…Tinubu Bows Out with Call for Unity and Democracy West African leaders have chosen President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone as the new Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, bringing Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s two-term tenure to a close. The announcement was made during the 67th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where the symbolic handover of the community’s emblem marked the transition of...
The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF has carried out a two-day attack on camps for displaced people in the Darfur region, killing over 100 people including 20 children and nine aid workers. According to the United Nations, UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sudan in a statement Clementine Nkweta-Salami, on Saturday claimed that RSF also attacked el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur province. According to her, the RSF and allied militias launched an...
…Dissolves Political Parties General Abdourahamane Tiani, the military leader who seized power in Niger through a coup in 2023, has been sworn in as the country’s transitional president for the next five years. At a ceremony held in Niamey on Wednesday, Tiani also formalised his promotion to the rank of army general, the highest in the country’s military hierarchy. In a significant political shift, he signed a decree dissolving all political parties. Mahamane Roufai, the...
Libya’s Education Minister, Moussa al-Megarief, has been handed a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence due to a textbook shortage dating back to 2021, according to the attorney general’s office on Sunday. The Tripoli court of appeal also imposed a fine of 1,000 dinars (approximately ₦320,000) and stripped him of his civil rights for the duration of his sentence and an additional year thereafter. Megarief, a member of the national unity government, faced accusations of favouritism in managing...
Two days after the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group entered a second city in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, the African Union, AU, has warned against the break-up of the country. M23 seized the provincial capital, Goma, at the end of January before pushing south in an escalation of violence in the eastern region, which has already endured decades of clashes. Bankole Adeoye, AU’s Peace and Security Commissioner, in a statement issued on Sunday,...
The proposal to create a new department out of the existing Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union (AU) has been rejected by the Nigerian government. President Bola Tinubu, whose statement was delivered by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, during the consideration and deliberation on the AU reforms report, rejected moves to restructure the AU Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security. Nigerian diplomat Ambassador Bankole Adeoye currently...
Muhsin Hendricks, a prominent advocate for LGBTQ+ Muslims and widely regarded as the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot and killed on Saturday near Gqeberha, Eastern Cape police have confirmed. According to police reports, Hendricks was in a vehicle with another individual when an unidentified car blocked their path. “Two unknown suspects with covered faces got out of the vehicle and started firing multiple shots at the vehicle,” the police said in a statement....
The Federal Government of Nigeria has extended its condolences to the government and people of the Republic of Namibia, the Nujoma family, and the entire Southern African region on the demise of Dr. Sam Nujoma, the founding President of Namibia and a towering figure in the struggle for African liberation and unity. According to reports, the revolutionary leader who guided Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and subsequently served as its first...
…Expresses Confidence Mahama’s Govt Will Work With Nigeria To Strengthen Bond President Bola Tinubu has said that his government and that of John Mahama, newly inaugurated president of Ghana will join hands to lift Nigeria and Ghana out of poverty. Tinubu also expressed confidence that the new government under the leadership of President John Mahama, will work with Nigeria to strengthen a powerful bond, leading to greater shared prosperity for both nations. The President made...
A Zambian police officer reportedly freed 13 detainees from custody on New Year’s Eve so they could celebrate the holiday. Detective Inspector Titus Phiri, described as being “in a state of intoxication,” allegedly seized the cell keys from Constable Serah Banda at Leonard Cheelo Police Station in Lusaka. According to police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga, Phiri unlocked the male and female cells and instructed the suspects to leave and “cross over into the new year.” Of...
