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Speculation over the wellbeing and whereabouts of Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has become a hot topic across Africa this week. After attending the China-Africa summit in Beijing in early September, it was perhaps no surprise that he gave the UN General Assembly in New York a miss. But when he stayed away…

POLICE have refuted claims that a nurse in Chongwe was allegedly raped by five former soldiers at Pastor Nevers Mumba’s farm. In a statement, police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said the allegations are unfounded and untrue. He said officers conducted inquiries at Chongwe District Hospital to verify the existence of a nurse named Mirble…

The Lusaka Magistrate Court has sentenced former Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba to five years with hard labour over crimes related to conflict of interest, money laundering and possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime among other crimes. This was after Magistrate Sanford Ngobola found him guilty in multiple counts. Magistrated Ngobola…

Kenyan MPs have voted overwhelming in favour of removing the country’s deputy president over accusations of corruption. Lawmakers also accuse Rigathi Gachagua of practising ethnically divisive politics and undermining the government. Gachagua denies any wrongdoing in a row that follows his recent fallout with President William Ruto. On Tuesday evening, Speaker Moses Wetangula…

Ethiopia’s parliament has approved the appointment of a new president to replace the country’s first female head of state, Sahle-Work Zewde. Taye Astike Selassie, foreign minister since February, has taken up the largely ceremonial role. In Ethiopia, political power lies with the prime minister – currently Abiy Ahmed. Sahle-Work had reportedly fallen out…

Zambia’s Constitutional Court has slated December 10, 2024, as the critical judgment day in the high-stakes case determining former President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility to run in the 2026 general elections. The ruling promises to settle a divisive legal and political debate that has gripped the nation since Lungu’s controversial exit from office in 2021. In…

FORMER President Edgar Lungu has arrived at the Supreme Court where judges are scheduled to hear and determine the eligiblity petition to determine his eligibility to stand the previous and further elections. The case finally comes up for main hearing following the recent dismissal of a preliminary issue raised by Mr Lungu who wanted three…

Claudia Sheinbaum, a scientist and a politician, has made history by becoming Mexico’s first female president. This milestone marks a significant breakthrough in Mexico’s over 200-year modern history. As the former mayor of Mexico City, Sheinbaum broke the glass ceiling once again, this time on a national level. In her inaugural speech, Sheinbaum…

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked his powerful and long-serving spy chief Gen Akol Koor Kuc. He became head of the feared National Security Services (NSS) after independence in 2011 and continued throughout the bitter civil war that followed. No reason was given in the presidential decree that announced his removal, which…

Three of Tanzania’s leading newspapers have been banned from publishing their online editions after they ran an animation deemed critical of President Samia Suluhu Hassan. The Citizen, Mwananchi and Mwanaspoti newspapers have had their online licenses suspended for 30 days over the viral animated clip, which has since been removed. The clip, just…

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the UPND government will never get tired of working for the people of Zambia. Speaking during a public rally in Manyama, Kalumbila District, Wednesday, President Hichilema said those that wanted to return to power should just let the UPND work for Zambians. “In three years, we’ve done so much…

ZIMBABWE – On September 3, 2024, Tonderai Mupindu, a 20-year-old man from Mvuma, Zimbabwe, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for assaulting his 45-year-old lover, Anna Fadzai Katoma. The conflict arose after Mupindu discovered Katoma in bed with his friend, Vitalis Masamha. Initially shocked, he later confronted her at a local beer…

Former president Edgar Chagwa Lungu says President Hakainde Hichilema must “desist from using cowardly and dirty political schemes” to allegedly bar him from contesting the 2026 presidential election. And Mr Lungu has accused State House of designing schemes to undermine the 2026 presidential and general elections.Speaking last night, Mr Lungu said to win elections, one…

Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been threatened with impeachment proceedings by lawmakers amid intense speculation that he has had a major fallout with President William Ruto. The president’s allies in parliament have accused Gachagua of undermining the government, promoting ethnically divisive politics, having a role in fuelling the deadly protests that rocked…

An instant porridge has been withdrawn from sale in South Africa after three young children died reportedly after eating it. Police spokesperson Lt Col Siphokazi Mawisa told local newspaper the Daily Maverick the children, aged 18 months to four years, had complained of stomach aches after eating Top Score Instant Porridge, before they…

The trend of women getting leaked on social media is not about stopping anytime soon especially when it has to do with East Africans. A famous Tanzanian TikToker by the name Mimah has had her nud3s leaked by the boyfriend. The video which was meant to be private was made public by the alleged boyfriend of Mimah after their relationship hit the rocks. The reason behind the man’s actions has…

Former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu is this morning appearing before the Constitutional Court in a case where Michelo Chizombe is questioning the eligibility of Lungu’s candidacy in the 2021 polls. Lungu arrived at the court while franked with Patriotic Front (PF) top officials. “I have arrived at the Supreme Court grounds here in…

BARELY a day after President Hakainde Hichilema suspended three Constitutional Court Judges, a lawyer has rushed to the court to challenge the decision. Tresford Chali has asked the Constitutional Court to grant him an order halting the suspension of Judges Palan Mulonda, Annie Sitali and Mungeni Mulenga. Mr Chali further seeks an order quashing Mr…

Three men in Benin, including a former minister and the man in charge of President Patrice Talon’s security, have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a coup, the state prosecutor has said. Ex-sports minister Oswald Homeky was caught on Tuesday while handing over six bags of money to the head of the Republican…

Eswatini’s main opposition leader has been poisoned as part of an assassination attempt and is being treated in hospital, his party says. Mlungisi Makhanya, 46, has been living in exile in neighbouring South Africa for the last two years, saying he fears for his life at home following a violent crackdown on pro-democracy activists in…