THIS IS A RECAP OF STORIES THAT MADE THE HEADLINES ACROSS THE CONTINENT THIS WEEK. MONDAYCORRUPTION TRIAL We begin Africa weekly on Monday with South Africa’s…
Author: Mojisola Adebola
ZUMA CORRUPTION TRIAL POSTPONED South Africa’s former President, Jacob Zuma’ trial has been postponed to May 26 in order for his lawyers to argue for the…
MONDAY COOPERATION AGREEMENT In southern Africa, Mozambique received additional 60 troops from Portugal as part of a new cooperation agreement to help the country tackle insurgency…
YOWERI MUSEVENI RETURNS FOR SIXTH DEMOCRATIC TERM Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has taken the oath to officially begin a sixth democratic term in office. He won re-election…
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has taken the oath to officially begin a sixth democratic term in office. Several heads of states from countries including Burundi, South…
Libya’s coastguard on Sunday warned against “illegal” fishing in its waters, denying Italy’s claims it had wounded a fisherman as it fired shots during an operation…
INSURGENCYWe begin in East Africa where a suicide bomber has killed at least six people, including senior police officers, at a police station in the Somali…
In a case that shocked the Egyptian community, authorities on Sunday executed an Egyptian monk convicted of killing an abbot at the St. Macarius Monastery in…
Morocco’s Ministry of Health has expanded the national vaccination campaign to cover citizens and residents aged 50 to 55. The Ministry called on all citizens of…
Current chair of the African Union, President Felix Tshisekedi of Congo has presented an initiative to resolve Ethiopia’s dispute with Egypt and Sudan on the Grand Ethiopian…