Robert Mugabe, the former leader of Zimbabwe forced to resign in 2017 after a 37-year rule whose early promise was eroded by economic turmoil, disputed elections and human rights violations, has died. He was 95. His successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa confirmed Mugabe’s death in a tweet Friday, mourning him as an “icon of liberation.” He did…
Category: Africa
Xenophobia: Onyema, Nigerians Condemn Attacks on Nigerians in South Africa
Nigerians have condemned the burning down and looting of Nigerian-owned businesses by South Africans in xenophobic attacks at the weekend in the rainbow nation. Nigerians took to Twitter to express their outrage over the violence and called for appropriate retaliatory measures to serve as deterrent. Others called for boycott of South Africa-owned businesses in Nigeria. …
Judge Suspended For Granting Hearing on President’s Medical Fitness
A top judge in Gabon who recently admitted a case challenging the eligibility of President Ali Bongo to continue in office has been suspended by the Ministry of Justice, local news portal Gabonactu has reported. The case in question surrounds the president’s health following months abroad for treatment and recuperation from a stroke. On August…
Tight security at the Court of Appeal as Atiku seeks private audience with tribunal members
ABUJA—-There is heavy security presence at the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, begins pre-hearing session on the petition the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, lodged to challenge the outcome of the February 23 presidential election. At the resumed proceeding on the petition…
Shocking: $500m in cash found at home of deposed Sudanese president, Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir
Mutasim Mahmoud, senior public prosecutor in Sudan, announced the seizure of $351 million, €6,7 million, and SDG 5 billion ($105 million) at the residence of Al-Bashir. Mahmoud confirmed that the cash is secure within the vaults of the Bank of Sudan, and that charges will be filed against the former president under the foreign exchange…
Rawlings Rejects Moves by Ghaniaan Government To Rename Varsity After Him
Former Ghaniaan president, Jerry Rawlings has declined the proposed renaming of the University of Development Studies (UDS) after him by the government of Ghana. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Rawlings thanked the government for the gesture but said the decision to decline the honour was because he has “a long-standing principle not to have…
