Tags GENERAL Uganda’s electoral commission boss grilled over presidential votes tallying Uganda’s electoral commission boss Badru Kiggundu has defended his role in court over the 2016 polls. Lawyers representing former Prime
Tags GENERAL Biyo-Adde town in Somalia comes back to life after liberation from Al-Shabaab Business activity has resumed in Somalia’s Biyo Adde, a town in the Shabelle region, just a month after liberation from
Tags GENERAL Sharapova no longer UN ambassador Former tennis world No 1 Maria Sharapova has been suspended as a goodwill ambassador by the United Nations after admitting
Tags GENERAL Benin to deploy troops to anti-Boko Haram task force Benin will next month deploy 150 troops to assist in a regional task-force battling Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a
Tags GENERAL #AfricaLandMarks: Zuma Rock the symbol of Abuja The Zuma Rock is the symbol of Abuja, or even Nigeria. The big rock is depicted on the country’s 100
Tags GENERAL Benin to hold presidential run-off poll on March 20 Benin will hold its presidential run-off elections on March 20. The second round of voting will pit Prime Minister Lionel
Tags GENERAL South African government loses appeal over failure to arrest Sudan’s al-Bashir South Africa’s Supreme Court on has rejected an appeal by the government against a ruling that the state made a
Tags GENERAL Malawi sets 2.6 tonnes of elephant tusks ablaze Malawi on Monday burnt nearly 3 tonnes of ivory, which had been smuggled from Tanzania. This move followed a dispute
Tags GENERAL Somali doctors start national blood bank in Mogadishu Somalia is considered among the worst places to be a mother. The armed insurgency in the country has had a heavy toll
Tags GENERAL South Sudan’s splinter rebel group meets government officials in Juba Senior South Sudanese army generals, who defected in 2015 from the opposition group led by Riek Machar, have returned to