Olusegun Obasanjo urges Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to step down next year

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo urging the incumbent Muhammadu Buhari not seek re-election next year. Obasanjo, who supported 75-year-old Buhari’s presidential bid in 2015 now says he need a well-deserved break and the country requires a younger leader. Olusegun Obasanjo, who was Nigeria’s military ruler for three years in the seventies before becoming President from […]
Mali urged to stick by election deadline

United Nations peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix says Mali must do everything possible to to hold elections on schedule by mid-July. Lacroix has told the UN Security Council the Mali is facing increasing insecurity and is in a race against time. Jean-Pierre Lacroix presented the United Nations Security Council with a timeline for elections in […]
Bill Gates warns Donald Trump not to turn his back on Africa

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates say President Donald Trump’s America First message could do long-term damage to the United States’s influence in Africa. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Gates says by turning his back on Africa, Trump asks handing it to the competition. The second richest man in the world has spent […]