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Admin - October 17, 2025

SOUTH SUDAN: Parliament Approves National Youth Policy with Quota and Budget Commitment

  By Deborah Akur Chol, South Sudan   South Sudan’s parliament approved the long anticipated National Youth Policy 2025, a significant initiative aimed at empowering the country’s predominantly young population, which faces high unemployment rates and the repercussions of past conflicts.   The newly passed policy stipulates that youth will occupy 20% of positions in […]
Admin - October 16, 2025

NIGERIA: Senate Confirms Prof. Joash Amupitan As INEC Chairman

  By Ameenat Hamzat, Lagos, Nigeria    The Senate has confirmed Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following a screening session held during Thursday’s plenary.   The confirmation followed the adoption of the report of the Committee of the Whole, which conducted the screening in the […]
Admin - October 14, 2025

NIGERIA: Shettima, Akpabio, Abbas Lead APC Leaders To Enugu As Governor Mbah Defects To APC

    By Onoja Baba, Nigeria      Enugu, the capital of Enugu State, witnessed heightened political activity on Tuesday as Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas led top All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders to formally welcome Governor Peter Mbah and his political appointees into the […]
Admin - October 13, 2025

KENYA: Ruto Renews Call For Kenya’s Food Independence To Cut KES 500B Import Bill

    By Lapit Moses Punyuah, Nairobi, Kenya   President William Ruto has reiterated his government’s commitment to making Kenya self-sufficient in food production, saying the country must end its overreliance on costly imports and invest in local farming.   Speaking during a briefing on the government’s food security agenda, the President said Kenya spends […]
Admin - October 13, 2025

MALAWI: President Mutharika Appoints Msowoya To Lead SADC Election Mission To Tanzania

  By Smile Hamilton, Malawi   President Peter Mutharika has appointed former Speaker of Parliament, Richard Msowoya, as Head of Mission for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Observer Mission (SEOM) to Tanzania.   Mutharika made the appointment in his capacity as Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation.   […]
Admin - October 10, 2025

SOUTH SUDAN: South Africa Affirms Support For South Sudan Peace Agreement

    By Deborah Akur Chol, South Sudan   South Africa has reiterated its unwavering support for the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement of South Sudan during a high-level meeting between President Salva Kiir Mayardit and South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile in Juba on Thursday.   Mashatile, who also holds the position of South Africa’s […]
Admin - October 9, 2025

NIGERIA: Peter Obi Calls For Certificate Verification Ahead Of 2027 Elections

    By Onoja Baba, Nigeria    The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other relevant agencies to conduct thorough verification and authentication of all academic and professional certificates submitted by political office seekers ahead of the 2027 general elections.   In a […]
Admin - October 9, 2025

NIGERIA: Atiku Backs Sowore’s Campaign For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release, Calls Detention ‘An Open Sore On Nigeria’s Conscience

    By Onoja Baba, Nigeria    Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has publicly thrown his weight behind the campaign demanding the release of detained Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, describing his continued incarceration as “an open sore on our nation’s conscience and a stain on our belief in the rule […]
Admin - October 7, 2025

NIGERIA: Agbamuche-Mbu Takes Over From Yakubu As Acting INEC Chair

  By Onoja Baba, Nigeria    After ten years at the helm of Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday, officially bowed out of office, marking the end of a decade defined by sweeping electoral reforms and digital innovations.   Yakubu, who assumed office in […]
Admin - October 7, 2025

NIGERIA: Senate Resumes Plenary With Security, Electoral Reforms Topping Agenda

  By Hamzat Ameenat, Lagos, Nigeria   After several weeks of recess, the Nigerian Senate will today, reconvene plenary with a crowded agenda dominated by long-awaited debates on national security and electoral reforms.   The resumption marks the end of a legislative lull that began after the upper chamber extended its annual recess by two […]
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