Tanzanian, formerly known as Tanganyika, celebrated 56 years of independence from British rule on Saturday. Read more »
National Super Alliance leader Raila Odinga's swearing-in ceremony was scheduled to take place at a yet-to-be-disclosed location during the country's Independence Day. Read more »
Security agencies have reportedly held strategy meetings on handling National Super Alliance leader Raila Odinga's swearing-in event after recent criticism over the use of ... Read more »
Afrobarometer reports in a newly-published analysis that only one in four Zimbabweans say they trust the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission "a lot". Another quarter say they trust it ... Read more »
The Ethiopians who experienced Mr Mengistu's 17 years of "Red Terror" reign are hoping that he will be the second former African president to be tried for international crimes ... Read more »
The People's Democractic Party will be holding an elective conference where a new leader will be chosen to take the party forward to the 2019 presidential elections. Read more »
The Presidency has announced that it intends to appeal a North Gauteng High Court ruling that ordered National Prosecuting Authority Chief Shaun Abrahams to vacate his position. Read more »
"A defining character of small arms proliferation in West Africa is the increasing difficulty of states to provide and guarantee public security," an official has said. Read more »
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has been the centre of controversy this year for having statues erected of South African President Jacob Zuma and Liberia's President Ellen ... Read more »
"The Ethiopian government has doubled down on its efforts to spy on its critics, no matter where they are in the world," said Human Rights Watch's Cynthia Wong. Read more »
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