Claims of Bias The defence lawyers of Omar al-Bashir doubled down on their allegation of bias and ineligibility against the prosecutor general Tagelsir al-Hebr of the ousted Sudanese president’s case. Bashir found guilty last December of corruption and currently on trial since July 21st for undermining constitutional order and the use of military force to…
An Economic Crisis 2020 sees Tunisia’s budget deficit reaching record levels at around 14% of GDP – as announced by Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi on Tuesday calling on the Central Bank to finance it so as to limit the national crisis. At a press conference in Tunis, the Prime Minister addressed the nation, “The economic…
Popular protests in African countries go back to the days of independence struggle and in the struggle against the hardship associated with the structural adjustment programme in 1980s. In the 1990s, the democratic and political transition that swept most parts of Africa also occasioned many political protests and movements. Yet for decades, western misconception and…
The Third Time’s the Charm ? President of the Independent Electoral Commission in Cote d’Ivoire, Ibrahime Coulibaly-Kuibiert, declared, “President of the Republic Mr Alassane Ouattara is therefore elected.” As of Tuesday morning following results proclaimed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Monday night, Cote d’Ivoire has announced that current President Alassane Ouattara at 78…
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Khartoum Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia kicked off Sunday the latest round of talks over Addis Ababa’s controversial dam on the Blue Nile, waters critical to the two downstream nations. The week-long negotiations, held via video conference, include water ministers from the three countries, as well as representatives from the African Union, European Union and the…
Landslide Win? The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party candidate – who according to the electoral body won 84% of the vote while rival Tundu Lissu of the Chadema party received 13%, affirmed his win and announced that he has no intention of seeking a third term. Magufuli appealed to the nation, “We cast our votes…
The police in Katsina State in synergy with the Nigerian Army have repelled coordinated bandits attack on Tsaskiya community of Safana Local Government Area of the state and killed five suspected bandits. The spokesman of the state police command, Gambo Isah, in a statement issued to journalists on Wednesday, said the bandits were on revenge…
Tanzanians began voting on Wednesday morning to elect their president and members of parliament. The outgoing head of state John Magufuli, nicknamed the “bulldozer”, faces main opponent Tundu Lissu, who has been able to reinvigorate the opposition, largely stifled during the last five-years. On the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, the situation had become clearly tense…
Security officers among the dead following last week’s disputed elections, state TV reports, as country remains tense. Nearly two dozen people have been killed in violence that erupted following a disputed presidential election in Guinea last week, state television reported on Monday, as international envoys attempted to soothe tensions in the West African nation. The…