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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term in office with 58.6 per cent of the vote. The election result was disputed by his main rival Bobi Wine who trailed with 34.8 per cent. The...

The US president-elect Joe Biden has appointed Nigerian-born Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo as one of his legal advisers at the White House. Mrs. Badejo’s appointment as Associate Counsel at the White House – official workplace of the...

Voting is underway in Uganda, in a tense presidential election pitting longtime President Yoweri Museveni against opposition frontrunner Bobi Wine, a pop star-turned-opposition leader. The internet went down on the eve of the vote, with some...

Malawi has recorded 9027 cases and 203 fatalities. The southern African nation has confirmed 1500 cases in the last 14 days alone. On Tuesday, the presidency said it was cutting visits to the State House to...

Uganda has banned all social media and messaging apps on Tuesday, ahead of the presidential polls. Users complained that they were unable to access Facebook and WhatsApp social media platforms being widely used for campaigning by...

Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz went on trial on Monday in Geneva for allegedly forging documents and bribing the wife of Guinea’s former president in order to secure an iron ore mining concession in the West African...