Nigerians were racing against time on Wednesday as the final deadline for the collection of their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) edged closer ahead of presidential and national assembly elections. The PVC acts as identification to vote in the upcoming general elections. Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, released a window in December for…
The main opposition party, the Les Democrates, wins 28 seats in the 109-seat parliament, preliminary results show. Benin’s opposition has returned to parliament after a four-year absence, winning 28 seats in elections dominated by President Patrice Talon’s allies, according to preliminary results. Sunday’s election was a test for the West African state where Talon has promoted development,…
Text by : NEWS WIRES The French and German foreign ministers arrived in Addis Ababa on Thursday on a mission to support a peace agreement signed last year to end two years of brutal war. The visit by France’s Catherine Colonna and Annalena Baerbock of Germany began a day after Tigrayan rebels announced they were starting to hand in their heavy weapons,…
Investigations are under way to ascertain why a Botswana soldier stationed at Cabo Delgado in Mozambique took his own life. His identity has not been revealed to allow his family to mourn in peace. In December, another Botswana soldier killed a female colleague before turning the gun on himself. A Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldier stationed…
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is on Tuesday scheduled to convene a meeting of the National Coronavirus Command Council to discuss a new variant detected in the country this week. The new Covid sub-variant, known as XBB.1.5, has also been recorded in the US and UK. It is an offshoot of the globally-dominant Omicron Covid…
Minister of Communications Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says that the Postbank is ready to take up the role of a state bank in South Africa, with plans underway to roll out 100 new branches and to revamp the group’s infrastructure to be a fully-fledged bank. Speaking to the SABC, Ntshavheni said that the bank is currently assessing which…
Duncan MiririReuters NAIROBI, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Kenya Airways KQNA.NR is experiencing flight disruptions due to delays in securing aircraft components required for maintenance, the carrier said late on Monday. The airline, which is one of Africa’s biggest, may be forced to cut some flights if the challenges of getting the parts persist, Chief Executive Officer Allan Kilavuka said…
By Africanews with AFP INSECURITY Nigeria’s presidential election scheduled for late February could be cancelled or postponed if the current level of insecurity persists in the country, the electoral commission (Inec) warned Monday. Nigerians are due to choose a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, a former general who is not standing for re-election after two…
Rwandan president says his country will not shoulder the burden of hosting those fleeing the deadly conflict in DR Congo. Rwanda says it can no longer offer refuge to people fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), stoking already high tensions between the central African neighbours. Persistent fighting in the east of…
SABC | @SABCNews The Eastern Cape Department of Health has called on the public to be vigilant, and take all necessary steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 XBB 1.5 variant. Four cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at Motherwell NU2 clinic in Gqeberha, however the department is not clear whether these cases are linked to the Omicron…