President Bio imposed a nationwide curfew to detain leaders of the attackers
By Mustapha Jallow Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone’s president, has declared a nationwide curfew after gunmen attacked military barracks in the West African capital, Freetown, raising fears and chaos of a breakdown of order amid a surge of coups in the region. Freetown has seen political violence and unrest since the re-election of the current
South African parliament suspends six EFF lawmakers a month
By Adama Makausba South African opposition leader Julius Malema and five other MPs from his Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party were on Wednesday punished with a one-month suspension without pay from parliament. The parliament’s powers and privileges committee found them guilty of contempt of parliament for storming the stage during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of
AU Ambassador underscores the critical role of D4GA data training in driving Agenda 2063
By Omar Bah The Data for Governance Alliance (D4GA) series of regional stakeholder engagements ended on a high note in Nairobi, with Ambassador Salah Hammad, Head of the African Union (AU) African Governance Architecture (AGA) Secretariat, underscoring the importance of the data in shaping policies. “As we go with this process of building Africa we