•President Samia Suluhu Hassan Tanzania’s electoral commission has declared President Samia Suluhu Hassan winner of the disputed election. According to the results announced early today, she won with nearly 98% of the votes, reports AFP. The election had set off violent protests across the country, with around 700 deaths, according to the oppo...
•Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo Guinea-Bissau’s army announced today it had thwarted an “attempt to subvert the constitutional order”. It also said it arrested several senior military officers on the eve of the start of general election campaigning, reports AFP. “This action aimed to disrupt the electoral process,” General Mamadu...
•President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania Tanzania’s general election has been overshadowed by widespread unrest, internet shutdowns, and a heavy security crackdown, raising serious concerns about the credibility and transparency of the electoral process. With over 37 million registered voters expected to cast their ballots yesterday, the atm...
The Amandla Institute for Policy and Leadership Advancement has announced plans to host a high-level meeting of experts in Abuja as part of activities marking the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States, in hopes of strengthening regional cooperation and reimagining the future of West African integration. In a stateme...
Ethiopian Airlines yesterday evening commenced its second daily flight frequency into the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, marking another milestone in its expanding operations in Nigeria. The new flight, ET937, touched down at about 7:26 p.m. and was received with a ceremonial water salute by airport authorities, reports The Guard...
•92-year-old President Paul Biya and protesters The ‘victory’ of Paul Biya in Cameroon’s recent election has had some sections of the country revolting over the results, and there, the authorities, in a swift reaction, have deployed the police and the military to forestall what might lead to an insurrection. One of the major areas where [&hell...
•Plane crash in Kenya A small plane travelling from Kenya’s coast crashed today, according to the country’s aviation authority, with the 12 people on board feared dead. The small plane was en route to Kichwa Tembo — a private airstrip located in the Maasai Mara National Park — from the tourist hotspot of Diani when […]
•Supporters of Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara celebrate victory today Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has won a fourth term, securing a crushing 89.77 percent in a vote which his two greatest rivals were barred from, the electoral commission said today. Nearly nine million voters were eligible to cast their ballot Saturda...
•Paul Biya Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, 92, has been re-elected for an eighth term with 53.7 per cent of the votes. This is according to official results announced by the Constitutional Council today. Rival candidate and former government minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary came second with 35.2 per cent, the council said. Chiroma had claimed vic...
•Several hundred Cameroonians took to the streets ahead of the Constitutional Council’s announcement of the official results today Police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of people in Cameroon who yesterday defied protest bans to support opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who claims he won the recent presidential elections and who c...
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