Category: Rest of Africa

Nigeria's electoral agency said on Wednesday it had postponed a weekend governorship election by one week following a court decision over machines used in tallying votes.

Tinubu campaigned on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party ticket.

The forthcoming election is for 28 of the country's 36 governors, who are among the most influential politicians in Nigeria.

The Justice and Development of Democracy and Self Respectfulness Party — an umbrella body of seven political parties that support President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud — has in a statement said that they reject attempts to change the constitution.

PDP, already in Nigeria’s Appeal Court to challenge the election results, was also joined in the peaceful protest by the party’s chairman, Mr Iyorchia Ayu and their vice-presidential candidate Ifeanyi Okowa. 

President Ramaphosa gave SARS consent to publicise his tax status as the revenue service is prohibited by law from releasing taxpayers' information without permission.

Ambassador Sianga Abilio is facing a financial and assets investigation case, which is being dealt with by the National Assets Recovery Service of Angola, state-owned Rádio Nacional de Angola quoted the AG spokesperson Álvaro João as saying, without disclosing further details.

According to WMO, it continues to monitor the “remarkable” tropical storm, which has cut a destructive path across the two countries since it first developed a month ago. 

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa named a new minister to tackle a debilitating electricity crisis in a mini-cabinet shake-up a year ahead of the next general election.

Fighters from Somalia's Al-Shabaab group on Tuesday overran a military base in the southern Jubaland region that they had lost to the army in January, a Somali officer and a local resident said.