Why We Need More African Women in Parliaments
01/05/2015By Carlos Lopes An African woman has been married for 13 years and for every day of those 13 years she worked hard with her husband to cultivate a.
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Politics & Policy
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe Re-elected for Third Term
30/04/2015Togo’s president, Faure Gnassingbe, has been re-elected for a third term. Gnassingbe’s win extends his family’s 48-year hold on power, BBC reports. Provisional results are said to have shown that.
Defence
Boko Haram released photos of themselves as they change name to Islamic State in West Africa
25/04/2015Boko Haram revealed in a new video posted online yesterday that they are now to be referred to as the ‘West African Province’ of the Islamic State, following their pledged.
Africa
President Jonathan Sues Senate & House of Reps Over Constitution Amendments
25/04/2015The presidency has filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court against the House of Representatives and Senate, to nullify proposed amendments to the 1999 constitution. According to Premium Times, the.
Women in leadership
Meet America’s First Female African-American Attorney General, Loretta Lynch
25/04/2015After a highly politically charged five-month battle to choose Obama’s next attorney general, Loretta Lynch, 55, has made history as the first female African-American attorney general in the United States..
Africa
Development Stories
U.S. Embassy Statement on Nigerian Gubernatorial and State Assembly Elections
14/04/2015The United States Embassy in Nigeria congratulates the people of Nigeria and the Independent National Electoral Commission for an electoral process on April 11, 2015 that generally went well across.
Development Stories
Obama Advisory Council On Business In Africa Wants U.S – Africa Infrastructure Center
14/04/2015President Obama’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa meets for first time President Obama’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa met for the first time in Washington, D.C..
International
Hillary Clinton Announces 2016 US Presidential Bid
14/04/2015Ending two years of speculation and coy denials, Hillary Rodham Clinton announced on Sunday that she would seek the presidency for a second time, immediately establishing herself as the.
Africa
Development Stories
Nigeria abductions: Chibok girls remembered one year on
14/04/2015Ceremonies are to be staged around the world to mark one year since more than 200 girls were abducted by Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram. A procession will be.