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Guinea Opposition Calls For Election Results To Be Cancelled Because Of Massive Fraud

Guinea Opposition Calls For Election Results To Be Cancelled Because Of Massive Fraud

Opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo has called for the results of the first round of Guinea’s presidential election to be voided, citing “massive fraud.” Diallo is expected to face President Alpha Conde in a run-off. “We cannot accept this ballot, we request it be annulled. We will not accept the results of this vote,” said […]

Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari Unveils Second Batch of Ministerial Nominees

Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari Unveils Second Batch of Ministerial Nominees

Senate president Bukola Saraki on Tuesday unveiled the second list of ministerial nominees from President Muhammadu Buhari. The list contained 15 names. They include: 1. Hajiya Khadija Aba Ibrahim 2. Omoleye Daramola 3. Prof. Anthony Owuka 4. Jefferey Onyema 5. Brig. Gen. Dan Ali (Rtd) 6. Zainab Ahmed 7. James Ocholi 8. Muhammadu Bello 9. […]

Amnesty International Opens Office In Nigeria

Amnesty International Opens Office In Nigeria

As part of its commitment to increase the impact of human rights work in Nigeria, global rights organisation, Amnesty International has announced the opening of its Nigerian office on Tuesday. The new Nigerian office, which will be headed by M.K. Ibrahim, a former career diplomat, will bolster “ongoing campaigning and research on Boko Haram, military […]

President Lungu Says He Wants To be Remembered As An Ordinary Person

President Lungu Says He Wants To be Remembered As An Ordinary Person

PRESIDENT Lungu says he wants to be remembered as an ordinary person who brought humane characteristics to the presidency. President Lungu said he would like to leave a legacy where the fathom on presidency is reduced to a human being occupying a leadership role on behalf of the people who have trusted him to be […]

Fired Zimbabwe Vice-President, Joice Mujuru Tells Mugabe’s Army To Back off

Fired Zimbabwe Vice-President, Joice Mujuru Tells Mugabe’s Army To Back off

FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s People First (PF) political movement has warned army officers and securocrats to stay clear of civilian political processes and making inflammatory statements that could trigger civil unrest. In a statement yesterday, Mujuru, through PF spokesperson, Rugare Gumbo said recent threats made against her by Commander of the Zimbabwe Presidential Guard Brigadier […]

Rwanda To Debate On Amending The Constitution To Let President Paul Kagame Run For A 3rd Term

Rwanda To Debate On Amending The Constitution To Let President Paul Kagame Run For A 3rd Term

RWANDA’s parliament was set to open a debate Monday on amending the constitution to let strongman and President Paul Kagame run for a third term in 2017. MPs were due to “examine the relevance of the draft of revision of the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda as amended to date”, said a parliamentary statement. […]

South Africa Wants To Withdraw From International Criminal Court (ICC)

South Africa Wants To Withdraw From International Criminal Court (ICC)

The ANC wants South Africa to begin the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC) because it believes the ICC has lost its direction, the party’s international relations subcommittee chairperson Obed Bapela said on Sunday. “The principles that led us to be members [of the ICC] remain valid and relevant… however the ICC […]

Girls Kidnapped By Boko Haram (Chibok Girls) Are Alive: Many Have STDs And Are Pregnant: Escapee Chibok Girl Reveals

Girls Kidnapped By Boko Haram (Chibok Girls) Are Alive: Many Have STDs And Are Pregnant: Escapee Chibok Girl Reveals

There were indications weekend that many of the 200 girls of the Government Secondary School, Chibok abducted in April 2014, are alive and holed up in the Lake Chad region of the North-East epicentre of the battle to dislodge Boko Haram terrorists from Nigeria. Sources disclosed to Saturday Vanguard that the girls who were relocated […]

3,500 Zambian Girls Quit School Due To Child Marriages And Pregnancies

3,500 Zambian Girls Quit School Due To Child Marriages And Pregnancies

OVER 3,000 girls have dropped out of school in Eastern Province this year due to child marriages, pregnancies and financial challenges. Acting provincial education officer Kondwani Nyirenda said the figure is alarming but the problem could be resolved with concerted efforts from key stakeholders such as traditional leaders. Mr Nyirenda, in an interview in Chipata […]

Police Raid Mozambique Opposition Leader’s House: Dhlakama Surrenders Weapons, Police Leave

Police Raid Mozambique Opposition Leader’s House: Dhlakama Surrenders Weapons, Police Leave

The riot police unit that had surrounded the house in Beira belonging to Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the Mozambique’s former rebel movement Renamo, withdrew on Friday afternoon, after disarming Dhlakama’s entourage. As the tensions eased, journalists, whom the police had earlier manhandled and refused to allow near the house, were able to enter and speak […]

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