Protests Hit Uganda After Politicians Arrest
Kampala, November 20 — Dozens of people have been killed in raucous street clashes pitting supporters of presidential candidate Bobi wine and security forces, the country’s worst election-related violence since President Yoweri...
Military Takeovers A Reminder Of Africa’s Ailing Ballot Democracies
On February 12, most of Ghana woke up to the news that one Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a figurehead of one of the West African country’s most significant protest movements, had...
Tanzania Asks For Clarification On U.S Visa Sanctions
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Barely a day after the U.S Department of State imposed visa restrictions on unspecified number of Tanzanian officials it accused of subverting the electoral...
Tanzania President John Magufuli Has Died
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Tanzania’s President Dr. John Pombe Magufuli has died at the age of 61, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced.
In a televised speech on...
Parliament in Cameroon ignores Coronavirus preventive measure
The first ordinary session of the 2020 legislative year opened in the nation’s capital Yaounde on 20 March 2020. Members of the Senate and National Assembly had earlier been...
Zimbabwe Government Pounded by Fresh Divisions
MARANDA, May 19 — 46-year old Livious Nhundugwa of Maranda township in Zimbabwe’s Mwenezi district and his one-time friend, 43-year old Taguta Chikondo, are now sworn enemies despite the...
Political Instability, Intra-state Conflicts, And Threats To AfCFTA Agreement’s ‘Made In Africa’ Aspirations
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is arguably the African Union’s (AU) biggest project since the launch of the continent’s Agenda 2063 in January 2015. Launched in March...
Market Reacted Positively As Zambia’s New President Took Oath
Zambia’s newly elected president Hakainde Hichilema assumed office last week Tuesday as the economy showed a positive reaction to his victory over outgoing president Edgar Lungu.
The 59-year-old was declared...
Zimbabwe’s Vice President Resigns Over Sex Scandals
Harare, Zimbabwe — Embroiled in a litany of sex scandals accusations, Zimbabwe’s Vice President Kembo Mohadi on Monday this week resigned from his job.
Mohadi, aged 71, handed his resignation...
Africa’s Coup Governments: When Elections Become An Exhausted Idea Confirming Democratic Fatigue
The trending successful military coups in West Africa today indicate the continuation of political processes and leadership by another method. Their executions have been systematic; citizens protest against the...
New White Paper Raises Alarm Over Tanzania’s Presidential Campaigns
Dar es Salaam, October 8 — Tanzania’s ruling party—Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the government have come under strong criticism for allegedly attacking citizens’ rights and processes necessary to...
Thousands Denied Healthcare In Cameroon As Suspension On Medical Charity Persists
Tens of thousands of people are missing out on free essential healthcare services in the restive English-speaking North West Region of Cameroon as the government maintains a suspension on...
Economic Sanctions: Zimbabweans Pin Hope On United States President-elect Joe Biden
On the 20th of January, United States (U.S) President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of America.
Biden’s win was recently confirmed by the US Congress...
Ghana President Akufo-Addo Wins Reelection As Opposition Rejects Results
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has won reelection in the West African country’s eighth straight democratic election.
Akufo-Addo of the center-right New Patriotic Party obtained 51.3% of the vote in the...
Russia-Africa Relations: Africa’s Entanglement With Politics Of Patronage Without Liberation
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Tanzanian Opposition Leader Suffers Broken Leg After Midnight Attack
Dar es Salaam, June 9 — The leader of Tanzania opposition in the parliament and national chairman of the country’s main opposition party Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA),...
Tanzanian Opposition Leader Arrested As Crackdown Mounts Ahead Of October Polls
Dar es Salaam, June 24 — A prominent Tanzanian opposition leader, Zitto Kabwe, and seven members of his party have been arrested after the police accused them of holding...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s Son Eyes 2026 Election Challenge
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the eldest son of Uganda’s long-serving autocratic leader, is set to contest in the 2026 presidential election in a gambit that could potentially see the military officer...
Former Tanzanian Opposition Leader Granted Asylum In Canada
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Former Tanzanian opposition leader, Godbless Lema and his family, who fled Kenya a month ago fearing for his life, has been granted asylum in...
South Africa’s Ruling Party Snubs Opposition In Zimbabwe
Harare, September 9 — A delegation from South Africa’s governing African National Congress party has evaded meeting Zimbabwe’s opposition political parties and civil societies which anticipated to brief the...
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