Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso

Congo's Dennis Sassou -Nguesso sworn in for fifth term

Politics Apr 17
Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso has taken the oath of office for another term, extending his 36-year accumulated rule. The 77-year-old won 88.4 percent of the vote in the March 21 election, boycotted by the main opposition. Sassou Nguesso was sworn in the capital Brazzaville on Friday.
Guelleh re-elected Djibouti president for fifth term
Guelleh re-elected Djibouti president for fifth term
Politics Apr 12
Djibouti's veteran ruler Ismail Omar Guelleh was overwhelmingly re-elected for a fifth term as president, according to final results announced Saturday, after the vote in the tiny but strategically important country was boycotted by the main opposition.
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Chad's President Deby seeks to extend 30-year rule in election
Politics Apr 12
Polls opened on Sunday in Chad's presidential election with incumbent Idriss Deby one of the first to cast his ballot.
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Benin's President Talon eyes re-election with few rivals in his path
Politics Apr 08
Benin's President Patrice Talon looks set to win re-election to a second term on Sunday in a presidential ballot critics say is already tilted in his favour after a crackdown on opponents.
Bakayoko's burial is scheduled for Friday 19 March.
Funeral rites commence for late Ivorian PM Hamed Bakayoko in Abidjan
Politics Mar 15
A ceremony has been held in Abidjan as the body of prime minister Hamed Bakayoko arrives on a plane from Germany.
President Akufo-Addo applauded the players for their good work
This is the beginning of new era of success for Ghana football – Akufo-Addo on Black Satellites AFCON heroics
Sports Mar 09
President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has eulogized the Black Satellites team following their triumph in the just ended Africa U-20 Championship in Mauritania, saying that should be the beginning of new era of success for Ghanaian football.
Ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
Relative of ousted Tunisian president jailed 10 years for corruption
Politics Mar 09

A Tunisian court has sentenced Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, to