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Malians took to the streets in masse after the military junta called for protests against stringent sanctions imposed by the West Africa bloc ECOWAS over delayed elections. In the capital Bamako, thousands of people wearing the national…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says there had been "significant progress" in tackling a militant insurgency in northern Mozambique after a multinational force deployed last year. Ramaphosa, who chairs the defence and security…

Somalian leaders have announced that they had struck a deal to wrap up parliamentary elections by 25th February, after repeated delays that have threatened the stability of the troubled country. The agreement was reached after several…

Tunisian Leaders of Ennahdha party have condemned the arrest of the party’s deputy chairman Noureddine Bhiri. At a press conference at the party’s office in Tunis, the party describe the situation as a dangerous precedent. According…

Senegalese President Macky Sall and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa have denounced the "unfair" representation of Africa in the UN Security Council, regretting that no African country is a permanent member. The Senegalese head of…

Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and several other leaders have paid tributes in honour of victims of the November 26, 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. In his speech in the Indian Parliament to commemorate the 13th memorial…

African leaders have been urged to embrace democracy as the best form of government. The head of Political Science of Lagos State, LASU, Professor Sylvester Akhaine who made the call, said that crisis in Sudan can be regarded as internal…

One vital issue that Nigerian political parties need to address in order to strengthen internal democracy is defining remuneration and conditions of services for party leaders at all levels. The Director-General of the Progressives…

The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has cautioned incumbent leaders in ECOWAS member states against holding on to power beyond the stipulated mandate as provided in their country's constitution. He noted that the elongation of tenure…

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and a group of global health leaders today issued an urgent call for vaccine equity globally and in Africa in particular. The leaders stressed that the worst pandemic in the last hundred…