This week, Zimbabweans voted in an election deemed historic because for the first time since…
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Mali’s President forced into runoff election (Nytimes)
Mali’s presidential election will go to a runoff vote after President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta failed…
Zimbabwe election: Opposition rejects ‘fake’ poll results (BBC)
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader has dismissed “unverified fake results” after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared winner…
Zimbabwe election: Emmerson Mnangagwa declared winner in disputed poll (BBC)
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won Zimbabwe’s presidential election, according to the electoral commission. With all…
Zimbabwe election: Army patrols ‘ghost town’ Harare (BBC)
Businesses have shut in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, as the nation awaits the results from the…
Nigeria active mobile phone lines increase to 162.3m in June
Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, said Tuesday that active mobile telephone lines in the country have…
Forbes publishes Jim Ovia’s autobiography
Jim Ovia, Nigerian billionaire banker has published his autobiography chronicling the story of how he…
Voter intimidation, media bias and influence of government resources reported by EU observers (Independent)
EU observers have identifed a string of problems in the Zimbabwe election that passed off…
ZANU-PF wins most seats in Zimbabwe parliament (Guardian)
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party won the most seats in parliament, official results showed Wednesday, as…
Man splits wife’s head for denying him sex (Punch)
A Ghanaian farmer, Kofi Abraham, 38, is currently on the run after he allegedly split his wife,…