October 14, 2019
Tunisia: Kais Saied Set to Become President - Exit Polls
Kais Saied is set to become president of Tunisia, exit polls suggest. Read more »
October 11, 2019
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Prime Minister Wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
Ethiopia's President Abiy Ahmed has won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, primarily for his groundbreaking work on the peace deal between Ethiopia and Eritrea after a decades-long… Read more »
October 10, 2019
Africa: Why Keeping to Presidential Term Limits is Important for Peace
Since the 1990s, Africa has made notable strides in achieving democratic and peaceful transitions of power in government. According to the Africa Forum, a network of former African… Read more »
Africa: Niger's President Will Make History at The End of His Term
"My greatest legacy will be to become the first president in the history of Niger who will hand power to a democratically elected successor." Read more »
October 09, 2019
South Africa: 'Until We Stop Hitting Children, We'll Not Stop Men From Hitting Women'
South Africa has become the 57th country to prohibit the corporal punishment of children. This comes after the Constitutional Court's ruling that the common law defence of… Read more »
October 10, 2019
South Africa: How Outlawing Parents Hitting Children Will Lead to More Peaceful South Africa
South Africa has become the 57th country to prohibit the corporal punishment of children. This comes after the Constitutional Court's ruling that the common law defence of… Read more »
South Africa: Why Parents Beating Their Children is Not African Culture
After South Africa's Constitutional Court upheld a high court ruling that declared corporal punishment at home unconstitutional, there were memes about African parents ignoring the… Read more »
Tunisia: Presidential Candidate Nabil Karoui Freed From Prison
A Tunisian appeals court on Wednesday (October 9, 2019) freed presidential candidate Nabil Karoui from prison, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »
October 07, 2019
Africa: South Africa's Future Is In Africa, With Africa - Ramaphosa Says After Buhari Visit
South Africa and Nigeria, Africa's two economic powerhouses, saw President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Muhammadu Buhari meet during a state visit on October 3. Read more »
Mozambique: Observer Shot Dead Ahead of Mozambique Polls
A leading civil society election observer has been assassinated in Mozambique's Gaza province, barely a week before the polls, Club of Mozambique reports. Read more »
Gabon: President Bongo Makes Rare Public Appearance
Gabonese President Ali Bongo made a surprise appearance at a stadium in the country's capital Libreville on Saturday October 5, 2019, Bloomberg reports. Read more »
Tunisia: Exit Poll Shows Conservative Ennahdha Party In The Lead In Parliamentary Vote
The conservative Ennahdha party has come first in Tunisia's parliamentary election, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »
October 02, 2019
West Africa: Grassroots Organizations Must Defend Children's Rights
In the summer of last year, Amina was sent to spend the summer school vacation with her aunt in the upper region of Guinea. Three months later, she returned to her parents in the… Read more »
September 30, 2019
Senegal: President Pardons Political Rival
Senegalese President Macky Sall has pardoned political rival Khalifa Sall, who was jailed in 2018 on corruption charges, Reuters reports. Read more »
September 17, 2019
Africa: African In Top Spot At UN Gathering of World Leaders
A veteran African diplomat is taking center stage this week at the United Nations as the 74th session of the General Assembly (UNGA) gets underway. Read more »
Africa: No, Kagame Did Not Call For South Africa to Be Expelled From AU
President Paul Kagame's advisor, Yolande Makolo, has come out to defend his name on Twitter and to clarify reports claiming Kagame has called for the dismissal of the South African… Read more »
September 04, 2019
Africa: Xenophobia, March Against Gender-Based Violence Loom Over WEF Summit
Protesters and mourners demanding to see President Cyril Ramaphosa over recent incidents of violence against women have marched to the Cape Town International Convention Centre… Read more »
August 30, 2019
Africa: Post-Niamey, How Can the African Continental Free Trade Area Deliver 'Made in Africa'?
On 06-07 July 2019 I was in Niamey both for the pre-Summit Business Forum and for the African Union's Extra-Ordinary Summit to celebrate the first Anniversary of the Signing of the… Read more »
August 29, 2019
Zambia: Opposition Politician Kambwili Arrested For 'Defaming' Lungu
Zambian police have arrested opposition National Democratic Congress leader Chishimba Kambwili on charges of defaming President Edgar Lungu, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »
August 28, 2019
Gambia: Country's Founding President Dies
The first president of The Gambia, Dawda Jawara, is dead reports RFI. He died on Tuesday, August 27 at the age of 95 years. His family confirmed his death at his residence in… Read more »
August 26, 2019
South Africa: Company Chief Tied to State Capture, Corruption Dies in Car Crash
Gavin Watson, the chief executive officer of Bosasa, has allegedly died in a car accident near OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg on Monday morning, eNCA reports. Read more »
Algeria: Culture Minister Resigns After Deadly Stampede at Rap Concert
Algeria's culture minister has resigned after the deaths of five young music fans in a stampede at a rap concert, the BBC reports. Read more »
August 23, 2019
South Africa: The Apartheid Flag - 'Divisive Symbol of Oppression'
The old South African flag which was outlawed by a court judgement this week was adopted two decades before the formal policy of apartheid was enforced. But the elements which go… Read more »
East Africa: Two Days After Burying Hatchet, Rwanda and Uganda at it Again
The soured diplomatic relations between Uganda and Rwanda have now sucked in media houses - with each country blocking what they regard as the other government's mouthpiece media… Read more »
Zambia: What Govt Should Do to Clean Up Poisonous Soil, Dust in Kabwe
Thousands of children in Kabwe are developing lead poisoning because of growing up in contaminated neighborhoods due to exposure around a former lead and zinc mine. Twenty-five… Read more »