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Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni became the first African leader to congratulate Kenya’s president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta on his successful re-election to serve a second and final term. Kenyatta garnered over 98% of votes cast in a poll re-run that saw a low turnout partly due to an opposition boycott and violence …

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe sacked Ray Goba as the country’s top prosecutor on Friday six weeks after appointing him, a government notice said. Mugabe, 93, gave no reason for the decision. Goba was appointed when Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was in charge of the justice ministry, which oversees the office …

After tyres finish burning, what is left is a matted mesh of singed black wire. In Kenya’s western city of Kisumu, they hug curbs and roundabouts, leaving dark, circular footprints where the road melted underneath. This is the Nyanza heartland of opposition leader Raila Odinga, where demonstrations have erupted since …

What is happening in Kenya today? Kenya is holding a presidential election rerun because the Supreme Court nullified the results of the August 8 poll, which was won by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The court said there were “irregularities and illegalities” in the voting process. Opposition leader Raila Odinga, who masterminded …

Uhuru Kenyatta, who is seeking a second term, won in August but the poll is being held again over irregularities. Opposition candidate Raila Odinga has called on his supporters to join him in boycotting the ballot. A bid to delay the election fell apart after only two out of seven …

The Togolese government has cancelled the Francophonie ministerial conference scheduled to be held in the capital Lome in November. The cancellation comes amid opposition protests against President Faure Gnassingbe’s rule and the call for the reinstatement of the 1992 constitution. The government announced the cancellation on Monday without stating the …

A senior member of Kenya’s electoral commission (IEBC) has resigned, saying the country is unable to hold credible elections next week. Roselyn Akombe said the IEBC was under political “siege”, unable to reach consensus or take any decisions. Now in the US, she told the BBC she had feared for …

escue crews in Somalia are working to find survivors, two days after the worst suicide attack in the country’s history. More than 300 people were killed and hundreds more are injured after a truck bomb ripped through the heart of the capital, Mogadishu. Source: aljazeera.com

Hillary Clinton said in an interview with CNN on Wednesday that she will donate the money Harvey Weinstein contributed to her political campaigns after multiple sexual assault allegations were leveled against the powerful Hollywood mogul. Clinton, in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria as part of her ongoing book tour, …

The Minority in Parliament has called on government to probe a Libyan report that said about 50 to 100 Ghanaian migrants have featured prominently as members of ISIS in Libya. According to the Minority, they have taken interest in the report because of its ramification to the country’s security and …