August 11, 2022
Kenya: Vote Count Continues in Tight Race As Observers Deem Election 'Peaceful'
Kenyans are waiting with bated breath for the official announcement of their next president, a tight race between Deputy President William Ruto and veteran politician and former… Read more »
August 10, 2022
Mali: Govt Strengthens Ties With Russia, Receives Six More Soviet-Era Warplanes
Mali has received five military jets and a combat helicopter from Russia, which has become a close ally in its fight against a long-running jihadist insurgency. The move… Read more »
August 09, 2022
Rwanda: U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Visits DRC, Rwanda Amid Tensions Over M23 Rebels
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the second leg of his three-nation African tour that began in South Africa at the weekend, and is… Read more »
Kenya: Kenyans Vote in Neck-and-Neck Presidential Elections
Kenyans went to the polls on Tuesday to vote for one of four presidential candidates as President Uhuru Kenyatta steps down after his second term. Polls officially opened at 6am… Read more »
Kenya: Vote Count Begins As the Country Waits for Its Next President
The vote count to determine the next president has begun by the Independent Election and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), with the two main contenders, veteran politician Raila Odinga… Read more »
August 08, 2022
Chad: Military Leader, Opposition Groups Sign Deal to Launch Peace Talks
Chad's transitional authorities and rebel groups have signed a peace agreement in Qatar ahead of a broad national reconciliation dialogue due to begin later this month. Read more »
Kenya: Food Insecurity Hits Hard in Urban and Rural Centres
Failed rains over two years, climate change, locust infestation, the Ukraine war and inflation are at the core of food insecurity in both the urban and rural centres of Kenya. The… Read more »
August 06, 2022
Kenya: Presidential Candidates Wrap Up Their Campaigns Before Vote
Supporters wore their candidate's colours for the last time on Saturday for the final rallies of the two frontrunners, Raila Odinga and William Ruto, in Kenya's presidential… Read more »
Kenya: Nairobi's People's Parliament - Lively Debates On Who Will Be Kenya's President
In a small, tree-lined park in Nairobi's Central Business District, a group of 80 men are speaking, debating, and persuading. They come from all parts of the country, and meet up… Read more »
August 05, 2022
Kenya: Farmers Say They Are Tired of Empty Election Promises
Kenya goes to the polls on 9 August 2022. Farmers, who constitute a critical sector of the economy, say they have lost faith in the political process. Read more »
Kenya: Talking Walls Use Art to Spread Peace During Elections
As Kenya's presidential and parliamentary candidates vie for office in the final frenzied week of campaigning, others worry about life after the elections. Read more »
Senegal: Setback for Sall as President's Allies Lose Absolute Majority
Senegalese President Macky Sall's coalition has lost its absolute majority in parliament by a single seat, despite finishing first by a narrow margin in last Sunday's polls,… Read more »
August 04, 2022
Kenya: Presidential Candidate Ruto Claims Government Is Attempting to 'Sabotage' His Rallies
Kenyan deputy president and presidential candidate William Ruto described the obstacles placed in his way to holding final political rallies as "sabotage". Speaking at a press… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Govt Expels MONUSCO Spokesman Over Deadly Anti-UN Protests in Eastern Kivu Provinces
Kinahsa has asked the UN peacekeeping mission, Monusco, to withdraw spokesman Mathias Gillmann over "indelicate and inappropriate remarks" he made in the wake of deadly mass… Read more »
August 03, 2022
Kenya: The Challenges Ahead As Kenyans Prepare to Choose a President
Kenyans go to the polls on Tuesday, 9 August, to elect a new president. There are two main contenders: deputy president William Ruto, and veteran politican Raila Odinga. In… Read more »
Kenya: Human Rights Activists Warn of Police Violence During Elections
Kenya's failure to hold police accountable for allegedly killing dozens of people after the 2017 elections heightens the risk of officers again abusing their power, a leading human… Read more »
August 02, 2022
Kenya: Kenyatta Burnishes His Statesman Credentials As Presidential Reign in Kenya Ends
As the clock ticks down on his presidency, Uhuru Kenyatta has been playing peacemaker, thawing tensions with Somalia, intervening in Congo's crisis and hosting talks between Sudan… Read more »
Senegal: Both Ruling Coalition and Opposition Alliance Claim Victory in Legislative Polls
Senegal's opposition and President Macky Sall's ruling coalition have both claimed to have won legislative elections held at the weekend, while the vote count continues. Read more »
August 01, 2022
Mali: Govt Blasts France's Macron Over 'Neocolonial' Attitude As Relations Deteriorate
Mali's army-led government on Sunday urged French President Emmanuel Macron to abandon his "neocolonial and patronising" attitude as relations break down further between Paris and… Read more »
July 31, 2022
Africa: Despite Deaths, Africa Left to Fight Monkeypox Without Vaccine
The vast majority of deaths due to monkeypox have been registered on the African continent. Africa remains the only part of the world with no doses of the vaccine, according to the… Read more »
Senegal: Voting Under Way in Parliamentary Poll Seen As Test for Macky Sall
Senegal's electors vote on Sunday in parliamentary polls. The ballot will decide the 165 seats of the single-chamber parliament for the next five years. Read more »
July 30, 2022
Gabon: France Charges Five More Members of Gabon Ruling Dynasty in 85 Million Euro Fraud Case
France has charged five more children of former Gabonese president Omar Bongo in a long-running inquiry into the financing of the late president's real estate empire, said to be… Read more »
Mali: U.S. Orders Departure of Staff and Families Over Attack Fears
The United States has ordered non-emergency personnel and their families to leave Mali due to a heightened risk of terrorist attacks, the State Department has announced. Read more »
Africa: Lavrov's Four-Nation Charm Offensive Intensifies New Scramble for Africa
Last week, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, paid a visit to Africa. As the west attempts to isolate Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine in February,… Read more »
Africa: First Deaths of Monkeypox Patients Outside Africa Reported in Spain, Brazil
Spain and Brazil reported their first monkeypox-related deaths on Friday, marking what are thought to be the first non-African fatalities linked to the current outbreak of the… Read more »