A popular and influential governorship aspirant has resigned from his party amid the PDP versus APC saga. You should see the latest development ahead of 2027.
Kenya’s citizenship framework defined registration and presumption pathways, distinguishing entitled and eligible applicants while protecting foundlings.
An advisor to South Africa's Zulu king, who was crowned as monarch last month despite a challenge from within the royal family, was killed late Saturday on the sidelines of a traditional ceremony, according to a local official. At the ceremony Saturday, the new king called for "peace and unity (to) prevail in the royal house". cld/jhd/gw/rox
Eritrean authorities have called on their armed forces to mobilise in response to the renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, the British and Canadian governments said. "Local authorities have issued a general call for mobilization of armed forces in response to the conflict in northern Ethiopia," the Canadian government said.
As thousands of revellers grooved to the sounds of Uganda's sold-out Nyege Nyege music festival on the banks of the Nile, relieved organisers said an attempted "immorality" ban had only served to boost sales.
As twilight nestles behind the mountains in Nongoma town, the birthplace of South Africa's ethnic Zulu group, thousands of young women bathe in a cold, shallow river. The 47-year-old new head of South Africa's largest ethnic group is also known by his official title as MisuZulu kaZwelithini.
Eight Namibian cheetahs arrived in India Saturday, decades after their local extinction, in an ambitious project to reintroduce the spotted big cats that has divided experts on its prospects. Cheetahs became extinct in India primarily because of habitat loss and hunting for their distinctive spotted coats.
Queen Elizabeth II smiling at children waving Kenyan flags and the Union Jack, alighting from the "Royal Train" or shaking hands with a curious little boy -- are all previously unseen images from an enormous archive taken by celebrated photojournalist Mohamed Amin.
Springbok fly-half Elton Jantjies, who early this week was sent home from Argentina ahead of a Rugby Championship match, said on Friday that "I let myself...down" but denied having an affair with the squad's dietician. The Springboks are due to play Argentina on September 17 in the Rugby Championship.
Eight Namibian cheetahs were on Friday airlifted to India, part of an ambitious project to reintroduce the big cats after they were driven to extinction there decades ago, officials and vets said. Negotiations are ongoing for similar translocation from South Africa, a government official told AFP on Friday, with vets suggesting 12 cats could be moved.
A leading Chadian rebel flew home on Friday to join talks on the country's political future, after spending nearly two years in jail in Egypt, an AFP reporter saw. There have been no other details about his release, which had been a condition set by the UFR for joining a forum on charting the military-run country's return to civilian rule.
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