Nigeria: Buhari needs tenure extension to curb insecurity
An elder statesman and senior lawyer, Robert Clarke, SAN, Monday in Abuja, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), should serve for an extra...
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Court summons Muhoozi Kainerugaba over his presidential bid
Plans by the First Son of Uganda Muhoozi Kainerugaba to succeed his father are facing resistance, with the army lieutenant-general now being dragged to court....
Tanzania president announces fuel price relief package from June 1
President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday, May 9, announced a relief package to cushion Tanzanians from the ever-rising fuel prices, saying the changes will take...
Over 35 Killed As Suspected Militants Raid DR Congo Gold Mine
Raiders killed at least 35 people including a baby in an attack on a gold mine in Ituri, in the strife-torn northeast of Democratic Republic...
Museveni’s son Gen Muhoozi announces interest in Uganda presidency
After almost a decade of speculations, Lt-Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has publicly expressed his interest in succeeding his father Yoweri Museveni as president of Uganda. Uganda’s...
Nigerian airlines to halt domestic flights over jet fuel hikes
Nigeria’s airlines are to stop domestic operations from Monday in protest at the spiralling cost of jet fuel. It has risen almost fourfold this year,...
Somali ex-president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed elected MP
Former Somalia President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has been elected a member of the House of the People (Lower House of Somalia’s bicameral parliament). Mr Ahmed...
European Union plans to court Africa to help replace gas imports
According to a draft EU document seen by Bloomberg News, the EU plans to increase liquified natural gas imports by 50 billion cubic meters and...
UN chief backs Nigeria’s integration of insurgents, calls it key to peace
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he fully supports moves to expand facilities to reintegrate surrendering militants in northeastern Nigeria because it was a key step...
AU condemns deadly attack on army base in Somalia
African Union chairperson Moussa Faki has condemned an attack by Al-Shabab militants on a military base in central Somalia manned by Burundian soldiers. The AU...