Africa

By: BBC Two leaders of Tanzania’s main opposition Chadema party are among 14 members who have been arrested, as police attempted to block a banned demonstration in the main city, Dar es Salaam. Chadema said on X that its chairman, Freeman Mbowe, was taken into custody as he was preparing …

During a speech at State House on Tuesday, where former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s African Union candidacy was unveiled, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni criticized some individuals in Raila’s camp, including Embakasi East MP Babu Owino, accusing them of supporting his political adversaries in Uganda. ALSO READ: Ugandan President Slams Babu …

ODM Secretary General and Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has rebuked Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for criticizing Embakasi East MP Babu Owino on Kenyan soil. In a statement on X, Sifuna condemned Museveni’s public reprimand of Owino, arguing that such criticisms should not have been made while in Kenya. “Regardless of …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni criticized Embakasi East MP Babu Owino on Tuesday for backing his political rivals. During his comments, Museveni suggested that some members of Raila Odinga’s camp were unaware of their actions. He elaborated that intelligence reports frequently mention Owino due to his support for anti-National Resistance Movement …

By: BBC A major player on South Africa’s political landscape for more than a decade, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has been shaken to the core following the defection of its deputy leader Floyd Shivambu to former President Jacob Zuma’s fledgling party – uMhkonto weSizwe (MK), or Spear of the …

By: BBC Malawi’s former president, Peter Mutharika, has been chosen to lead the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) into next year’s presidential election. It marks a comeback for the 84-year-old, who governed Malawi for six years and later suggested he would not run for office again. He surprised many …

By: AFP Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame won a crushing election victory that will extend his iron-fisted rule by another five years, according to partial results issued on Monday. De facto leader since the end of the 1994 genocide and president since 2000, Kagame scored 99.15 percent of the vote, the …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected for a second term on Friday, after his humbled ANC cobbled together an unprecedented coalition government. Lawmakers in Cape Town voted overwhelmingly to put Ramaphosa, 71, back in office for another five years after the May 29 general election that produced no outright …

Raila Odinga, in his pursuit of the chairmanship of the African Union Commission, expressed gratitude for the backing he’s received from the Kenya Kwanza administration. He emphasized that this support underscores a collective national effort, transcending partisan divides. During a press briefing alongside Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, Raila clarified …

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta was among the international observers present in South Africa as the nation’s General Elections began nationwide on Wednesday. This year’s electoral event marks a significant step in South Africa’s democratic history, with a record-breaking 27.79 million registered voters, the highest since the end of apartheid. The …