The South African electoral commission has rejected a request to remove former President Jacob Zuma as the leader of the newly formed Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party. It was responding to a letter by MK founder Jabulani Khumalo who wanted the commission to remove Mr Zuma as the face of the party and from its list…
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been involved in a car crash but was unhurt. A drunk driver collided with his “official armoured state vehicle” on Thursday evening, police have said. But a leading member of his uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party alleged that he had been targeted. He has been suspended by the…
Senegal’s President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye has pledged to govern with humility and transparency, in his first speech after Sunday’s poll. Mr Faye’s main rival from the governing coalition, Amadou Ba, has already conceded defeat, setting the stage for the 44-year-old political newcomer to become the youngest president in the country’s history. ‘’By electing me, the…
Opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye has emerged as favourite to win Senegal’s presidential election, after several rivals conceded. Millions took part in a peaceful vote on Sunday, following three years of turbulence and opposition protests against the incumbent, Macky Sall. Voters had a choice of 19 candidates. However, the ruling coalition’s choice, Amadou Ba, rejected…
At her makeshift stall, vegetable vendor Racheal Zimba retrieves a small white bottle from her bra and sprinkles some black powder onto her palm. She sniffs it, then sneezes a few times. She buries the remaining powder under her tongue and passes the bottle to another woman, a fellow trader, who also takes a sniff….
Such was the comic genius of Nigerian actor John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu, that he often didn’t even need to open his mouth to make people laugh. “I was chosen to play a doctor in a film one time and when I came to the set dressed as one, even without saying anything,…
Fighters from the M23 rebel group have captured the town of Nyanzale from the military in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. “We are now in Nyanzale, the enemy has fled,” rebel spokesperson Willy Ngoma said, Army commander Jerome Chico Tshitambwe confirmed to the Reuters news agency that Nyanzale has been taken by the rebels….
Security forces in Somalia’s north-eastern Puntland region on Sunday arrested Jamal Osman, a reporter for British broadcaster Channel 4, on charges of spreading al-Shabab propaganda, private news site Puntland Post reported. Osman, who won a Rory Peck award in 2022 for a feature on al-Shabab, was detained shortly after he arrived in regional capital Garowe,…
Uganda’s Deputy Speaker elected East Africa’s representative on the bureau of OACPS – EU Parliamentary General Assembly Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has been elected member of the bureau to represent East Africa to the Organization of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) – European Union General Assembly. Tayebwa was elected during the 64th…
Senegal’s highest court has dismissed President Macky Sall’s attempt to postpone elections and extend his term by nearly a year. The Constitutional Council dealt a setback to Sall, declaring that any delay in the scheduled elections for this month is unconstitutional. Earlier this month, President Macky Sall postponed the election originally scheduled for February 25…
