General Nta Sworn In As Guinea-Bissau President

AfricaNewsGeneral Nta Sworn In As Guinea-Bissau President

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 27, 2025

The military high command in Guinea-Bissau on Thursday inaugurated General Horta Nta as the head of the military government. The military, in a declaration announced on state television, said General Horta Nta will oversee a one-year transition period. Nta was the army chief of staff until the coup and a close ally of deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embalo. The development cemented a forceful takeover of power that began after the country’s presidential election. Embalo’s whereabouts...

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Military Stage Coup In Guinea-Bissau, Detain President 

AfricaNewsMilitary Stage Coup In Guinea-Bissau, Detain President 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 27, 2025

Some Military officers in Guinea-Bissau, on Wednesday, announced they were taking “total control” of the country, detained the President, and closed its borders. Also arrested were the armed forces’ chief of staff, General Biaguê Na Ntan; the deputy chief of staff, General Mamadou Touré; and the interior minister, Botché Candé. Military personnel made the announcement by reading a statement at the army headquarters in the capital, Bissau, according to AFP. Earlier in the day, gunfire...

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Paul Biya Declares Winner, Protest Erupts In Cameroon

AfricaNewsPoliticsPaul Biya Declares Winner, Protest Erupts In Cameroon

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 27, 2025

The Constitutional Council of Cameroon has declared incumbent Paul Biya, the world’s oldest president as a winner of Cameroon’s October 12, 2025 presidential elections with 53.66% and the runner-up Issa Tchrioma Bakary with 35.19%. This is the Result per Region for the 2 first candidates as presented by the Constitutional Council. Adamawa: Paul Biya 34,61% | Issa Tchiroma 50,33% Centre: Paul Biya 70,14% | Issa Tchiroma 21,62% East: Paul Biya 73,88% | Issa Tchiroma 19,82%...

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Julius Maada Bio Takes Over as ECOWAS Chairman

AfricaNewsNigeriaWest AfricaJulius Maada Bio Takes Over as ECOWAS Chairman

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 22, 20252

…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...

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Over 100 People Kills In Darfur Attack By Sudan Paramilitaries – UN

Crime & SecurityNewsOver 100 People Kills In Darfur Attack By Sudan Paramilitaries – UN

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 13, 2025

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...

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Tiani Sworn in as Niger’s President for 5-Year Transition

NewsPoliticsTiani Sworn in as Niger’s President for 5-Year Transition

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 26, 2025

…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...

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Libya’s Education Minister Jailed Over Textbook Shortage in Schools

AfricaNewsWest AfricaLibya’s Education Minister Jailed Over Textbook Shortage in Schools

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 18, 2025

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...

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African Union Cautions Against Disintegration of DR Congo

AfricaNewsPoliticsAfrican Union Cautions Against Disintegration of DR Congo

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

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,...

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Nigeria Rejects Proposal To Restructure AU Peace, Security Unit

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria Rejects Proposal To Restructure AU Peace, Security Unit

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 17, 2025

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...

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World’s First Openly Gay Imam, Muhsin Hendricks, Shot Dead in South Africa

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaWorld’s First Openly Gay Imam, Muhsin Hendricks, Shot Dead in South Africa

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 17, 2025

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....

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