Category: Africa and the rest of the world

Opposition leader for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Nelson Chamisa (C) casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential and legislative elections in Harare, on August 23, 2023. – Zimbabweans on August 23, 2023, began voting in closely-watched presidential and legislative elections. (Photo by John Wessels / AFP) Zimbabweans on Wednesday voted […]

Outgoing Cambodian ruler Hun Sen on Thursday unveiled the country’s new government, headed by his eldest son and including his youngest son and his nephew in senior roles. Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won all but five of 125 seats in the lower house in July polls that were widely decried as a sham […]

A pilgrim presents a Juventus football jersey to Pope Francis during the weekly general audience on August 9, 2023, at Paul-VI Hall in The Vatican. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte / AFP) Pope Francis expressed his sorrow on Thursday at the news of the latest deadly migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean, urging people not to become […]

Chinese and American Presidents The United States has said China has the potential to influence the Nigerian government through Chinese loans. This was stated in the Integrated Country Strategies document by the US Department of State. The document was originally approved on April 6, 2022, but was reviewed and updated on June 23, 2023. According […]

Ecuadoran presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after holding a rally in Quito on Wednesday evening, top officials said. President Guillermo Lasso blamed Villavicencio’s death on “organized crime” in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice. “Outraged and shocked by the assassination of presidential candidate […]

African leaders yesterday resolved to rid the continent of military rule by its ultimatum to coup plotters in the Niger Republic to retrace their steps or face military action. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gave a seven-day ultimatum to them to reinstate deposed President Mohammed Bazoum or face stiff sanctions. Also, the […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin, African leaders, and heads of delegations attend a plenary meeting at the second Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg on July 28, 2023. (Photo by Donat Sorokin / TASS Host Photo Agency / AFP) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Moscow is “carefully” examining proposals made by some African leaders to […]

A group of soldiers who appeared on the West African nation’s national television late on Wednesday, hours after the President of Niger Mohamed Bazoum was held in the presidential palace says his government has been ousted from power. Reading from a statement, Colonel Amadou Abdramane, seated and flanked by nine other officers, said defence and […]

Niger President Mohamed Bazoum is being detained by members of the Presidential Guard, who have been given an “ultimatum” by the army, a source close to Bazoum said on Wednesday. Disgruntled members of the guard sealed off access to the president’s residence and offices, and after talks broke down “refused to release the president,” the […]

Social media networks like Facebook and Instagram were back online in Ethiopia on Wednesday after being blocked for five months, according to an internet advocacy organisation and an AFP journalist. A service run by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), an association that tracks online censorship, showed that access to social networks in Africa’s […]