Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has returned home after fleeing the mountain kingdom to neighbouring South Africa on Saturday. At the time he said the military had staged a coup – a charge it denied. Regional leaders rejected his call for troops to be deployed to restore order. The unrest is thought to be linked […]

Russia's foreign minister warned NATO not to offer Ukraine membership of the alliance as it gathered for a summit on Thursday and told the United States not to try to impose its will on the former Soviet republic. Sergei Lavrov also urged Kiev and pro-Russian rebels fighting Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine to back peace […]

Rwanda’s new Minister for East African Community Affairs, Hon Amb Valentine Rugwabiza was this afternoon sworn-in as an Ex-Officio Member of EALA. The Oath of Allegiance to the House was administered before the EALA Speaker Rt. Hon Margaret Nantongo Zziwa at 2.41 pm. The Member took the oath in accordance with Rule 6 of the […]

The leader of the opposition United Sudan African Party (USAP), Joseph Ukel has asked President Salva Kiir to dissolve the government delegation involved in the Addis Ababa peace talks, citing "disunity" among its members. Speaking to reporters in the capital, Juba on Tuesday, Ukel said president Kiir should, as leader a registered political entity, organise […]

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko says he has agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on a "permanent ceasefire" with rebels. "Their conversation resulted in agreement on a permanent ceasefire in the Donbass region [the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk]," his office said. "They reached a mutual understanding on steps leading to peace." The announcement […]

President Paul Kagame over the weekend chaired RPF congress bringing together over two thousand RPF members. President Kagame began by warning RPF members against any sense of entitlement: “Anything you may have sacrificed and all the hard work was also for your benefit. We cannot go around thinking we are heroes. No one owes you […]

Russia is to alter its military doctrine as a result of the Ukraine crisis and Nato's presence in eastern Europe, a top Russian official says. Mikhail Popov, a Kremlin adviser, said that deteriorating relations with the US and Nato would be reflected in the updated military strategy. Nato said on Monday it would boost its […]

Lesotho's prime minister has asked southern African states to send peacekeepers into his mountain kingdom to restore order after an apparent coup over the weekend, his aide said on Monday. Thomas Thabane fled to South Africa, whose territory surrounds Lesotho, early on Saturday, hours before the army surrounded his residence and overran police stations in […]

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has reportedly summoned Lesotho’s political leaders for emergency talks following an apparent coup in the landlocked kingdom. NewsAfricaNow quoted spokesperson for South Africa's department of international relations and co-operation (Dirco) Clayson Monyela as confirming that talks took place "throughout the night" and were set to continue today (Monday). Meanwhile, foreign […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Sunday for immediate talks on the "statehood" of southern and eastern Ukraine, although his spokesman said this did not mean Moscow now endorsed rebel calls for independence for territory they have seized. The Kremlin leader's remarks, two days after a public appearance in which he compared the Kiev government […]

In Pakistan Anti-government protesters have broken into the building of state television PTV in central Islamabad and cut transmissions of the broadcaster's news services in Urdu and English for 45 minutes. Protesters, led by religious leader Tahir-ul-Qadri and politician Imran Khan, have been trying to reach government buildings for the last three days. They have […]

Lesotho's deputy prime minister, Mothetjoa Metsing, is in charge of government in the absence of the premier, a government minister said on Sunday, a day after Prime Minister Thomas Thabane accused the military of staging a coup. "Constitutionally, in the absence of the prime minister, the deputy prime minister takes the reins," Selibe Mochoboroane, […]

Chinese authorities have ruled out open nominations for elections to choose Hong Kong's leader. Authorities said two to three candidates will be nominated by a "broadly representative" committee. The decision is expected to limit elections to a selection of pro-Beijing candidates and is likely to trigger protests from pro-democracy activists. Some of them have threatened […]

The former South Sudanese political detainees have unveiled a new negotiation paper, demanding that 25% of positions in the proposed transitional government of national unity should comprise of its members. The group insisted president Salva Kiir should lead the interim administration and proposed creation of a prime minister’s position with two deputies. The transitional government, […]

Military units in Lesotho surrounded government and police buildings and gunfire was heard in the small mountainous southern African kingdom on Saturday, in what diplomats said appeared to be an attempted coup. "Military police have surrounded State House and there are reports of gunfire," said one diplomat from the capital Maseru, who asked not to […]

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The EFF accused the ANC of organising a group to assault its MPs in Parliament on Wednesday. "The Economic Freedom Fighters has learned that the ANC is mobilising hooligans in the townships of Cape Town to come and assault EFF MPs today in Parliament," party spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said. "The EFF has learned that they […]

French President Francois Hollande has named a new cabinet under PM Manual Valls, dropping ministers who rebelled against austerity cuts. The first government of Mr Valls, who was appointed less than five months ago, fell on Monday after a row with Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg. Mr Montebourg resigned along with two other ministers from the […]

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) mediating warring parties in the South Sudan conflict, has issued another 45 day-ultimatum to President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar to negotiate and agree on a unity government Five regional leaders on Monday, at the summit held in Addis Ababa to chart a way forward on the […]

The South Sudanese rebels led by the former vice-president Riek Machar accused the regional bloc, IGAD, of aiding “government spies” in their controlled territories in violation of the regulations and procedures government the monitoring and verification activities between the warring parties. The accusations come after the death by heart attack of a member of IGAD […]