Politics

February 2, 2018

Africa Update: $2.20bn arms deal: Zuma asks prosecutors to drop graft charges

South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Thursday it had received arguments from President Jacob Zuma on why he should not be prosecuted for corruption. […]
February 1, 2018

Africa Update: Kenyan government outlaws opposition’s resistance movement after Odinga’s “swearing-in”

The Kenyan government has declared the opposition coalition’s National Super Alliance (NASA)’s wing, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), as an organised criminal group. Interior Cabinet Secretary […]
January 31, 2018

Africa Update: Kenyan opposition leader Odinga sworn in as ‘president’

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga had himself sworn in as an alternative president Tuesday in front of thousands of supporters, three months after an election he […]
January 29, 2018

Africa Update: Kenya opposition to swear-in leader as ‘president’

Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga is planning to have himself sworn in as an alternative president on Tuesday, seen as a final push to challenge Uhuru […]