Felix OnuahReuters ABUJA, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Nigeria will not allow intimidation to gain votes in next February’s presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. Nigerians will head to the polls on Feb. 25 to select a successor to Buhari, who cannot run because the constitution does not permit him to serve more than two consecutive…
Tim Cocks and Olivia Kumwenda-MtamboReuters KEY POINTS Scandal over stash of cash stolen from game farm ANC backs Ramaphosa fight against ‘Farmgate’ report President denies wrongdoing, has not been charged Ruling party sees him as best ANC leader JOHANNESBURG, Dec 7 (Reuters) – South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa is weathering the worst scandal of his presidency thanks to…
With shouts, songs, cries and tears, Moroccans exploded with joy Tuesday as their football team beat Spain to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time. “There were millions behind Morocco – this team represents a spirit, a union,” said Imad Ait Ounejjar, from a noisy, crowded restaurant in the coastal city…
A month after the COP27 climate change summit in Egypt, COP15 on Biodiversity kicks off in Canada. The objective for the 196 countries present is to halt the decline of life. And the call for action is urgent. According to the latest World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report, wildlife populations have on average declined by 69%…
The army and local clans, backed by US and AU support, have been waging a broader campaign to drive fighters out of the states of Galmudug and Hirshabelle. Government forces and allied militias in Somalia have recaptured a strategic town that the al-Shabab armed group had controlled for six years. Pro-government forces entered the town…
As a pair of motor-cyclists from Ghanaian startup Swoove zipped along Accra’s back streets with deliveries last week, a team of software engineers tracked their progress on screens. Swoove’s founders say because it started out during tough times, the firm is well placed to weather the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects…
Worshippers from all walks of life condemn targeting of Muslims by security agencies. KAMPALA, Uganda Muslims in Uganda from all segments of society protested Monday against the arbitrary arrests of Muslim leaders during raids on mosques. Muslim clerics, parliamentarians, businessmen and community members collectively came out to condemn the arrests, which they say are illegal…
For every Kenyan who has been a victim of human trafficking to Myanmar, their story is that of hope for a rags-to-riches experience that instead dives them into the murky world of the Myanmar junta. And as the government tries to save many from the jaws of militants, many Kenyans, particularly young women below the…
Zimbabweans are being subjected to 19 hours of power cuts a day, because there is insufficient water in the Kariba dam to drive the nation’s main hydropower plant. The worst outages since 2019 are wreaking havoc, causing snarl-ups in Harare, the capital, where most traffic lights are no longer working, and interrupting mobile phone services…
By Farouk Chothia BBC News South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is fighting back after being politically wounded by allegations that he stashed a huge sum of foreign currency in a sofa on his game farm, and then covered up its theft. He has rallied his governing African National Congress (ANC) to back him in parliament,…