Malawi President-elect Lazarus Chakwera sworn into office

By Reuters,

Malawi’s new president Lazarus Chakwera was sworn in for a five-year term on Sunday, hours after unseating former leader Peter Mutharika in a re-run...

Malawi , Peter Mutharika , President Lazarus Chakwera

Sholei implores CS Amina to form Normalization Committee

By Jacob Icia,

Sammy Sholei has joined the bandwagon calling for a Normalization Committee to take over management of Football Kenya Federation (FKF). Sholei slam...

CS Amina Mohamed , Sammy Sholei

FIFA quashes Ohaga ruling, reinstates FKF Executive Committee

By Jacob Icia,

World football governing body FIFA on Wednesday declared null and void the Sports Disputes Tribunal (SDT) orders given to the Football Kenya Federatio...

FIFA , FKF , John Ohaga , NEC , Nick Mwendwa , Sam Nyamweya , SDT

All eyes on Ohaga ahead of make or break ruling

By Jacob Icia,

The heat is already soaring – so much so that it would easily scorch any loose arguments in the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) versus Sports Regist...

Court case , FKF elections , John Ohaga , Sports Disputes Tribunal

FKF Elections: Electoral Board publishes preliminary list of delegates

By Agencies,

As the race for the long awaited elections shapes out, the FKF Electoral Board has published a preliminary list of delegates submitted by branches and...

delegates list , Electoral Board , FKF elections

FKF Elections: Board publishes preliminary list of NEC aspirants

By Citizen Reporter,

The FKF Electoral Board has published a preliminary list of aspirants eyeing elective positions in the National Executive Committee ahead of the upcom...

Electoral Board , FKF elections , NEC candidates

Three Counties fail to beat FKF nomination deadline

By John Kyanda,

Samburu, Tana River and Lamu Counties are the only regions that failed to beat today’s deadline of submitting nominations for the County Representat...

Counties , FKF elections , lamu , Nomination deadline , Samburu , Tana River

Bobi Wine officially declares bid to challenge Museveni for Uganda presidency

By VOA,

Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine formally launched his presidential bid for the 2021 election on Wednesday, calling the country's long...

Bobi Wine , President Yoweri Museveni , uganda

Facebook will ban ads that tell people in U.S. not to vote

By Reuters,

Facebook Inc will ban ads that discourage people from voting ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to its second annual Civil Rights...

facebook , US Elections

Court allows IEBC-linked OT Morpho be barred from doing business in Kenya

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court has declined to suspend implementation of a report by Parliament recommending French firm Idemia (formerly OT Morpho) be barred from co...

high court , IDEMIA , IEBC , Judge John Mativo , OT-MORPHO

Why firm that supplied Huduma Namba, IEBC kits could be blacklisted

By Francis Gachuri,

IDEMIA, formerly known as Safran Morpho, a French information technology company that supplied kits being used in the ongoing Huduma Namba registratio...

Huduma Namba , IDEMIA , SAFRAN-MORPHO

Indonesians to vote in world’s biggest single-day election

By Reuters,

Tens of millions of Indonesians will vote in presidential and parliamentary elections this week after campaigns focused on the economy, but with polit...

elections , Indonesia , Prabowo Subianto , President Joko Widodo

Trump picks former presidential candidate Herman Cain for Fed board

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate former pizza chain executive and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain for a seat on the Federal...

Herman Cain , Trump

Attacks reported in Nigeria before polls open; president votes

By VOA,

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was among the first to cast a ballot in his hometown of Daura when the polls opened Saturday for the country’s d...

Nigeria

Scenarios: How U.S. shutdown over border wall fight might play out

By Reuters,

As the partial U.S. government shutdown neared the end of its 19th day, President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats were still divided over his...

One candidate clearly won Congo election: Catholic church

By Reuters,

Democratic Republic of Congo’s Catholic church said on Thursday it was clear which candidate won the country’s presidential election, and demanded...

Catholic Church , congo election , Democratic Republic of Congo. , Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary , President Joseph Kabila

Congo cuts internet for second day to avert ‘chaos’ before poll results

By Reuters,

Democratic Republic of Congo’s government cut internet connections and SMS services across the country for a second straight day on Tuesday as the c...

Congo elections , DRC Congo

Congo opposition cries foul after presidential poll blighted by mishaps

By Reuters,

The main opposition camps in Congo’s presidential election on Sunday complained of widespread irregularities after a chaotic vote disrupted by long ...

Congo elections , DRC Congo

On shutdown, Trump vows to wait as long as it takes for wall funding

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is prepared to wait as long as it takes to get $5 billion from taxpayers for his U.S.-Mexico border wall, ...

Chuck Schumer , Federal government shutdown , Iraq , Mark Meadows , Nancy Pelosi , President Donald Trump , U.S.-Mexico border

How the Uhuru-Raila Handshake changed Kenya

By Francis Gachuri,

The handshake between two erstwhile rivals in last year’s State House contest; Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga was one of the key highlights in 2018...

handshake , raila odinga , Uhuru kenyatta