Damilola Agbalajobi, Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria has very few women participating in politics. Only seven out of 109 senators and 22 of the 360 House of…
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THIS IS A RECAP OF STORIES THAT MADE THE HEADLINES ACROSS THE CONTINENT DURING WEEK. MONDAY D.R. CONGO We began in Central Africa where more than…
On the afternoon of May 24, the Malian transitional president, Bah Ndaw, and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane, were arrested by members of the armed forces and…
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has called on the international community to support Chad to conclude the transition from military to democratic government in a peaceful manner…
Bruce M Biccard, University of Cape Town In March 2020, those of us living on the African continent were terrified about what would happen. We had…
French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to support Nigeria combat insecurity bedeviling the Lake Chad basin area and the entire stretch of the Sahel region. President…
Emmanuel O. Akindele, Obafemi Awolowo University Poachers recently killed an elephant in Ogun State, south-west Nigeria. This was the second in the area in two years.…
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…
Burtram C. Fielding, University of the Western Cape and Dewald Schoeman, University of the Western Cape Back at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, case numbers…
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…