Africa

Cameroon‘s 92-year-old president has won a controversial eighth term, in a fiercely disputed election. Paul Biya, who is the world’s oldest head of state, won 53.7% of the vote, compared to the 35.2% of opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the Constitutional Council declared. Before the announcement, Tchiroma Bakary – a …

The 2025 edition of “Door of return” had descendants of Africans who were taken as slaves to the Americas welcomed back as heroes to the soil of their ancestors to reconnect with their roots. A solemn procession through the historic “Door of No Return” saw participants from the United States …

The political landscape of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) shook on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, after a military court in Kinshasa sentenced former President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia. Eyes Of Lagos reports. The 54-year-old, who ruled Africa’s second-largest country for nearly two decades, was found guilty of …

South African president orders the immediate arr£st of radio presenter Penny Ntuli and her friend for twerking on the side of a busy road, calling it an action that could distract drivers and put both motorists and themselves at risk. South African president orders the immediate arr£st of radio presenter …

Brenda Biya, daughter of Cameroon‘s president, Paul Biya, has publicly urged Cameroonians not to vote for her father in the October 2025 election. In a TikTok live session, Brenda—known as “King Nasty”—blamed his father’s 43-year rule for poverty, unemployment, and stagnation in Cameroon. This marks the first time in African …

The Constitutional Court, South Africa‘s highest Court has handed a landmark ruling on husbands taking up the surname of their spouses. BACKGROUND OF THE SUIT The suit was filed by two applicants with almost similar backgrounds.The first applicant, Jana Jordaan lost her parents when she was four, so she explained …

There is a widespread demand for student visas, fueled by the desire of international students to find adequate educational opportunities abroad and enhance their career prospects. A student visa allows students to legally reside and study in the foreign country of their choice. In this article, we list the countries …

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is among five African heads of state invited to a high-level summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, aimed at strengthening U.S.-Africa relations through targeted economic and security partnerships. The summit, scheduled for July 9-11, 2025, is being described as Trump’s first …

ABUJA — PRESIDENT of Saint Lucian Senate, Alvina Reynolds has stressed the consanguinity between Nigeria and Saint Lucia, the ancestral links, quoting the result of a British census conducted on the island in 1815 during the slave trade, which showed that most of the residents came from Nigeria. Reynolds in …

Uganda – Mr Museveni, 80, in a post on X on Saturday, announced that he has picked up his party’s presidential and chairmanship nomination forms. To extend his reign above 40 years, President Yoweri Museveni has declared to run for the Ugandan presidency after 39 years in power. Mr Museveni, …