Prime Minister Loses Confidence Vote
02/03/2017Lesotho’s Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili was preparing on Wednesday to call a snap election after losing a confidence vote in parliament, a cabinet minister said. A slew of defections by.
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Sudan’s President Names Prime Minister
02/03/2017Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir named his first vice president and long-time ally Hassan Saleh to the newly created post of prime minister on Wednesday, the clearest sign yet that.
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African Leadership Prize Fails to Find a Winner Again
28/02/2017Sudanese telecoms magnate Mo Ibrahim failed to award a $5 million African political leadership prize on Tuesday, the second year running the gong designed to foster regional democracy has gone.
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Gambia’s New President Pledges Fresh Start, Economic Reform
27/02/2017Gambia’s President Adama Barrow vowed on Saturday to revive the country’s faltering economy with sweeping reforms as he sought to draw a line under the erratic 22-year rule of his.
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Somali President Appoints Oil Firm Executive as Prime Minister
23/02/2017Somalia’s newly elected president on Thursday appointed the country director of British firm Soma Oil and Gas as the new prime minister, raising questions about possible conflicts of interest in.
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Justice Minister Says South Africa Still Intends To Quit ICC
22/02/2017South Africa’s government still plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice Minister Michael Masutha said on Wednesday, after a court ruled that it was unconstitutional to do.
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Ghana’s New President Promises Action to Fix “Bad” Economy
22/02/2017Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said in his first state of the nation address the economy was in a “bad way” but he would press ahead with a plan to.
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Gambia’s New President Pledges Fresh Start, Economic Reform
20/02/2017Gambia’s President Adama Barrow vowed on Saturday to revive the country’s faltering economy with sweeping reforms as he sought to draw a line under the erratic 22-year rule of his.
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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Says He Is People’s Choice for 2018 Election
20/02/2017Zimbabwe’s people and the ruling ZANU-PF party see no viable alternative candidate to President Robert Mugabe for general elections in 2018, state media quoted him as saying on Sunday. “They.
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Kenya’s Opposition Warns of Protests If Elections “Rigged”
16/02/2017By Katharine Houreld Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Wednesday mass protests were possible if August elections were rigged, comments likely to scare Kenyans fearful of a repeat.
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