Sidya Toure, former prime minister and a leading opposition figure in Guinea where dissenting voices and political parties have been stifled, has died at age 81, sources close to his family said

The protesters were demanding the resignation of the PM Pedro Sanchez due to his handling of the Ceuta migration crisis, and were also demanding new elections

Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta with the late ODM leader Raila Odinga. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s declaration that the late ODM leader Raila Odinga actually won the 2022 presidential election is not a statement that Kenya can simply swallow and move on from. It demands questions. Four years after the election, Uhuru now says he remains convinced that Raila won. Speaking at a Jubilee Party National Executive Council meeting in Nairobi on 22 September 2026, he said his party had done everything possible to help Raila become president and that, in his view, Raila had won the vote. Uhuru also questioned how Azimio could win substantial numbers of parliamentary and county seats yet lose the presidency. But here is the uncomfortable question: if Raila won, how did William Ruto end up being declared president? The official record is not ambiguous. The IEBC declared Ruto the winner with 7,176,141 votes, or 50.49 per cent, against Raila’s 6,942,930 vote...

The 2017 Maina Kiai decision remains highly relevant. In that landmark judgment, the Court of Appeal held that presidential results declared by constituency returning officers are final. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO The High Court’s recent decision upholding the national tallying and verification of presidential election results has reignited one of the most consequential constitutional debates in Kenya’s democratic journey: where exactly does the authority to determine presidential election results begin and end? I have followed this debate closely, not merely as a citizen interested in electoral governance but also as a journalist who has spent years reporting on democracy, accountability and public institutions. On September 22, the High Court dismissed petitions filed by Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah and opposition leaders led by Kalonzo Musyoka and Rigathi Gachagua. The petitioners had challenged the role of the national tallying centre, arguing that presidential results declare...

"The already dire hunger crisis in South Sudan is becoming increasingly critical as violence, extreme weather and dwindling aid leave millions without enough food" says UN. 

Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party won the most seats in the country’s parliamentary election, taking 97 of 395 seats in the House of Representatives, according to final results announced by the Interior Ministry on Friday. The party, founded by a royal adviser close to King Mohammed VI and known by its French acronym PAM, fell short of an absolute majority and will need to negotiate with other parties to form a governing coalition.

Africa has more than $4 trillion in domestic financial assets, but only a small share reaches infrastructure and productive businesses. New financing structures in Rwanda, East Africa and Morocco show how that gap could be narrowed.

Two South African creative entrepreneurs explain how to move from hobby to income, covering startup costs, pricing, customer acquisition, digital sales and the challenges of scaling.

The United Nations human rights office added 61 companies Friday to its database of businesses tied to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, expanding the list to 214 firms from 11 countries even as Israel condemned the update as a politically motivated smear campaign. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights […]

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that Tehran has presented Washington with a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days of US acceptance, using the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York to press an offer that would resume stalled peace talks alongside the strait’s reopening. “If certain conditions […]