Ghana counted ballots yesterday after a tight election with the ruling party’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia trying to shake off anger over economic woes and rebuff a challenge by opposition party candidate ex-President John Mahama. Ghana’s struggling economy dominated the election, after the west Africa gold and cacao producer went through ...
•A voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Bole today Ghanaians are voting in elections today with frontrunners vice president and former central banker Mahamudu Bawumia and opposition ex-President John Mahama facing off in a closely fought race. Ghana’s struggling economy emerged as the dominant electoral issue after the West African g...
•Tinubu and Ramaphosa Many South Africans are kicking over the recent decision of President Cyril Ramaphosa to relax visa rules for Nigerian businessmen and tourists. Some are even asking Ramaphosa to resign for “selling” the country to Nigeria on the strength of a part of the deal that allows that category of Nigerians to apply […]...
•Hundreds of people staged a rally in N’Djamena today against colonial power France Up to 500 people carrying placards that read “bar France” gathered at the N’Djari stadium draped in the country’s colours, our correspondent journalist said. “After 60 years of cooperation, we don’t need the French military, we have an army, we can defend [&hel...
•Presidential-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party was declared winner yesterday of last week’s disputed elections, ushering in the southern African country’s first woman president after a disputed vote that the main opposition has already said it does not recognise. Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah took just over 57 ...
•Tinubu and Cyril Ramaphosa President Bola Tinubu met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at Tuynhuys, Cape Town, today, Tuesday, December 3, 2024, for the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission. The session aims to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries, focusing on various collaborative eff...
•Late Prince Johnson Former Liberian warlord Prince Johnson, a key player in the 1989-2003 back-to-back civil wars, died today aged 72, officials from his party and the Senate told our correspondent. Johnson, who was seen sipping beer in a video as fighters loyal to him tortured then President Samuel Doe to death in 1990, was […]
•Boat mishap Egyptian authorities said 17 people including foreigners were missing after a tourist yacht capsized off the country’s Red Sea coast today, with 28 others rescued. The vessel, which was carrying 31 tourists of various nationalities and a 14-member crew, sent out a distress signal at 5:30 am (0330 GMT), said a statement from [&hell...
•President of the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People) Assimi Goita (C) Mali’s junta chief yesterday sacked civilian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga and the government, days after Maiga issued a rare criticism of the military rulers. “The duties of the prime minister and the members of the government are terminated,”...
•Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye appeared in a military court in Kampala today The apparent abduction of veteran Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye from the streets of Nairobi brought widespread condemnation from rights groups and politicians today. Besigye, 68, disappeared on Saturday while visiting the Kenyan capital, a...
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