Month : May 2024

President João Lourenço of Angola has taken an important step towards holding ground-breaking municipal elections by appointing decentralisation specialist Manuel...

Culture Minister Hannatu Musawa, despite her disappointment that no Nigerian artists won a statue at the 2023 Grammy Awards, finally...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi hopes that aerial firepower will make up for the shortcomings of his ground forces and help repulse the...

Textile giant Maurice Bidermann’s widow Danièle Bidermann and his other heirs tried one last time to appeal to get out...

With the vote to decide on the next president of Libya’s High State Council (HSC) due to get underway at...

Ousmane Sonko is careful not to draw attention to these connections. But Senegal’s new prime minister, long portrayed as “anti-system,” has...

A joint ministerial commission meeting last month between Ethiopia and Djibouti did not result in any major breakthroughs, but it did signal a tentative détente...

It was out of a desire to appease Rabat that Mohamed al-Menfi, president of the Libyan Presidential Council, sent his...

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara is currently considering the formation of his next government. The head of state is expected to...

Mele Kyari has been boss of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) since 2019, and now holds the record for longevity in this position. Many...