President Ismail Omar Guelleh thanks his supporters after the election body declared him the winner, obtaining almost 99 percent of the vote. Djibouti’s veteran ruler Ismail Omar Guelleh was re-elected

Fourteen Governors elected under the platform of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have said that there is an alarming drift of the country, which if allowed to continue will make

The Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara says former leader Laurent Gbagbo and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude are free to return to the country after they were definitively acquitted of

Israel’s president has handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the difficult task of trying to form a government from the country’s splintered parliament. The Development gives the embattled leader a chance

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo, has said that he will not be forced out of the Anambra State governorship race by last week’s

US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell lashed out at corporate America on Monday, warning CEOs to stay out of the debate over a new voting law in Georgia that has

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing him to run for two more terms in the Kremlin once his current term ends in 2024. The legislation, which could

Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has indicted herders in the state over recent attacks by gunmen in some communities, warning that the federal government may be unable to hold back the youths of

The Nigerian presidency has hit out at Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto diocese over his Easter’s message, saying “he did not speak like a man of God” and describing the sermon which was critical

Europe’s lackluster vaccination program has presented one of the continent’s greatest foes with a golden opportunity to score a serious diplomatic victory. Earlier this week, the Kremlin released a readout

The national publicity secretary of Afenifere, a socio-cultural organization for the Yoruba people in Nugeria Yinka Odumakin is dead. He died of COVID-19 complications at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital

Mohamed Bazoum has been sworn-in as Niger President in a democratic watershed overshadowed by armed groups’ violence and an alleged coup bid two days ago. The inauguration on Friday marks

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s chances of forming a new government were dealt a serious blow on Friday, as parliament passed a formal motion of disapproval, saying he had not

Nigeria will be “doomed” in 2023 if any of the country’s politicians from the two main political parties succeed in becoming the West African country’s President, Ralph Nwosu, the National

A former National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole has said Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was discovered and mentored by Bola Tinubu, a leader of

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says citizens are better together and even stronger together despite occasional inter-ethnic tensions in the country’s national history. The Nigerian leader stated this at the 12th

Dominion Voting Systems has filed a $1.6bn (£1.2bn) defamation lawsuit against Fox News, arguing it promoted baseless claims of vote-rigging. Conservatives and Trump campaigners had claimed last year that the

Mozambique’s defence ministry has blamed Islamist militants for carrying out Wednesday’s attack in the northern town of Palma, close to a multi-billion dollar gas project run by French oil giant

Northern elders on Wednesday said the various challenges facing Nigeria must be fixed before the nation could hold a general election in 2023, warning that except that is done, the