Chad’s president, Idriss Déby announced on Friday that legislative elections, initially scheduled for 2015, will take place in November 2018. The development was reported by state radio as one of the resolutions that came out of a meeting the president had with members of the opposition. The Chadian head of state announced on 31 December […]
Brazil’s former President Luiz InacioLula da Silva defied a judge’s order to turn himself in to police on Friday and start serving a 12-year prison sentence for bribery that would likely end his hopes of regaining the presidency. Supporters of former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gather at September Seven square, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on April 6, 2018. […]
French flag carrier Air France has announced massive flight cancellations due to strikes by cabin crews and ground staff for the fifth straight day over pay. Air France announced on Friday that nearly 30 percent of its flights would be canceled across the country on Saturday. The cancellation rate is believed to be the biggest during any […]
The Southern Cameroons crisis that has been playing out for close to two years has gradually spiralled out of control following the existence of many armed groups in the two English-speaking regions of the country. Over the last two months, many innocent civilians have met their death as the government pursues its policy of collective […]
Robbers attacked two banks and a police station, killing 15 people including nine police officers in Offa, central Nigeria, police learned Friday. Late Thursday afternoon, “a gang of robbers invaded police and bank headquarters in Offa,” Ajayi Okasanmi, police spokesman in Kwara State, told AFP. “We lost nine policemen and six civilians. We have wounded people […]
Former South African president Jacob Zuma appeared in court on Friday to face corruption charges relating to a $2.5-billion arms deal, later telling a crowd he would be proven innocent in the long-running case that resurfaced after his fall from power. Zuma’s transition from “Mr. President” to “Accused Number One” in less than two months […]
A former Rwandan policeman has been arrested in Cameroon on suspicion of involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, a judicial source in France, where he is wanted over the killings, said. Philippe Hategekimana was arrested in Yaounde, Cameroon’s capital, on March 30 under an international warrant issued by French magistrates specialising in crimes against humanity. […]
Botswana’s newly appointed 30 year old minister Bogolo Joy Kenewendo is being celebrated on social media by many Africans, who say her appointment despite her age is a rare feat that needs to be replicated across the continent. Kenewendo was one of the ministers appointed by Botswana’s new president Mokgweetsi Masisi, who in his inaugural […]
Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been given an ultimatum to turn himself in to the authorities within 24 hours to start serving a 12-year prison sentence on charges of accepting bribes. A federal judge, Sérgio Moro, ordered Lula on Thursday to “present himself voluntarily” to police in the southern city of Curitiba […]
Cameroon has banned the sale of arms and ammunition in six regions of the country, including the two English-speaking regions where a deep socio-political crisis has played out for over a year, the authorities announced Thursday. The Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, has decreed “the prohibition, until further notice, of the sale of […]
