The Nigerian National Assembly, comprising both the Senate and the House of Representatives, at separate sittings in Abuja on Tuesday, passed measures calling on Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to take over from President Umaru Yar'Adua until he returns from Saudi Arabia, where he as been receiving medical treatment for a heart condition since late November.
The National Assembly has passed a resolution empowering Vice President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to step in the saddle as Acting President, pending the return of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
China increasingly is playing a crucial role in African economies. Two-way trade between China and Africa exceeded U.S. $106 billion in 2008 and Beijing is the leading trading partner with South Africa, the continent’s largest economy.
Almost 30kgs of diamonds from the controversial Chiadzwa diamond claim have reportedly disappeared after being removed from the Reserve Bank by police last week.
FRUSTRATED by President Kibaki's laid-back style in dealing with corrupt ministers, Prime Minister Raila Odinga now intends to amass more powers to deal with culprits himself.
The International Criminal Court has described evidence against a Darfur rebel leader accused of an attack on African Union peacekeepers variously as "weak", "scant" and "unreliable."
JACOB Zuma is no longer just a politician. He is an issue, a lightning rod, a test for this or that -- the judiciary, the economy, race relations, morality and the rule of law.
The Magistrate's Court in Hwange near Victoria Falls has released the three officers of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks who were charged with illegal entry into the country.
Zimbabwe's feuding political parties have resumed talks to iron out differences impeding the work of the coalition government amid pressure from South Africa to conclude the negotiations.
The process to recover hundreds of acres of land owned by former President Moi and other prominent beneficiaries of Mau Forest Complex started on Tuesday.
The United Nations and MTV are reaching out young Kenyans to highlight that HIV is not a death sentence though a new three-part television series exploring the lives and love of a group of friends in Nairobi.
Foreign nationals are being attacked with "impunity" in South Africa, a leading human rights organization charged as the latest service delivery protests turned violent and several hundred residents turned their anger on Ethiopian refugees living in Siyathemba township, about 80km east of Johannesburg.
Despite repeated international pressure against the Anti Homosexuality Bill 2009, its author, David Bahati remains determined to see it pass into law.
Dozens of people due to fly to Nigeria this past weekend were unable to obtain visas because the embassy in Johannesburg apparently ran out of visa stickers.
A Ugandan evangelical church leader says Africans are saddened by U.S. President Barack Obama's condemnation of an anti-homosexuality bill before the country's legislature.
Anglo American chief executive, Cynthia Carroll, is positive about Africa's future role in the mining industry.
AFTER a week of censure over his sexual indiscretions, President Jacob Zuma yesterday got the first public show of support from political ally the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu).
African leaders meeting at the 14th African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa has approved the establishment of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) as a technical body of the AU in replacement of the NEPAD Secretariat.
The inter-party negotiations between the political partners in government over the implementation of outstanding issues re-started on Monday evening, after being adjourned on January 21st.
The United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson who arrived in Nigeria on Saturday will hold bilateral talks with Vice President Goodluck Jonathan today in Abuja.
A new authority is to be established under the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) with special responsibilities for the lakes in the Rift Valley.
BUSINESS Unity SA (Busa) had undertaken to establish a high-level think-tank to contribute to continuing climate change negotiations, the organisation said yesterday.
WHAT to do when yet another state-owned enterprise is found to be in "terminal decline", the result of chronic underfunding, gross mismanagement and negligent oversight by government?
THE Sadc facilitation team appointed by South African President Jacob Zuma to assist in negotiations between parties to the Global Political Agreement is expected to meet the negotiators today ahead of the resumption of talks this evening.
THE Government and business community have not taken full advantage of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), Jerry Lanier, the US ambassador to Uganda, has said.
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