Addis Ababa News
Ethiopia and Eritrea declare end of war
Ethiopia and Eritrea sign peace agreements.
The successful high-level meeting between the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea has laid the foundations for a new era of peace between the two countries wh...
Addis Ababa News
Arrests after Addis Ababa bombing
Some 30 arrests have been made as a result of the bombing in Meskel Square on 23 June that killed three people and injured over 150.
Among those held are the deputy police commissioner of Addis Ababa...
Cape Town News
Patricia de Lille gets more time as Cape Town mayor
Court asks more time to deliberate de Lille suspension by the Democratic Alliance.
Patricia de Lille has returned to work as mayor of Cape Town after the high court of the Western Cape decided that h...
Cape Town News
Mayor of Cape Town fights back against dismissal
Patricia de Lille is taking her case against the Democratic Alliance to court.
Patricia de Lille, the mayor of Cape Town, who has been dismissed from her party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), and as...
Cairo News
Egypt re-elects Sisi as president
Sisi sweeps to inevitable victory in lop-sided election race.
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been re-elected with 97 per cent of the vote, securing a landslide victory - as was widely ex...
Addis Ababa News
Ethiopia gets new prime minister
New Ethiopian prime minister from the Oromia region.
Abiy Ahmed was sworn is as Ethiopia’s new prime minister by the country’s legislature on 1 April only a few days after he had been voted in as cha...
Cairo News
Presidential election underway in Egypt
Sisi expected to win easily against minor opposition candidate.
Egyptians are casting their ballots in a presidential election that is running from 26-28 March and is certain to secure a second four-...
Dar Es Salaam News
Tanzania threatens to shut churches after criticism of president
Religious organisations in Tanzania face having licenses revoked.
Tanzanian churches whose preachers "mix religion with politics" face being closed down according to a statement issued by the country...
Nairobi News
Odinga calls off inauguration ceremony
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga drops plans for mock inauguration.
Kenya's opposition has called off plans for an "inauguration" ceremony of its leader Raila Odinga, of the National Super Allia...
Nairobi News
Kenyatta to be sworn in on 28 November
Supreme court upholds result of Kenyan presidential re-election.
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta of the multi-party Jubilee Alliance will be sworn-in for a second term at Nairobi's Safaricom Kasarani...
Nairobi News
Kenyatta wins Kenyan presidential re-election
Opposition leader Odinga calls for election re-run within 90 days.Incumbent Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared the winner of the presidential election re-run on 26 October, winning near...
Nairobi News
Tensions high as Kenya prepares for presidential re-election
Foreign diplomats warn of growing insecurity ahead of 26 October poll.
There are concerns over "growing insecurity" in Kenya ahead of the presidential election re-run on 26 October, according to a gr...
Nairobi News
Odinga withdraws from Kenya's election re-run
Kenyatta says re-election will go ahead regardless as Odinga calls for protests.
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has pulled out of the presidential election re-run, scheduled for 26 October,...
Nairobi News
Investigation into Kenya's electoral commission
Kenya extends date for new presidential poll by nine days.
Kenya's chief prosecutor has ordered a probe into the country's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to investigate whethe...
Cairo News
Italy reinstates ambassador in Cairo
Italian ambassador returns to Cairo despite Regeni controversy.
Italy's new ambassador to Egypt, Giampaolo Cantini, took office in Cairo on 14 September following a year and a half during which Italy...
Nairobi News
Kenya's electoral commission appoints new staff
Reshuffle follows call for changes by Odinga ahead of 17 October election re-run.Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has appointed new additional staff to its top management...
Nairobi News
Kenya to hold new presidential election on 17 October
Kenyatta and Odinga will be only names on ballot along with their running mates.Kenya will hold a fresh presidential election on 17 October following the supreme court's decision to annul the results...
Nairobi News
Kenyan presidential result annulled by supreme court
Surprise cancellation of Kenyatta victory welcomed by Odinga supporters.Kenya's supreme court has annulled the result of the country's contentious presidential election, citing irregularities by the e...
Nairobi News
Tension in Kenya ahead of crucial election ruling
Supreme court ruling on presidential election validity on 1 September.
Kenya's supreme court is to rule on 1 September on the validity of the country's presidential election which took place on 8 A...
Lagos News
Nigerian president returns to Nigeria
Buhari spent over three months in London for treatment.Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari addressed the nation in a televised speech on 21 August following his return to the captital Abuja after more...
