•Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo Ghana’s parliament adjourned indefinitely yesterday following a legal dispute over the speaker’s decision to declare four parliamentary seats vacant. The decision, announced by speaker Alban Bagbin, effectively halts all legislative activity less than two months before the country’s general elections and could ...
•Kenya’s President William Ruto Kenya’s High Court ruled today that a controversial housing levy introduced last year as part of measures to try to shore up public finances was lawful. The verdict means the government of President William Ruto can continue with the scheme, after a previous court ruling had declared it illegal in November [&hel...
•Collapsed building A residential building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi yesterday, leaving several people feared trapped. Cases of buildings caving in are not uncommon in the country, often a result of shoddy construction and flouted regulations, reports AFP. The eight-storey building in Kahawa West, a densely-populated neighbourhoo...
•Embattled Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua A Kenyan high court has issued a temporary suspension of the Senate’s decision to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, following a petition citing “monumental constitutional issues.” Earlier today, Gachagua approached the court to halt the implementation of his impeachment, reports AFP. Presid...
•Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki Kenyan President William Ruto today nominated his interior minister as deputy to replace Rigathi Gachagua who was sacked in a historic impeachment. Kithuri Kindiki, a 52-year-old academic turned political heavyweight, was among front-runners for the post floated by Kenyan media after the Senate voted...
The Kenyan Senate voted yesterday to oust Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in a historic impeachment vote. The upper house has so far voted to impeach the 59-year-old on five charges out of a total of 11 against him, after two days of hearings, reports AFP. The Senate only had to find him guilty of one […]
•Embattled Vice President Rigathi Gachagua Kenya’s upper house of parliament is set to vote today on whether to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office in an unprecedented political saga that has gripped the nation. The Senate will give its verdict at the end of the second day of an impeachment trial against the embattled [&hellip...
•Deputy President of Kenya, Rigathi Gachagua Kenya’s Senate today began debating the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after the embattled politician lost yet another court bid to stop the process. In a historic move last week, the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, voted overwhelmingly to impeach Gachagua on 11 c...
•South African President Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa’s prosecuting authority said yesterday it will not pursue a complaint against President Cyril Ramaphosa of money laundering and corruption related to the 2020 theft of US dollars from his farmhouse. A former spy boss had laid a criminal complaint against Ramaphosa following the break-in at ...
•President Paul Biya Cameroon government has banned the media from discussing the health of President Paul Biya, Africa’s second-longest-ruling leader, amid rumours the 91-year-old is gravely ill, according to a document obtained by our correspondent. Biya, the world’s oldest leader, has not made a public appearance since early September, fuel...
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