Kenya’s Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua was a scandal-tainted political novice when he rode an anti-establishment wave to become deputy president — only to be impeached by the lower house of parliament just two years after taking office. “Riggy G”, as he is known, has seen his popular touch eroded by a battered economy and spiralling cost of …

Rigathi Gachagua: Kenya’s embattled deputy presidentTue, 08 Oct 2024 19:09:24 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s parliament was set to vote on Tuesday on impeaching Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in an unprecedented political drama that has exposed a damaging rift in the governing party.Lawmakers have accused the 59-year-old deputy to President William Ruto of corruption, undermining the government and practising ethnically divisive politics, among a host of other charges.At a press …

Kenya’s deputy president faces impeachment voteTue, 08 Oct 2024 15:35:11 GMT Read More »

As Idris Elba strode the halls of the Africa Cinema Summit in Ghana’s capital Accra, it was clear the Golden Globe-winning British actor was not just a guest.Born and raised in London to a father from Sierra Leone and a Ghanaian mother, the star of both television and the silver screen was at the continent’s …

Hollywood star Idris Elba champions African cinema in GhanaTue, 08 Oct 2024 13:06:04 GMT Read More »

Nearly a million people within the Democratic Republic of Congo have been displaced from their homes this year, the UN human rights chief said Tuesday.Volker Turk said the situation in the country was deteriorating by the day, and voiced alarm at the growing numbers on death row after the DRC lifted its de facto moratorium …

Nearly a million displaced in DR Congo this year: UNTue, 08 Oct 2024 11:41:22 GMT Read More »

Suspected jihadists killed at least 10 civilians at the weekend at a market in the north of Burkina Faso, security officials and locals told AFP on Tuesday. The West African nation has been battered by a jihadist insurgency that swept in from neighbouring Mali in 2015.Thousands of civilians, troops and police have been killed and anger …

Burkina market attack kills at least 10 civiliansTue, 08 Oct 2024 10:59:56 GMT Read More »

Mozambique’s internationally acclaimed writer and poet Mia Couto hopes for a “fresh start” for his country, which heads to the polls on Wednesday, but he doubts the young democracy is ready for change.His dream, he told AFP in an interview from the capital Maputo, would be for the country of more than 33 million people …

Mozambican writer Mia Couto dreams future leaders set an ‘example’Tue, 08 Oct 2024 09:31:13 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s parliament was set to vote on Tuesday on impeaching Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in a political drama that has exposed a rift in the governing party.Lawmakers have accused the 59-year-old deputy to President William Ruto of corruption, undermining the government and practising ethnically divisive politics, among a host of other charges. At a press conference on …

Kenya’s deputy president faces impeachment voteTue, 08 Oct 2024 07:14:18 GMT Read More »

Kais Saied, who has been re-elected president of Tunisia, was first elected democratically in 2019 before staging a power grab in 2021.He sees himself as a man on a divine mission, but critics see him as ushering in a new authoritarian regime.Clean-shaven, with an unwaveringly upright and slender figure, Saied has a stiff demeanour.He gives …

Tunisia’s Kais Saied: president on a ‘divine mission’Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:56:19 GMT Read More »

Kais Saied has been re-elected president of Tunisia with 90.69 percent of votes cast, electoral authority ISIE said Monday, although low turnout reflected widespread discontent in the cradle of the Arab Spring pro-democracy uprisings.Three years after Saied made a sweeping power grab, rights groups fear his re-election will entrench his grip on the only democracy …

Saied re-elected Tunisia president with 90.7% of the voteMon, 07 Oct 2024 19:33:17 GMT Read More »

Ethiopian lawmakers on Monday chose Foreign Minister Taye Atske Selassie as the country’s new president — a largely ceremonial role — leaving Africa with only one female head of state. Atske Selassie replaced Sahle-Work Zewde, 74, a respected former diplomat who had served as president since 2018. That leaves Tanzania as the only African country with a …

Ethiopian lawmakers select new presidentMon, 07 Oct 2024 12:39:20 GMT Read More »