The Vice President and top APC chieftain, Senator Kashim Shettima, discloses what worries him most ahead of the 2027 presidential election in Nigeria.
Kenya’s citizenship framework defined registration and presumption pathways, distinguishing entitled and eligible applicants while protecting foundlings.
Senegal's main opposition leader was in a standoff with the government Saturday, a day after clashes left three people dead and heightened fears of worsening violence ahead of legislative elections in six weeks. The clashes left one person dead in the capital and two others in Casamance, at least two of whom were not part of the protests according to media reports.
Islamic State-linked jihadists, whose power was once thought to be waning in the Sahel, have expanded their reach recently, marking their presence with an unprecedented series of civilian massacres. "Never in the Sahel has there been such a succession of massacres of civilians," a United Nations official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
The family of slain Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba said Friday it hoped to finally turn a grim page of history as former colonial master Belgium prepares to return the last remains of the independence hero. "We hope that there will be a result before they die," said Roland Lumumba.
Inside the cavernous Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic church in Lagos, a man in a dark hoodie stops menacingly at the entrance and glares at the Christ statue before him. Back at the Lagos church, an actor's makeup is touched up by the light of a cellphone as lighting crews look how to capture the colours of the stained glass windows.
Senegalese police blocked off access to the home of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko after he called for protests on Friday, at a time when the country is in the grip of pre-election tension.
In January, a military junta seized power in Burkina Faso, pledging to restore security in a country ravaged by a nearly seven-year-old jihadist insurgency. - Frustration - "The military came to power by generating a wave of enthusiasm among the public.
The death of 11 newborn babies in the neonatal unit of the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh hospital in the western city of Tivaouane, Senegal has caused an outrage.
Burkina Faso's ex-president Blaise Compaore was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara.
Osinbajo will speak at a High-Level Meeting at the famous Obasanjo Presidential Library, share perspectives on engendering democratic governance in West Africa.
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