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Senegal’s president rules out third-term bid

The President of Senegal Macky Sall announced on Monday that he will not run for re-election, essentially ending his decade-plus rule. Months of uncertainty over whether he would seek a third term have fueled violent opposition protests in the West Afr…

US diplomat hails relations with Angola

The United States of America ambassador to Angola, Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, on Tuesday highlighted his country’s strong ties with Angola, 30 years after the diplomatic relations officially kicked off.Speaking at the 247th anniversary of the US indepe…

Ghana’s Parliament adopts anti-homosexuality Bill

Ghana’s Parliament on Wednesday, unanimously adopted the ‘Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2022’. The object of the Bill is to provide for proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian Family Values proscribe lesbian,…

Ndiomu stabilises Presidential Amnesty Programme – Aide

The Office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), says its Interim Administrator, Retired Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu, has stabilised the operations of the programme by clearing all inherited debts through tactical financial models.This is contained …

Pressure forced Senegal leader to bow out – opposition

Opposition politicians have reacted to Senegal President Macky Sall’s announcement that he will not be a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, saying it resulted from pressure from the people.Abass Fall, a member of parliament and co-ordinator o…