President Muhammadu Buhari

Buhari bows to pressure, launches probe against Magu, EFCC

Politics Aug 11
Click to read all about coronavirus → President Muhammadu Buhari appeares to have bowed to public pressure to empanel a judicial commission of enquiry into the financial impropriety leveled against the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, by his supervising minister, Abubakar Malami, by finally authorising one to conduct a holistic probe of the man and the finances of the anti-graft agency from 2015 to 2020.
Tundu Lissu was last week nominated as Chadema party presidential candidate
Tanzania opposition 'lacks confidence in electoral body'
Politics Aug 10
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu says he lacks confidence in the electoral commission ahead of his presidential contest against incumbent John Magufuli in October’s general elections.
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Niger attack: French aid workers among eight killed by gunmen
Politics Aug 10
Gunmen have attacked a group of aid workers in Niger, killing six French citizens, their local guide and driver, officials say.
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Journalists call for release of Kenyan held in Ethiopia
Politics Aug 10
The Foreign Correspondents' Association of East Africa has called for the release of Kenyan journalist Yassin Juma who they say is still being detained in Ethiopia despite being granted bail by a court.
Former President, Jerry John Rawlings
How Rawlings made me 'lock' 'inebriated' Mills in my office - Ahwoi recounts
Politics Aug 10
Former Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Professor Kwamena Ahwoi in his book, “Working With Rawlings” has disclosed how the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills was captured by Jerry John Rawlings barely a week to the filing of nominations for the presidential elections in 1996.
Bakary Suso (L) and Alieu Sowe, (R) are putting up the signs themselves
Letter from Africa: 'How I helped put Gambians on Google Maps'
Politics Aug 09
In our series of letters from African journalists, Sierra Leonean-Gambian writer Ade Daramy explains how he was instrumental in getting Gambians an address.
File Photo: The late Samuel Nkhoma
Zambia spy chief Samuel Nkhoma dies of coronavirus
Politics Aug 09
Zambia's intelligence chief, Samuel Nkhoma died Friday, August 7, 2020 from an undisclosed illness, state radio reported.