EU Aids Zimbabwe With €234Million // UE Sida Au Zimbabwe Avec € 234Millions
The European Union (EU) has given Zimbabwe €234m, it said on Monday, the first time the government has received EU aid since 2002. The...
Category : POLITICS
Sudan’s Electoral Body Announces Polling Dates // Corps Electoral Du Soudan Annonce Les Dates Du Scrutin
Sudan’s National Elections Commission (NEC) has announced that polling in the coming elections will take place from 13 to 15 April while vote counting will...
Nigeria Calls On US For Boko Haram Support // Nigéria Réclame sur US Support Boko Haram
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is appealing to the United States for greater assistance in the fight against Boko Haram Islamists, according to the Wall Street...
Kenya MP Shot Dead In Nairobi // Kenya MP Shot mort dans Gikomba
George Muchai was killed along with two bodyguards and his driver in an early-morning shooting. A Kenyan politician has been shot dead by gunmen, along...
Political Tension Mounting In Lesotho Ahead of Elections // Montage De Tensions Politique Au Lesotho Avant Les Elections
Nthakoana Ngatane Political tension is again mounting in Lesotho, ahead of the February 28 election. This is after King Letsie III appointed Dr. Kananelo Mosito...
Sisi creates unified military command To Combat Terrorism In Egypt’s Sinai // Sisi Crée Sinai Un Commandement Militaire Unifié à Lutter Contre Le Terrorisme En Egypte
The president appoints General Osama Roshdy Askar to lead army counter-terrorism efforts east of the Suez Canal File Photo: Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed...
Hillary Clinton’s ‘WMD’ Moment: U.S. Intelligence Saw False Narrative In Libya // ‘ADM’ instant Hillary : Services De Renseignement Américains Ont Vu Faux Récit En Libye
The gap between Hillary Rodham Clinton’s rhetoric warning of a Rwanda-like slaughter of civilians in Libya and the facts gathered by career intelligence staff is...
President Macky Sall To chair NEPAD Heads of State and Government Summit // Le Président Macky Sall à La Présidence NEPAD Chefs D’Etat Et De Gouvernement Sommet Dans
H.E. Macky SALL, President of the Republic of Senegal and Chairperson of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC) will chair the...
Psychopathic Politics in Congo Buries Opposition // Psychopathe Politique Au Congo Enterre OppositionI Reçu Un
By Georgianne Nienaber I received an email today from Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). “The violences (sic) that have started at the...
Mubarak Sons Walk Free From Jail After Egypt Marks Revolution Anniversary //
Freed from jail on Monday, the sons of deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, are said to have visited their father in the military hospital where...
At Least 17 killed In Protests On Anniversary of Egypt Uprising // Au Moins 17 Tués En Protestations Sur Anniversaire D’Égypte Uprising
At least 17 people were killed on Sunday in Egypt’s bloodiest protests since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was elected president, as security forces fired at...
Lungu Wins Zambia Presidential Election With 48.3 Percent of Vote // Lungu Remporte La Présidentielle De Zambie Avec 48,3 % Du Vote
Patriotic Front (PF) Presidential candidate Edgar Lungu casts his ballot at a voting station in John Howard township in Lusaka, January 20, 2015. CREDIT:...
‘Nigeria’s Campaign Vs Boko Haram Hampered By ‘Cowards’ // ‘ Campagne Vs Boko Haram Du Nigéria Entravée Par Des « Lâches »
Nigeria’s campaign against Islamist Boko Haram insurgents is being hampered by “cowards” within the armed forces, its presidential security adviser said in a rare public...
Bomb Explodes Outside Presidential Palace in Cairo, 1 Injured // Bombe Explose A L’extérieur Le Palais Présidentiel Au Caire, 1 Officier De Police De Injured
A police officer was injured when a small bomb exploded outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Thursday, police sources said. An unknown assailant on...
Museveni speaks on Monitor saga // Museveni Parle Sur Moniteur Saga
After newspaper removed a top staff-man, the president suggests the editor was victimized for publishing a poll that showed him in the lead. Clandestine nature of president’s meeting raises...
Anti-Kabila Protests Turn Deadly in DR Congo // Protestations Anti-Kabila Tourner Mortelles En R.D. Du Congo
At least four people, including two policemen, were killed in Kinshasa on Monday, the government said, after security forces clashed with thousands protesting moves to...
APC Stalwarts Stand Tall For Gov. Ajimobi’s Continuity in Oyo State //
Governor Ajimobi’s hopes of reckoning with history and breaking the political jinx in Oyo state might not be that undaunting as mammoth crowd, party stalwarts...
BOKO HARAM INCREASES ATTACKS AS NIGERIA ELECTIONS LOOM // BOKO HARAM AUGMENTATIONS ATTAQUES AS NIGERIA ÉLECTIONS LOOM
Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremist group, is increasing the ferocity and tempo of its attacks, destabilizing Africa’s most populous nation as it prepares for...
Sisi’s Brave New Egypt? // Brave New Égypte de sisi ?
There is, of course, a reason the MSM, which apparently follows the Obama administration’s lead, has been unkind to Egypt’s president. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...
UN Electoral Mission Prepared To Help Country In ‘Decisive’ Return To Peace // Mission Electorale De L’ONU Prête A Aider Les Pays A « Décisif » Retour à La Paix
The United Nations Electoral Observation Mission in Burundi, known by its French acronym MENUB, officially launched its activities today in the capital of Bujumbura as...