African Court to elect new President on Monday
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) will elect its next President on Monday, June 2, 2025, during the opening of its 77th...
Category : POLITICS
Ukraine keeps Russia guessing over participation in June 2 peace talks
Ukraine keeps Russia guessing over participation in June 2 peace talks First round in Istanbul on May 16 brought no breakthrough A resident gestures as...
Morocco’s Infrastructure Development Reaches New Milestone
Morocco continues to push boundaries in infrastructure development, fueled by an ambitious national plan to become a gateway between Europe and Africa. Major progress has...
Congo-Kinshasa: The DR Congo Needs Dialogue, Not More Guns
As violent clashes continue to plague the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), national and international leaders are renewing calls for peaceful...
Kenya: National Assembly Declines to Withdraw Bill On Boda Boda Despite Khalwale Request
The controversial Public Transport (Motorcycle Regulation) Bill, which seeks to regulate the boda boda sector, has found a lifeline after the National Assembly declined the...
Ivory Coast Government Denies Military Coup Amid Rising Political Tensions
The Ivorian government has firmly denied recent rumors of a military coup, labeling them as part of a coordinated disinformation campaign. Speculation about a coup...
ActionSA Threatens to Reject Johannesburg Budget Over Controversial R200 Electricity Surcharge
ActionSA has declared it will not support the City of Johannesburg’s 2025/26 budget if it retains the contentious R200 monthly electricity surcharge imposed on prepaid...
FG reinstates $300 helicopter levy, oil companies to bear cost
The Federal Government of Nigeria has reinstated the previously suspended $300 helicopter landing levy, directing that oil companies operating in the country bear the cost....
Sicilian Student Orchestrates €180,000 Boarding Pass Scam, Exploiting Government Travel Subsidy
A 26-year-old Sicilian student has been charged with defrauding the regional government of approximately €180,000 (about $200,000) by submitting over 2,600 fake airline boarding passes...
Indonesia, Ethiopia eye stronger economic, BRICS cooperation
Foreign Affairs Minister Sugiono and Ethiopian Ambassador to Indonesia, Fekadu Beyene Aleka, discussed intensifying cooperation between the two countries and the BRICS group of developing...
GNU Takes a Win, Taxpayers Take a Hit in Budget 3.0
South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU) has managed to pass Budget 3.0 after weeks of political back-and-forth, but the approval has come at a...
Zandile Gumede Co-Accused Appears Virtually from Bed in Gown, Prompting Judge’s Rebuke
In a notable development during the ongoing R300 million Durban Solid Waste (DSW) tender fraud trial, one of former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede’s co-accused, Zithulele...
KZN’s fight against HIV/Aids hinges on Ramaphosa-Trump meeting, budget
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa’s most populous province and the epicenter of the country’s HIV/AIDS epidemic, faces a critical juncture as U.S. funding cuts and domestic...
South African President Challenges Trump on Veracity of Footage of White Genocide in Oval Office Confrontation
President Donald Trump on Monday claimed the White South Africans his administration has welcomed into the country were fleeing from genocide. The day before, The...
Veteran ZBC broadcaster dies
Veteran Zimbabwean news reader and respected academic Joseph Madhimba has died in Namibia, marking the end of a distinguished career that spanned journalism, broadcasting, and...
Tanzanian police arrest foreign activists supporting detained opposition leader Tundu Lissu
Tanzanian authorities have arrested Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan lawyer Agather Atuhaire in Dar es Salaam. The two had traveled to observe the treason...
Autopsy Reveals Nyandarua Priest Who Hosted Gachagua Was Killed by Multiple Gunshots Including Fatal Headshot
Father John Maina Ndegwa, a Catholic priest from Nyandarua County, Kenya, was tragically found dead on May 15, 2025, along the Nakuru-Nairobi highway near Kikopey,...
Catholic bishops call for justice look poll not charity in Africa-EU relations
Catholic bishops in Africa and Europe urged national leaders to refocus their partnerships on mutual respect, environmental stewardship and human dignity, as politicians converge for...
African Union Warns Against External Interference in Sudan Amid Deepening Humanitarian Crisis
The African Union (AU) has issued a stern warning against foreign interference in Sudan’s ongoing civil conflict, emphasizing that such actions could further destabilize the...
ANC Mourns the Passing of ANCWL Deputy President Lungile Mnganga-Gcabashe
The African National Congress (ANC) is grieving the loss of one of its veteran leaders, Lungile Mnganga-Gcabashe, who served as the Deputy President of the...