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Nairobi News

Kenya churches oppose new draft constitution

Church leaders in Kenya are presenting a united front against the new draft constitution, which was approved by parliament in April and is to be put to a popular referendum later this year. Leader...
Addis Ababa News

Ethiopia readies for parliamentary elections

On 23 May 2010 Ethiopians go to the polls to elect their new federal parliament. The main competitors are the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), led by prime minister Me...
Accra News

New foreign office complex in Accra

Ghana is to get new premises for the ministry of foreign affairs and regional integration. The new complex will be located on the site of the former International Students Hostel opposite Accra
Nairobi News

Kenya to abolish EAC work permits

Kenya is taking steps to abolish work permit requirements for people from other East African Community (EAC) member states who wish to work in the country. Currently only citizens of Rwanda are exempt...
Nairobi News

ICC approves investigation into Kenya election violence

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has given the go-ahead for a formal investigation into the violence that followed Kenya
Arusha News

EAC food security and climate conference in Arusha postponed

The meeting of the heads of state of the five East African Community (EAC) member countries
Dar Es Salaam News

Tanzania gets new election expenses law

President Jakaya Kikwete has signed into law a bill for cleaner and fairer campaigning by candidates in the run-up to parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for October 2010. The Electi...
Lagos News

Hundreds dead in new Nigeria clashes

Hundreds of people are believed to have died in clashes near Jos in Nigeria
Nairobi News

Kenya cabinet crisis

The Kenyan government of national unity is in the grips of another crisis after president Mwai Kibaki of the Party of National Unity (PNU) overruled a decision by prime minister Raila Odinga of Orange...
Addis Ababa News

African Union elects Bingu wa Mutharika as new president

The African Union has decided not to confirm the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, as its president for a second year. The position has gone to the president of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, a...
Addis Ababa News

African Union considers Haiti resettlement

African leaders considered a proposal by Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade to resettle Haitians made homeless by the earthquake on 12 January during the three-day African Union (AU) summit in Addis...
Nairobi News

Kenya prime minister position to be abolished

Members of parliament working on a new draft constitution for Kenya have agreed to abolish the position of prime minister in favour of an executive president checked by a strengthened parliament and j...
Lagos News

Nigerian cabinet to decide on Yar’Adua illness

The Nigerian cabinet has been given until 5 February to decide if President Umaru Yar
Accra News

Ghanaians demand Right to Information bill

Ghanaians will take to the streets of Accra on 27 January to protest against delays by parliament in approving a right to information (RTI) bill. The demonstration is being organised by the RTI Coa...
Maputo News

Mozambique parliament opens to protests

The new Mozambique parliament has elected its first woman speaker. Veronica Macamo, who was previously vice speaker, was voted in unopposed after the main opposition party Renamo failed to put forward...
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