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The campaign for presidential and National Assembly seats officially kicked off Wednesday, Sept 28, in Nigeria. In accordance with Section 94(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, campaign in public by all political parties “commences 150 days before polling day and ends 24 hours prior to that day”. On September 20, the Commission published the final list of… Read More

Popularly referred to as the home of champions, Iten town is revered as the gateway to greatness for both local and foreign athletes. A number of training camps have been set up in Iten to cater to the demand of the increasing number of athletes flocking the town. “When we recruit the athletes, we tap the talent and first thing… Read More

Following an outbreak of Ebola in the Ugandan town of Mubende, health authorities in the Kenyan frontier town of Busia have heightened surveillance in a bid to prevent the virus from spreading across the border. Everyone passing through the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, South Sudan, and Uganda into Kenya now have to undergo screening at the… Read More

The Africa regional representative for the Food and Agriculture Organization has told delegates at a meeting in Nigeria that the ‘sustainable solution’ to food insecurity is ‘peace’. Abebe Haile-Gabriel was in the capital, Abuja, to discuss food security and the road to achieving the goal of zero hunger with local stakeholders. Famine threat in Horn of Africa The talks come… Read More

The Democratic Republic of Congo declared Tuesday the end of a new “epidemic” of Ebola, during which a single case was confirmed, while neighboring Uganda is trying to contain another, unrelated, “rapidly evolving”, announced the Africa office of the World Health Organization. The virus had reappeared six weeks ago in the province of North Kivu (eastern DRC), a country that… Read More

A Ugandan army spokesman confirmed Wednesday the crash of one of the country’s military helicopters in eastern Congo. The spokesman, Felix Kulayigye, told The Associated Press “we are still waiting” for more details about the crash earlier this week. An unamed Congo army spokesman who spoke to Reuters agency on Wednesday said “at least 22 people were killed”. Uganda late… Read More

Preparations for the November Football World Cup are not going smoothly for all African teams. Friendly matches were held on Tuesday, September 27, as part of the Qatar World Cup preparations. The international tournament is set to kick off on November 20.  Cameroon suffered a second defeat in less than a week. The Indomitable lions were beaten by South Korea… Read More

Mali’s interim Prime Minister, Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga, is back home after his speech at the UN’s General Assembly. In his speech, Idrissa Maïga praised the military junta’s successes against the jihadists and his country’s regained sense of sovereignty. “I would like to thank his Excellency Colonel Assimi Goita, President of the transition and of course all the Malian people. We… Read More

Thousands of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians have celebrated the annual Meskel Festival in the capital, Addis Ababa. The day commemorates the fourth century discovery, by the Roman Empress St Helena, of the so-called ‘True Cross’ on which Jesus was believed to have been crucified. But this year, the usually joyous festivities were overshadowed by the ongoing conflict in the northern Tigray… Read More

The trial of former Guinean dictator, Moussa Dadis Camara, opens this Wednesday in Conakry, 13 years to the day since the massacre that killed more 150 people at a political rally in the capital. On Tuesday, the former dictator and another five defendants were sent to prison by the Appeal Court.  One of the lawyers, Me Salifou Béavogui, denounced the move.… Read More