Tags GENERAL After 2016 election, US poised to fight fake news – in Kenya Just ahead of Kenya’s disputed 2017 election, video clips started spreading on social media of a slick-looking CNN broadcast asserting
Tags GENERAL Burundi to hold referendum on extending presidential terms in May Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza on Sunday set May 17 as the date for a referendum that could extend his rule
Tags GENERAL Ethiopia warns of increased weapon smuggling aimed at inciting unrest Ethiopia’s Federal Police Commission on Saturday urged the public to remain vigilant against the increased smuggling of armaments. Assefa Abyou,
Tags GENERAL At least 60,000 people displaced by ethnic violence in DR Congo’s northeast Fighting between the Hema community and the Lendu ethnic group in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed at
Tags GENERAL Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will hold its presidential vote in July Zimbabwe will hold its presidential elections in July, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Saturday. The vote will be the first
Tags GENERAL DR Congo PM: Kabila won’t seek re-election in December The Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila will not run in the country’s elections scheduled for December 23, Prime
Tags GENERAL #SierraLeoneDecides: NEC sounds alarm over violence fears ahead of run-off vote Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) on Saturday sounded an alarm over a wave of violence between rival groups ahead
Tags GENERAL Morocco to spend $15.8 billion if it wins 2026 soccer World Cup bid Morocco has proposed using 14 stadiums and budgeting to spend 15.8 billion dollars on infrastructure if it wins the right
Tags GENERAL Africa’s 54 nations without a single female president Africa is set to remain without a single female head of state after Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim resigned on Saturday,
Tags GENERAL Former President Zuma to challenge decision to prosecute him: eNCA Former South African president Jacob Zuma may challenge a prosecutor’s decision to reinstate corruption charges over a $2.5 billion arms