Politics & Government Africa

Leaders in Africa mourn the passing of Pope Francis  VPM

African leaders praise Pope Francis’s ‘legacy of compassion’  standardmedia.co.ke

African leaders praise Pope Francis’s ‘legacy of compassion’  standardmedia.co.ke

US plans to reduce diplomatic presence could be part of wider change in US-Africa ties  africanews.com

The economics and politics of the VAT hike  Politicsweb

[New Times] The process of decolonialising life and thinking in Europe must start with education. The ever-present legacy of Belgian colonialism is a good place to start. In the opinion of many historians, the Belgians of the 19th century applied the most brutal and racist form of colonialism. From the early years of the 19th century, they drew their ideas and approaches from some of the pre-colonial theories about African people. There was an obsession with the myth of a “Bantu-Nilotic” political bipolarization – a

[Capital FM] Narok — The Senate Futures Caucus convened its inaugural Strategic Foresight Retreat, to deliberate on embedding future-oriented thinking into Kenya’s legislative processes.

[Namibian] Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) president McHenry Venaani says the government’s piecemeal approach to housing and rural and urban development is concerning.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — A Liberian father residing in the United States is pleading with the Government of Liberia and international partners to take swift diplomatic action to rescue his son, who remains stranded and in grave danger in war-torn Ukraine.

[Vanguard] Abuja — THE Senate and House of Representatives of the National Assembly have extended the date for the resumption of plenary sessions by one week, running from Tuesday, 29th April 2025, to Tuesday, 6th May 2025.