Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, a veteran of the country’s liberation struggle and its first post-independence prime minister, died on Sunday.Tributes to the 82-year-old statesman poured in from African leaders who saw him as a hero of the anti-apartheid struggle.And Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed regret that his country had lost “a partner who was committed …
Opposition parties prepared to demonstrate on Sunday after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election set for February 25, sparking a wave of international concern. Just a day before official campaigning was due to start, Sall plunged the nation into the unknown saying he intervened because of a dispute between the National …
Senegal faces opposition backlash after election postponedSun, 04 Feb 2024 14:23:54 GMT Read More »
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob died early Sunday in a hospital in Windhoek, his office said. He was 82.Geingob, who was serving his second term as president and was his country’s first prime minister after independence, revealed last month that he was being treated for cancer.Most recently, he took a stand by supporting South Africa’s complaint …
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob dies in hospitalSun, 04 Feb 2024 07:52:39 GMT Read More »
Just hours before official campaigning was due to start on Sunday, Senegal’s President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election scheduled for February 25, provoking anger from opposition figures and a ministerial resignation.In an address to the nation Saturday, Sall said he had postponed the vote that would have decided his successor …
Senegal president postpones electionSun, 04 Feb 2024 00:34:14 GMT Read More »
Oumar Diakite was the hero as hosts Ivory Coast staged another remarkable salvage operation on Saturday to reach the Africa cup of Nations semi=finals, and South Africa later joined them.A brilliant back-heel by the substitute in added time at the end of extra time in Bouake gave the Elephants a 2-1 victory over Mali, who …
Goalkeeper and captain Ronwen Williams was the hero with four saves in the shoot-out as South Africa beat Cape Verde 2-1 on penalties to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Saturday after a goalless draw in their last-eight tie.Williams had already come up with one vital stop at the end of normal time …
A back-heel goal by Oumar Diakite in added time at the end of extra time gave hosts Ivory Coast a 2-1 win over Mali in Bouake on Saturday after a dramatic Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final.Reduced to 10 men by a red card at the end of the first half, the Ivorians fell behind in …
Ivory Coast sink Mali at the death in AFCON quartersSat, 03 Feb 2024 20:56:31 GMT Read More »
Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Saturday announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election scheduled for February 25, provoking anger from opposition figures and a ministerial resignation.The presidential decree postponing the vote, which would have decided his successor, came just hours before official campaigning was due to start.In an address to the nation, Sall said …
Senegal president postpones presidential electionSat, 03 Feb 2024 20:18:08 GMT Read More »
Senegalese President Macky Sall on Saturday announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election scheduled for February 25, just hours before official campaigning was due to start.In an address to the nation, Sall said he signed a decree abolishing a previous measure that set the date, because lawmakers were investigating two Constitutional Council judges whose …
Senegal president calls off February 25 electionSat, 03 Feb 2024 17:53:23 GMT Read More »
South African politicians were trying to mobilise their supporters on Saturday, the last chance for citizens to register to vote before an imminent announcement of general elections.Thirty years after democracy replaced apartheid rule, this year’s election will be seen by many as a referendum on the performance of the ruling African National Congress (ANC).Polls suggest …
