Politics

A French court found former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty on Monday of trying to bribe a judge and influence peddling, making him the second head of state in modern-day France to be convicted of corruption. Sarkozy, 66, was found guilty of trying to bribe a magistrate, Gilbert Azibert, by offering …

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine is in trouble over an alleged bullet-proof vehicle in his possession, according to a report by the Daily Monitor newspaper. The vehicle has attracted the attention of the Ugandan authorities, with the Ugandan Revenue Authority (URA) saying its details had been misrepresented and thus undervalued. …

Lawmakers in Senegal have voted to lift the immunity of leading opposition MP Ousmane Sonko, who has been accused of rape, allegations he denies. Mr Sonko finished third in the 2019 presidential elections, and is considered a strong future presidential contender in the West African state, the AFP news agency …

An urgent appeal for more than $ 100 million has been launched by the World Food Program to alleviate severe shortages in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray. The UN agency says three million people about half of Tigray’s population need food aid. Much of the region has remained cut off …

Alkache Alhada the Nigerien Interior Minister , told reporters on Thursday that lives were lost and hundreds arrested in the unrest that arose in the country. The violence occurred after the announcement of the results of the presidential election in which Mohamed Bazoum was declared the winner with 55,75 of …

A Tanzanian court has acquitted an opposition MP who had been charged with insulting President John Magufuli. The court said it did not find any evidence to support the charge against Halima Mdee. She was charged in 2017 for reportedly saying in Swahili that “the president is talking aimlessly, he …

Ugandan government spokesman Ofwono Opondo affirmes that the United States should “fix their own elections” rather than “lecture” Uganda about its elections. His comments came after the US said it was considering “targeted options” following elections in Uganda that were marred by “irregularities” and “abuses” by the security forces. In …

In Rome, the national funeral of Luca Attanasio, the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, took place. Luca Attanasio, his Italian police bodyguard, Vittorio Iacovacci and a Congolese driver, Mustapha Milambo, were killed on Monday when the UN convoy they were travelling in was ambushed in the …

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has broken his silence about allegations that some judges were bribed to seal the CR17 documents related to his 2017 ANC presidential campaign made by his predecessor, Jacob Zuma, last week. Jacob Zuma made an array of allegations against the Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, …

The prime minister of the Central African Republic says security forces have recaptured Bossangoa, the stronghold of the former president, François Bozizé, who is accused of leading an uprising that has seized more than half the country. Mr Bozize, who denies controlling the rebels, fled CAR in 2013 after being …