Politics

US president Joe Biden was the victim of a fall, without gravity, during an event of the American air forces in Colorado. Just after finishing his inaugural speech at the US Air Force Academy graduation in northern Colorado Springs, Joe Biden stumbled while trying to run off the stage. Very …

Malawi’s high court has ordered the former ruling party to return the money it received as gifts from state bodies within the next 30 days. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was ordered to pay back 14m Malawian kwacha ($1,400; £1,117) given to the party by public bodies during a fundraising …

At least nine people died in Senegal in clashes between security forces and supporters of opponent Ousmane Sonko. It follows Sonko’s two-year prison sentence for “youth corruption” which calls into question his candidacy for the presidential election of 2024. “We noted with regret violence that led to the destruction of …

New Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised reforms to address insecurity in the country, in his first formal meeting with security and intelligence chiefs since becoming president, the BBC reported. Terrorism and an Islamist insurgency are entrenched in the north-east of the country, banditry and armed militias are common …

The Brics summit of heads of state will be held in South Africa’s main city Johannesburg in August, Reuters agency reported, citing Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor. Her comments follow speculation that South Africa could ask another country to host the summit as it will be under legal obligation to arrest …

The Senegalese opponent Ousman Sonko has been sentenced on Thursday June 1, 2023 to two years in prison for corruption of youth, according to reports. The verdict is in for Ousmane Sonko in his trial against Adji Sarr. In a highly tense political context, the Dakar criminal chamber sentenced opposition …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni proves unwavering, after signing what international community termed as one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws. The anti-homosexuality law carries penalties of up to the death penalty. Mr Museveni says it was necessary to prevent members of the LGBTQ community from being ‘disoriented‘ from ‘recruiting’ other …

A court in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, has started calling witnesses as it considers a petition against President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February elections, according to reports. The opposition Labour Party says it is presenting additional material to support its argument that the poll was rigged. Opposition lawyers are …

General elections in Zimbabwe will take place on August 23,2023, outgoing president Emmerson Mnangagwa announced. Elected in 2018 following a coup that deposed President Robert Mugabe a year earlier, Emmerson Mnangagwa is currently completing a second term in office. His main rival, 45-year-old lawyer and pastor Nelson Chamisa, had expressed …

Central African Republic’s president Faustin-Archange Touadéra announced that his country will soon hold a constitutional referendum that would potentially allow him to seek re-election in 2025. President Touadera said he took the decision after consulting the president of the National Assembly and the president of the constitutional court. Mr Touadera …