Mozambique’s presidential election: Here’s what to knowMozambicans are expected to turn out in large numbers on Wednesday for an election that will choose a successor to President Filipe Nyusi after his two terms.
Close to 17 million voters in the southern African nation of 31 million people are…
Ghana: Catholic Church takes stand against illegal mining also known as ‘Galamsey’The Bishops of the Accra Archdiocese, alongside thousands of Catholic parishioners, organized an ‘Environmental Prayer Walk’ in the Ghanaian capital to protest the destructive effects of illegal mining, or galamsey.
The peaceful demonstration on Friday (Oct. 11), aimed at raising awareness about the environmental damage…
South Africa’s 1st democratic Labour Minister, former Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni has died
Tito Mboweni, South Africa’s first Minister of Labour after the end of Apartheid has passed…
December Election Choose wisely: Kwabena Frimpong compares NPP’s NAPO and NDC’s Opoku-Agyemang track records
Kwabena Frimpong, Deputy Protocol Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is urging Ghanaians to…
West Africa’s ‘coup belt’: Did Mali’s 2020 army takeover change the region?More than 10 coup attempts have been recorded in Central and West Africa since the August 2020 military takeover in Mali.Four years ago this month, a group of Malian soldiers descended on a military base in Kati, close to the capital Bamako, arrested their most senior leaders, and seized weapons from the armoury.
Shortly after, they stormed Bamako in trucks, where they detained then-President Aboubakar Keita, as Malians…
Armed groups with links to ISIL, al-Qaeda terrorising Burkina Faso: HRWGroups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL are accused of ‘massacring villagers, displaced people, and Christian worshippers’.Armed groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS) have escalated attacks on civilians in Burkina Faso, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a report.
Publishing the report on Wednesday, the NGO documented the killing of at least 128 civilians…
Harris campaign hits $1bn in fundraising: ReportsUS Vice President Kamala Harris has pulled in more than $1bn in fundraising since becoming her party’s presidential nominee in July, according to US media reports.
While the Harris campaign has yet to disclose the exact total, several sources familiar with…
Nairobi resident Rose Mueni said the allegations against Gachagua “do not have a basis for impeachment.”
"Those are just political games because if you listen keenly, there are many politicians with…
Hurricane Milton nears Florida, evacuations urgentSteady rain fell and winds began to gust in the Tampa Bay area Wednesday morning as a mighty Hurricane Milton churned toward a potentially catastrophic collision with the west coast of Florida, where some residents insisted they would stay even after millions were ordered to evacuate. Stragglers face grim odds of surviving, officials said.
The Tampa Bay region, home to more than 3.3 million people, hasn't seen a direct…