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The “Not Too Young To Run” movement last year succeeded in securing a reduction in the minimum age limit for candidates to seek election.

Commissioner for Peace and Security says AU member states have agreed to address the scourge of extremism in a more comprehensive manner.

Cyril Ramaphosa will take over from Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

The insurgents also burnt houses and left with two army vehicles.

He faces more influential opposition in a contest for a seat in the House of Representatives.

An agreement between the teachers’ union, and the Nigerian government was reached in Abuja

“Many Nigerians are worried that the head of the Commonwealth observer group may be swayed by Obasanjo’s skewed pre-election position”

The former Ivory Coast president has secured a 90-day visa.

On the eve of the summit, 14 civilians were killed by insurgents in a pre-dawn attack at Kain.

The head of Guinea’s public treasury, was gunned down in 2012 months after busting an embezzlement plot.