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Queen Sibongile Dlamini, has dragged the Zulu Royal Family to court over Kingship. The first wife to the late King, Goodwill Zwelithini is accusing the family of tampering with her husbands’ will. First, she was opposing the appointment of Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu. They appointed Queen Shiyiwe regent of the king according to his will when the King died. ...

Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, the Somalian president has called for elections after pressure from clan-based fighting. Farmajo had extended his stay in power for two years and yet his term was to end in February 2021. This caused a lot of violence in the country from people opposing and calling him a dictator. Army units were divided into two. Those for ...

Fighting has broken out among different Somali army units at Mogadishu near the presidents’ residence. Reports indicate that massive weapons were used and mortar rounds fired during this fight. The army units were divided by political interests. Some of the units support the current president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed while others don’t. President Mohamed apparently extended his stay in power for ...

President Idriss Déby Itno of Chad has just died after re-election as president. Information making rounds is that he has died of injuries he sustained on the battlefield. Apparently, he was commanding his army against rebels in the north. This was announced by General Azem Bermandoa Agouna, the army spokesperson. The 68year old man was heading for his 6th term ...

South Sudan is looking to dispose of 60,000 expired doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The rollout of the vaccines has been hampered by public scepticism, a health ministry official said Monday. The African telecommunications company MTN and the African Union donated the vaccines late last month. “When it reached here, we later discovered that the (remaining) lifespan of this vaccine ...