he electoral commission in Ivory Coast says President Alassane Ouattara has won a third term, securing just over 94% of the votes in Saturday’s election, that the opposition boycotted.... Read more
Uganda’s electoral commission has cleared incumbent President Yoweri Museveni to begin official campaigns for the elections scheduled for January 2021. Mr Museveni has ruled the countr... Read more
A Malawian pastor based in South Africa, Shephard Bushiri, and his wife Mary are to remain in police custody after they were arrested over money laundering. The self-proclaimed prophet and h... Read more
A Kenyan lawyer has surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) five years after it issued a warrant for his arrest, relating to post-election violence in Kenya. The court had char... Read more
Zimbabwe’s First Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa, has denied links to gold smuggling and challenged police to produce “any incriminating evidence” against her. The first lady also... Read more
Police in Tanzania have arrested the chairman of the main opposition party in the wake of a disputed election. Freeman Mbowe was detained, along with two other Chadema leaders, for planning... Read more
Vote counting is under way in Ivory Coast, following a presidential election that was boycotted by the opposition. At least 14 people have been killed since riots broke out in August after P... Read more
The presidency in Algeria has said President Abdelmajid Tebboune is in a stable condition after he was hospitalised in Germany, Reuters news agency reports. A statement from his office is qu... Read more
Tanzanian musician Hamis Mwinjuma, popularly known as Mwana FA, is the new MP for Muheza constituency. Mwana FA vied on the ruling CCM party ticket and won 47,578 votes. His opponent Yosephe... Read more
The authorities in Uganda have banned a coalition of over 60 organisations formed to monitor the country’s 2021 general elections on grounds that it is illegal. The Uganda’s National Bureau... Read more
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is self-quarantining after a guest at a dinner he attended later tested positive for Covid-19. The president is not showing symptoms and will p... Read more
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has condemned the killing of seven children in mass shooting at a private school in a restive area of the Anglophone regions. The president termed Saturd... Read more
Police in the Netherlands have arrested a man suspected of having been involved in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The 71- year-old, a former bank clerk and pharmacy owner from the capital, Kig... Read more
At least 21 people are now thought to have died in the unrest that has followed Guinea’s disputed election earlier this month. Clashes between opposition supporters and security forces... Read more
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