ON October 30, Botswana heads to the polls in a national election with President Mokgweetsi Masisi widely expected to win a second term. Masisi, the leader of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), has held power since 2018,…
ISLAMIST militants operating in Burkina Faso are discreetly using northern Ghana as a logistical and medical base to sustain their insurgency, according to sources. Seven individuals, including Ghanaian security officials and regional diplomats, have revealed that militants are crossing the…
THE BRICS Summit in Kazan marked a significant milestone on Thursday with the adoption of the Kazan Declaration, a comprehensive document that reflects the collective vision and goals of the BRICS nations. The BRICS nations include Brazil, Russia, India,…
UNITED Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told BRICS leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that the world needed peace in Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine, and Sudan. “Across the board, we need peace,” Guterres said at the BRICS summit in the…
NORTH Korea resumed its trash-filled balloon throwing at South Korea on Thursday, with 20 such balloons crossing into the South, South Korea’s military said, according to the Yonhap news agency. In the greater Seoul area, the Joint Chiefs of…
INTERNATIONAL election observers have started arriving in Botswana to monitor the nation’s general election, scheduled for October 30. On Tuesday, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) officially launched its observer mission, calling for peaceful and democratic elections. The SADC mission…
GHANA’S parliament descended into chaos as Speaker Alban Bagbin suspended proceedings indefinitely following a heated dispute over which party holds the majority in the chamber. The suspension has left critical governance issues hanging, with implications for the upcoming…
GOVERNANCE has worsened for nearly half of Africa’s citizens over the past decade, with deteriorating security at the heart of the decline, according to a new report. The latest Ibrahim Index of African Governance reveals that while 33 countries have…
AS Namibia gears up for its general election next month, the country’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM), is calling for the removal of a South African company, Ren-Form, from its role in printing ballots. The firm is…
TURKEY and Côte d’Ivoire have signed a significant military agreement aimed at strengthening bilateral defence ties. The deal was finalised on Tuesday during the ongoing SAHA EXPO Defence and Aerospace Exhibition 2024 in Istanbul, Turkey’s and Europe’s largest…
