US President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would not pardon his son Hunter or commute any sentence following Hunter’s conviction on charges of lying about his drug addiction while buying a handgun. “No,” Biden replied when reporters at a…
Endangered wild horses have returned to the Golden Steppe of Kazakhstan for the first time in at least 200 years after decades-long efforts. The airlifts of seven Przewalski’s horses from Europe to the Central Asian country took place in early…
SOUTH Africa’s Constitutional Court has denied former President Jacob Zuma’s ‘urgent’ application to postpone the presidential election scheduled for Friday. Zuma, the leader of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, had alleged vote irregularities in the May 29 parliamentary elections. The MK party,…
A TRAGIC aircraft crash on Monday, June 10, claimed the lives of Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others. The aircraft involved in the accident has been identified as a Dornier 228-202K. The crash occurred in Chikangawa Forest, in Malawi’s Northern…
THREE legislators from Uganda’s ruling party have been charged with corruption for attempting to influence the budget of a state-funded rights body. Corruption is widespread in Uganda, but it is uncommon for top officials, especially those aligned with long-serving President…
THE Zambian government announced on Wednesday that it will establish a new entity dedicated to investment and trading in minerals. This decision aims to enhance revenue from the country’s abundant natural resources. The Cabinet has approved the formation of a…
IN a significant act of restitution, the University of Cambridge has repatriated over three dozen traditional artefacts to Uganda. Local officials, who had been advocating for the return of these items, welcomed the move. On Saturday, the British university returned…
AFRICA Briefing Contributing Editor Professor Ojo Emmanuel Ademola has been recognised as the Outstanding Personality of the Year in Technology at the 4th Edition of the South West Advancement Award and Investment Summit. The prestigious event, which took place on…
In 2014, when I was working to launch the citizen think tank WATHI, I wrote the following in the concept note I proposed to dozens of friends interested in the present and future of West Africa: ‘West Africa is a…
THE Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African State has rejected the request by the ECOWAS Commission and its President to review the judgment that nullified the sack of a staff of the Commission, Suleiman Mohammad Hussaini.…
