Gambia’s Truth Commission To Begin Hearings
Yahya Jammeh
The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) established to look into alleged human rights violations during the 22-year rule of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will begin hearings on Monday, January 07th 2019.
To prepare for this long-awaited event, ... Read More
The Leader Promising To Heal a Nation
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been widely praised for introducing sweeping reforms aimed at ending political repression, writes BBC Africa editor Fergal Keane after visiting the country.
The crowd at the airport in Jimma in Ethiopia's ... Read More
Nigeria’s First Executive President, Shehu Shagari, Di...
Shehu Shagari
A former president of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, has died at the the age of 93, his grandson confirmed on Twitter, late Friday.
I regret announcing the death of my grandfather, H.E Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who died right now ... Read More
Morocco, AU Agree To Establish African Migration Observatory...
Morocco and the African Union (AU) signed on Monday an agreement to set up the headquarters of the African Observatory for Migration and Development (OAMD) in Morocco's capital Rabat.
The agreement was signed by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and chairman ... Read More
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe In Singapore For Medical Treatment, ...
Robert Mugabe
Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe has been receiving medical treatment in Singapore for the last two months and is no longer able to walk, though he should return home next week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Saturday.
Mugabe, 94, ... Read More
Ethiopia’s Security Forces Wanted Oromos To Kill Abiy:...
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopia’s attorney general on Monday made several damning revelations including the role played by security forces in planning an attempted assassination on prime minister Abiy Ahmed.
Abiy, who became premier in April and has since implemented a ... Read More
Canada PM Commends Ethiopia For ‘Increasing Women̵...
Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau has commended Ethiopia for ongoing reforms, specifically the increase in number of women in key government roles.
Trudeau, who spoke to Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed on phone, said his government is committed to supporting the ... Read More
Ethiopia Supreme Court gets its first woman head, Meaza Ashe...
The women-led wave in Ethiopia shows no signs of abating as the country welcomed its first Chief Justice, i.e. President of the Federal Supreme Court, on Thursday morning.
Meaza Ashenafi, was approved unanimously by the lawmaking chamber, House of Peoples Representatives, ... Read More
ECOWAS Builds Media Corps For Election Reporting
The ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) on Monday opened a two-day capacity training workshop aimed at developing and sustaining media interest in the delivery of credible, transparent and peaceful elections in the Sub-Region.
ECONEC considers the media as playing key ... Read More
Peace And Stability Pre-requisite For African Unity – ...
Africa's objective of an integrated Africa cannot be achieved without peace and stability on the continent, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said.
He stressed that the continent's efforts at integration would be gloom-ridden if African states continued to battle with ... Read More