitutional coup. I call on all Guineans to stand up to block the way to this treachery,” said opposition… Read More

The first lady of Lesotho is set to be charged with murder in connection with the 2017 killing of the prime minister’s former wife, police said Tuesday. Maesaiah Thabane, who fled the country on Jan. 10 to escape arrest, returned to the small southern African kingdom Tuesday afternoon and handed herself to police in the capital, Maseru. Police said she… Read More

The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in several other Asian countries, Europe and the United States. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has since declared it a public health emergency of international dimensions. WHO chief Tedros Ghebereyesus said whiles China had a robust health system to detect and control, his… Read More

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday announced the seizure of over $8 million at the main airport in the commercial capital of Lagos. Hameed Ali, NCS comptroller-general, told the media at a press briefing that $8,065,615, stashed in a car had been intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. Ali said the amount was intercepted when it was about… Read More

Malawi opposition parties celebrated through Monday night an apex court ruling nullifying the May 2019 reelection of President Peter Mutharika. The 5-member court concluded that due to irregularities recorded, Mutharika had not been duly elected further ordering the elections body to organize fresh polls in 150 days. The main opposition Malawi Congress Party and UTM party hailed the constitutional court… Read More

Embattled daughter of Angola’s ex-president, Isabel Dos Santos, has decided to sell her investments in Portuguese firms. The announcement was made by Portugal’s Economy Minister Pedro Siza Vieira who described it as good news, adding that it would spare them any potential damage as she battles fraud charges. Last month, Angola accused the billionaire businesswoman of mismanagement and misappropriation of… Read More

A court in South Africa has issued an arrest warrant for former president Jacob Zuma after he failed to appear for a corruption trial, claiming that he is ill. The National Prosecuting Authority requested the warrant, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported. The warrant does not come into effect until the case resumes on May 6. Reports have said Zuma… Read More