Four years after the military seized power, Guineans will finally vote on a new draft constitution that would pave the way for elections but also permit the country’s junta leader to run for president, in a referendum boycotted by the opposition.The Sunday vote, which Guineans and the international community have been awaiting for years, opens …
Malawians voted Tuesday in elections overshadowed by soaring prices and crippling fuel shortages, with the economic gloom a challenge to President Lazarus Chakwera’s bid for a second term.In a crowded field of 17 candidates, observers said Chakwera’s closest rival was his predecessor, 85-year-old Peter Mutharika, a law professor who has spent decades living outside of …
Faith Kipyegon underlined her credentials as the best middle-distance runner of all time in Tokyo on Tuesday while also having more than succeeded in showing women athletes that having a child can be the springboard to relaunch their careers.Kipyegon’s fourth world 1,500m title further cemented her grip on the event on the global stage, the …
A Nairobi court issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for a British citizen in connection with the high-profile death of a young Kenyan mother whose body was found in a septic tank over a decade ago.Agnes Wanjiru, 21, died in 2012 after she reportedly went partying with British soldiers at a hotel in central Nanyuki town, …
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon produced a trademark devastating last lap to win an unprecedented fourth world women’s 1,500 metres title in Tokyo on Tuesday.The Kenyan, also three-time Olympic champion over the distance, timed 3min 52.15sec for another gold to add to her incredible medal haul that guarantees her place in the pantheon of the very best …
Thousands of Malawians turned out to vote in general elections Tuesday with the incumbent president and his predecessor vying for a second chance to govern the southern African nation battered by soaring costs and fuel shortages.Long queues formed at outdoor polling stations across the mostly rural nation for a vote focused on the faltering economy …
Malawi votes for a new president as economic crisis bitesTue, 16 Sep 2025 12:30:32 GMT Read More »
Malawi voted in general elections Tuesday with the incumbent president and his predecessor vying for a second chance to govern the largely poor southern African nation battered by soaring costs and fuel shortages.Thousands of people waited under trees or outside schools at outdoor polling stations across the mostly rural country for a vote focused on …
Standing outside a public hospital in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city, Michelin Hunsa is still “traumatised” from the two-hour wait it took to get an ambulance for her mother, found unconscious by her neighbours.Such waits can be deadly and are not unusual in the mega-city, where notorious traffic jams snarl commutes and only about 100 ambulances …
In mega-city Lagos, 20 million count on just 100 ambulancesTue, 16 Sep 2025 06:55:10 GMT Read More »
Malawi went to the polls Tuesday with the incumbent president and his predecessor vying for a second chance to govern the largely poor southern African nation battered by soaring costs and fuel shortages.There are 17 names in the running for president but analysts say the race is between outgoing Lazarus Chakwera and Peter Mutharika who …
Malawi votes Tuesday in the third bout of a battle for power between two presidents, incumbent Lazarus Chakwera and his predecessor, Peter Mutharika.First-time candidate and former Reserve Bank governor Dalitso Kabambe could become a deciding factor should the race move to a second round, as is widely expected.Here are short profiles of the three:- Chakwera, …
Malawi election a battle of two presidentsTue, 16 Sep 2025 02:57:28 GMT Read More »
