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Thousands marched in Madagascar’s capital on Monday to protest against new electoral laws and the death of a person in a similar march at the weekend, a Reuters witness said. On Saturday, police fired teargas at an opposition demonstration where the person died and more than a dozen were treated for injuries, some caused by teargas canisters. On Monday, thousands ...

Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has said without strong public services and committed public servants, there will be no efficient delivery of expected public goods and services. Mo Ibrahim said public service is the pillar of governance and without an efficient implementation of any commitment, however strongly voiced will not amount to anything. This was contained in the Foundation’s ...

A 24 year-old woman has given birth in a Durban hospital to a child believed to be fathered by Jacob Zuma, News24 reported on Friday. According to the report, the former head of state is believed to have visited the baby under strict security on Thursday night. “They had to clear the maternity ward for other patients. Hospital staff made ...

Swaziland’s King Mswati III has announced he is renaming the country as the Kingdom of eSwatini. The monarch announced the official change at Golden Jubilee celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Swazi independence. The celebrations also marked the king’s 50th birthday. The southern African nation is an absolute monarchy. The king, known as Ngwenyama or “the lion”, is known for ...

Fifa says it is monitoring the situation in DR Congo after the detention of the football association’s president Constant Omari. cOmari is also on the Fifa Council and a vice-president with the Confederation of African Football. “Fifa is closely following the matter and gathering additional information but has no further statement to make at this stage,” Fifa said in a ...

Nigeria may have only one representative each in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup from 2019 after the country dropped down the CAF club rankings. The winners of the Premier League in 2018 and the winners of the Aiteo Cup will be the country’s representatives in the two competitions. The CAF five-year rankings is used by CAF to ...

A UN human rights expert has commended Ghana as a champion of African democracy and a country which has achieved some important development milestones. But says unless growing inequality and continuing high poverty rates are addressed the country will fall far short of meeting the key UN Sustainable Development Goals, including the eradication of extreme poverty by 2030. “Ghana is ...

The president of Uganda has said he wants to ban the nation’s citizens from practicing oral sex because ‘the mouth is for eating’. President Yoweri Museveni blamed ‘outsiders’ for trying to convince Ugandans to perform oral sex on one another – and said he was issuing a public ‘warning’ about it. He told press: ‘Let me take this opportunity to ...

  The Tamale High Court in Northern Ghana has granted bail to Ernest Green, an accused nurse of West Gonja Hospital on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Ernest Green was arrested on April 6 for allegedly raping an Italian National by name Malaita Daniela and was kept in Police custody. After the arrest of the accused, the Police lead an investigation ...

British Prime Minister Theresa May has said she deeply regrets the UK’s role in criminalising same-sex relations in its former colonies. The laws were passed under British rule and are still used in 37 of the Commonwealth’s 53 member nations. There is a global trend towards decriminalising homosexual acts, but some countries, like Nigeria and Uganda, have imposed stricter laws. ...