Who holds capital and political leverage — and how that power is exercised.
The incumbent president of Botswana, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi has been declared the winner of the 2019 general elections. The announcement was made by Botswana’s Chief Justice Terrence Rannowane, today. Justice Terrence Rannowane announced that the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) won the election after securing 29 national assembly seats,
Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, is the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Award winner. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award him the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in achieving peace and international cooperation as well as his initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea. Abiy
Several African countries have found it almost insurmountable to extricate from the vicious tentacles of colonialism. Colonialism has had far-reaching consequences on the African psyche, and most of this is deeply embedded in the legal systems of Africa. African countries still heavily rely on colonial-era laws as the bulk of
The vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has threatened to sue American multinational technology company, Google, over a post made on its video-sharing platform, YouTube. According to lawyers of the vice president, the technology giants should be responsible for posts made on its platform. The issue arose as
Global Teacher Prize winner, Peter Tabichi, met US President Donald Trump in the US on Monday. Tabichi is in the US to address the UN General Assembly. Tabichi is a Kenyan science teacher and Franciscan friar. He shot to fame in 2019 after winning the coveted 1 million dollar prize
The wife of Tunisia’s late president, Beji Caid Essebsi has been reported dead. According to reports, she died as Tunisians were voting to elect her husband’s successor. The elections are taking place less than two months after the death of the country’s president. The news was shared
A new Nigerian president may be announced today if the elections tribunal rules in favor of opposition presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja will today deliver judgment in the case instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging
A recently released Oxfam report has revealed that the continent's three richest billionaires have more wealth than the poorest 40% - or 650 million people across the continent. The three richest people on the continent according to Forbes 2019 billionaires list are Aliko Dangote ($14.1 billion), Nicky
When he took office last year, the Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi promised to allocate about 40% of the national budget to primary education. The promise will go a long way in achieving greater enrolment numbers at more than 50,000 state primary schools. Millions of children deprived
Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe has died in Singapore, aged 95. He had been ousted from power in a military coup in November 2017. Robert Mugabe, who served as prime minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as president from 1987 to 2017, has died, aged
The founding and first president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, died today, two years after being toppled in a coup. Mugabe, who ruled over the country for a whole three decades from 1987, leaves behind a country plagued by economic mismanagement and squandered potential. Years of hyperinflation and shortage of basic
Kenya is set to make the shipment of the first consignment of its oil which is set to be flagged off by President Uhuru Kenyatta at the port Of Mombasa. The East Africa powerhouse officially sold off its first consignment of black gold through a bidding process which was won
President Paul Kagame and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni have signed a peace agreement. Both presidents of Rwanda and Uganda signed the agreement in Angola to end months of tensions between them. In the past, the two leaders have accused each other of spying, political assassinations and meddling. This is despite
President Muhammadu Buhari has told incoming ministers not to contact him directly. According to the president, all requests for meetings with him should pass through his chief of staff, Abba Kyari. Mr Buhari said this in his closing remark at a presidential retreat for minister's designate in Abuja.
Authorities in Zimbabwe says the country's former vice president has fled from anti-corruption agency after he was summoned over alleged criminal abuse of office. The former VP Phelekezela Mphoko Phelekezela Mphoko 79, who served under long-time ruler Robert Mugabe was suppose to report at police in Bulawayo the
Security detail attached to Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta assaulted a senator whom they mistook for a ‘nobody’. A clip showing members of President Kenyatta’s security team preventing the Senator from joining a queue of dignitaries to welcome the President has gone viral. Senator representing Nakuru County, Susan Kihika
