President-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye of the Burundi’s ruling party, the National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) BUJUMBURA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Burundi’s constitutional court has said last month’s elections were flawless and upheld the victory of the ruling party’s presidential candidate, dismissing a complaint…

Touadera was elected president of Central African Republic president in 2016 BANGUI, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Central African Republic’s constitutional court rejected changes to the constitution that would have allowed President Faustin-Archange Touadera to stay in power if an election in December is delayed due to the new coronavirus. The…

Journalist Wazizi confirmed death by the Cameroon government after being missing for more than 300 days DOUALA, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cameroon’s military said that a journalist who disappeared last August in a part of the country where it is battling Anglophone separatists died in its custody weeks after he…

Students at a Madagascar school down Covid-Organics before classes begin MAPUTO, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) —As coronavirus cases spread through African countries, misleading information continues to be shared on social media and online. Here are some of the stories that have been widely shared recently. 1. The ‘plot’ to stop Africa developing its…

President Cyril Ramaphosa CAPE TOWN, June 7 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Western Cape province, South Africa’s epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, said that it is advertising for 5,272 health workers amid a spike in confirmed cases. The province must address its medical staff shortage before the pandemic reaches its peak, Western Cape Premier Allan Winde said…

KANO (Nigeria), June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Armed gangs have killed 21people in the latest bloody assaults on villages in restive northwestNigeria, police said. Assailants trying to steal cattle shot dead 15 people in clasheswith local residents in six remote communities of Zamfara state onTuesday, regional police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said.…

BAMAKO, June 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twenty-six people were killed in anattack on a village in central Mali, officials said, in thelatest violence to hit the West African nation. Friday’s attack targeted a Fulani village named Binedama in thevolatile Mopti region, said Aly Barry, an official from TabitalPulaaku, a Fulani association…