Egyptian authorities have detained the deputy governor of the country's second largest city, the most senior female official to be arrested over corruption charges.
The Former President  of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has slammed his country's new hate speech law announced by the vice president of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo last week.
The ruling MPLA party won Angola's elections, a poll official announced on Thursday, with party candidate Joao Lourenco now set to succeed President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos who has ruled for 38 years.
The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta given the strongest indication that he will stop any move by the country’s lawmakers to have their salaries increased.
Zambia’s government has backed down on an earlier announced compulsory HIV/AIDS testing policy by its President Edgar Lungu. The government is withdrawing the policy due to huge uproar from citizens and rights groups, according to the Lusaka Times.
