Tight security has been mounted across Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, in readiness for the swearing-in of President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday for a second term in office. News Agency of Nigeria correspondent reports that about 15 Heads of State, including Read more
Embattled Zimbabwe’s President, Robert Mugabe has finally resigned. According to the parliament’s speaker, Jacob Mudenda, Mugabe resigned in a letter addressed to him. The surprise announcement came as lawmakers debated an impeachment motion against the 93-year-old leader in a joint Read more
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe was fired as leader of the ruling ZANU-PF party on Sunday, sources at a special ZANU-PF meeting to decide Mugabe’s fate told Reuters. Mugabe was replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa, the deputy he sacked this month. Read more
Akon, the multi–award winning African-American music star has been unveiled as host of the 4th annual All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA). The event is scheduled to hold on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at the Eko Convention Centre of the Eko Read more
Liberia’s electoral commission announced Sunday that a runoff vote for the presidency will be held between former footballer George Weah and incumbent Vice-President Joseph Boakai. With the vote counts in from 95.6 percent of the polling stations, Weah has taken Read more
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has pulled out of October’s election re-run. Mr Odinga said his withdrawal would give the electoral commission enough time to introduce reforms that will help deliver a more credible election. The Supreme Court annulled the Read more
At least seven people were killed in Cameroon’s restive anglophone belt at the weekend as a separatist group made a symbolic declaration of independence. The separatists chose October 1, the anniversary of the official reunification of the anglophone and francophone Read more
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, addresses the United Nations General Assembly September 19, 2017 at the United Nations in New York. TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday addressed the gathering of world leaders at Read more
The Supreme Court in Kenya on Friday declared the presidential elections held on August 8 as null and avoid, Kenyan media reports said. Consequently, the court ruled that a re-run be conducted within 60 days. “The presidential election held on Read more
Following the August 14 unprecedented disaster, Tony Elumelu, Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), yesterday, Wednesday 23 August, paid a state visit to the people and Government of Sierra Leone to commiserate over Read more