Burundi to swear-in president-elect June 18
Burundi says it will swear in president-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye on Thursday, June 18. The development comes a week after the death of outgoing Pierre Nkurunziza. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
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Burundi says it will swear in president-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye on Thursday, June 18. The development comes a week after the death of outgoing Pierre Nkurunziza. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
Ethiopia’s upper parliamentary chamber, the House of Federation (HoF), on Wednesday elected a new speaker following the resignation of Keria Ibrahim. Aden Farah, a former vice-president of the Somali regional…
Lesotho’s former Finance Minister Moeketsi Majoro has been sworn in as the new prime minister just a day after Thomas Thabane stepped down. Mr Majoro took oath at the palace…
A crucial election has begun in Burundi, where President Pierre Nkurunziza is stepping aside after 15 years in charge but he will remain “paramount leader” in the country that continues…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Agboola Ibrahim Gambari as his new chief of staff, weeks after his predecessor Abba Kyari died of coronavirus, the presidency announced Wednesday. Gambari’s appointment…
Malawi’s Supreme Court confirmed Friday that last year’s presidential election remains nullified and a fresh vote held in July. The Supreme Court upheld an earlier ruling by the southern African…
Veteran diplomat Noureldin Sati has been appointed Sudan’s ambassador to the US. “The approval comes as part of normalising US and Sudanese diplomatic relations after being at the level of…
Togo’s President, Faure Gnassingbé, was sworn for a fourth term on Sunday at a subdued ceremony in the capital, Lome. Mr Gnassingbé won re-election in February but opposition leader Agbéyomé Kodjo has…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a dead man into office, naming the late Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru as a board member for a government agency, two months after he died.…
Libya’s Gen Khalifa Haftar, whose forces are fighting the UN-backed government in the capital Tripoli, has accepted the “popular mandate” to govern the country, he said in a televised address…