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SOUTH AFRICA – Former President Jacob Zuma against sentencing
The former South African head of state, Jacob Zuma, is struggling to digest his 15-month contempt sentence by the Constitutional Court. The...
POLITICS – [INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE] – MADAGASCAR – Fanirisoa Ernaivo, a politician and activist committed...
Fanirisoa Ernaivo is a Malagasy politician. Candidate in the 2018 presidential election, she is president of the (RMDM Diaspora Rassemblement militant...
ZIMBABWE: Former President Robert Mugabe passed away at the age of 95.
Commander Robert Mugabe, former President of Zimbabwe for 37 years from 1980 to 2017, died on Friday, September 6, 2019 in Singapore where he...
MADAGASCAR – Legal action to demand the cancellation of the presidential election
A presidential opposition candidate in Madagascar has appealed to the High Constitutional Court, the highest court in the country, to demand the...
MALAWI: President Lazarus Chakwera on an official visit to South Africa
After Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Tanzania, President Lazarus Chakwera will make an official visit to South Africa. He will be welcomed by...
SOUTH AFRICA – Zulu King Outraged: “Stop the Violence” in South Africa
The Zulu king, Misuzulu Zulu, is calling on South Africans to remain calm and restrained after the violence that has killed...
SIERRA LEONE – Authorities denounce coup attempt on Sunday
Senior Sierra Leonean officials estimated on Tuesday that the unrest that killed 21 people on Sunday, November 26, 2023 in Freetown...
SOUTH AFRICA – Adetunji Omotola, African thought leader is contesting for the post of...
African thought leader and media personality Adetunji Omotola is contesting for the position of Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party South...
ZAMBIA – Opponent Hakainde Hichilema wins presidential election
The Zambian Electoral Commission announced this Monday, August 16, 2021 that the opponent Hakainde Hichilema, 59, has largely won the presidential...
SIERRA LEONE – Outgoing President Julius Maada Bio re-elected for second term
Outgoing President Julius Maada Bio was re-elected in the first round for a second term at the head of Sierra Leone...
MOZAMBIQUE: Indictment of former Finance Minister Manuel Chang
Former Finance Minister Manuel Chang was charged with the hidden debt scandal. The Attorney General of Mozambique, Beatriz Buchili announced this judicial decision...
MADAGASCAR – Attempt to assassinate the President of the Republic foiled
The Madagascan prosecutor's office announced that it had foiled an assassination attempt targeting the incumbent head of state, Andry Rajoelina, on...
SOUTH AFRICA – Zuma faces two years in prison
The commission charged with investigating state corruption and headed by Raymond Zondo, filed an urgent appeal with the Constitutional Court on...
SOUTH AFRICA – President Cyril Ramaphosa widely reshuffs his government
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa reshuffled his government in depth on Thursday, 05 August 2021. These decisions were taken following demonstrations...
SOUTH AFRICA – Former President Jacob Zuma in prison
Former South African head of state Jacob Zuma spent his first night in prison. He surrendered to justice on Wednesday, July...
ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe president concentrates all power after Mugabe
Raised to power after removing Robert Mugabe four years ago, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is gradually consolidating his grip on power...
MADAGASCAR: Launch of the annual revision of the electoral lists
Madagascar's Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) officially launched the start of the annual campaign to revise the electoral lists. It opens...
SOUTH AFRICA: Electoral law found unconstitutional
This electoral law does not allow independent candidates to stand for election. The Constitutional Court finds it unconstitutional.
This decision could change the situation. South...
LESOTHO: Prime Minister Thomas Thabane resigns
It is finally official, Prime Minister Thomas Thabane resigned Monday, May 18, 2020. And yet he had refused many times to leave power pushing...
AFRICA: A Salute to Joe Biden
Joe Biden was elected President of the United States of America, the whole of the presidents of the African continent did...
MADAGASCAR: 9 people granted amnesty
The Malagasy state body in charge of national reconciliation, the Council of the Malagasy Fampihavanana (CFM) led by former journalist and...
SOUTH AFRICA: Zuma ignores commission of inquiry
The former South African president from 2009 to 2018, Jacob Zuma, was expected this Monday, January 18, 2021 before the commission...
ZIMBABWE: A final tribute to Robert Mugabe.
This Saturday, September 14, 2019, at the National Stadium sports of the capital Harare, two-thirds empty, the Zimbabwean people paid a final tribute to...
ZIMBABWE – Presidential and legislative elections: An election in a climate of repression
Some six million voters are called to the polls on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 for presidential, legislative and local elections, with...
SOUTH AFRICA: Cyril Ramaphosa takes the lead of the ruling ANC.
Cyril Ramaphosa may well be the next president of South Africa. He has every chance of succeeding this post to Jacob Zuma, as he...
SOUTH AFRICA – UN celebrates Nelson Mandela
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday 18 July 2023 for action to build a better world, in a message on...
MADAGASCAR: Senatorial: 14 candidates in the running
14 lists are running for Senate elections. They want to win 12 seats in the Senate. The race is now underway. The...
ZIMBABWE: Coups or not?
What is happening in Zimbabwe? This is the question we are entitled to dispense with the confusion that reigns at this moment in this...
MOZAMBIQUE – Opponent Daviz Simango passed aways
Mozambican opponent Daviz Simango died at the age of 57. The announcement was made on Monday, February 22, 2021, by his...
SEYCHELLES: Wavel Ramkalawan elected President of the Republic
It is a historic moment, after 43 years of rule, the ruling party lost power in the presidential and legislative elections...
MOZAMBIQUE: Outgoing President Filipe Nyusi largely re-elected.
The results of the presidential elections of 15 October 2019 in Mozambique are now known. The national commission in charge of the elections announced,...
SOUTH AFRICA: Jacob Zuma to testify before anti-corruption commission
On Thursday, 28 January, the South African Constitutional Court ordered former President Jacob Zuma to testify before the Zondo Commission, which...
