Kenya: Odinga slams results as sham, fraud
Kenya’s National Super Alliance, NASA and its presidential candidate, Raila Odinga have slammed the results being declared by the country’s electoral commission as illegal...
Kenyatta maintains strong lead in Kenyan election
Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, maintained his strong lead in the presidential election count on Wednesday with 85 percent of polling stations reporting, the election...
Xi congratulates Kagame on re-election as Rwandan president
President Xi Jinping of China on Tuesday congratulated his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, on his re-election.
“I attach great importance to China-Rwanda relations, and am...
Protesters block roads with burning tyres in support of no confidence vote against Zuma
Protesters blocked roads with burning tyres and rocks on Tuesday in a show of opposition to President Jacob Zuma hours before the South African...
S. Africa’s speaker allows secret ballot in Zuma no-confidence vote
The speaker of South Africa’s parliament ruled on Monday that a motion of no-confidence in President Jacob Zuma brought by opposition parties will be...
Facebook offers tool to combat fake news in Kenya ahead of polls
Facebook on Friday rolled out a tool this week to help Kenyan users spot fake news ahead of a hotly-contested presidential election that has...
Speaker promises to ‘do right thing’ in move to oust South Africa’s Zuma
Baleka Mbete, Speaker of the South African National Assembly, on Thursday said, she would “do the right thing” on whether to allow a secret...
Obasanjo: Africa is poor by choice
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that Africa is poor by choice due to bad governance, saying the trend would only be reversed also...
South African Central Bank mandated by law to protect value of currency – Governor
South Africa’s Central Bank is mandated by the constitution to protect the value of the currency.
Gov. Lesetja Kganyago of South Africa’s Central Bank said...
China formally opens first overseas military base in Djibouti
China on Tuesday formally opened its first overseas military base with a flag raising ceremony in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, the same...
