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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has appointed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana to champion its drive to achieve direct election of members into the parliament. The Speaker of the ECOWAS…

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…

French President, Emmanuel Macron has  announced a renewed €130 million for the next three years while defining Digital Africa’s new ambitions to support technological innovation and entrepreneurship across the continent. The redesigned…

Thousands of Tunisian demonstrators have gathered in the capital to protest against President Kais Saied's "exceptional measures". Government critics have described the latest measures as "a coup". At the end of July Kais Saied's…

Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore, the main accused in a long-awaited trial on the 1987 assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, will boycott the upcoming proceedings, according to his lawyers. In the trial opening…

The National President Of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Chris Isiguzo has been returned unopposed to las the national president of the Union for a fresh and final three year tenure. His victory followed the late…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has visits the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado to reaffirm the importance of collaboration between the two countries. Kagame met with President Nyusi and reaffirmed that the conflict in…

Algeria on Sunday buried Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the North African country's longest-serving president, at a cemetery for its independence heroes, but without the honours accorded to his predecessors. Bouteflika passed away on Friday aged…

Hundreds of protester have marched through central Tunis to demand a return to parliamentary democracy after a July power grab by President Kais Saied. The march was tightly marshalled by security forces on the ground and an interior…

Algerians react to the death of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who ruled Algeria for two decades before resigning in 2019 as huge protests engulfed the country. The former strongman had left office in April 2019 under pressure…