Kennedy Wandera

Senegal’s parliament erupted in celebration and dance as Ousmane Sonko took his seat as the new President of the National Assembly, amid escalating tensions with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. “What is at stake is the relationship between morality and politics,” Sonko declared.

A SPLIT? Senegal's 🇸🇳 Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko now says that he is willing to take his party out of the government and return to opposition if President Bassirou Diomaye Faye breaks from its vision amid rumours of a power struggle between the two party colleagues. Source: @reuters.com

#Ethiopia is hosting a secret camp along with construction for a drone ground control station at a nearby airport to train thousands of fighters for the #RSF paramilitary group in neighbouring #Sudan, according to the satellite imagery and the diplomatic cable. Source: @reuters.com.

The Democratic Republic of Congo #DRC🇨🇩 has sent Washington a shortlist of state-owned assets - including manganese, copper-cobalt, gold and lithium projects - for U.S. investors to consider as part of a minerals partnership. Source: @reuters.com.

Guinea-Bissau's 🇬🇼 President, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, chases away #ECOWAS officials who went to #Bissau to remind him that his mandate officially ended on Feb. 27 and shouldn't push elections to Nov. 30, a date well beyond when he is required to vacate office.

Liberia 🇱🇷 President Joseph Boakai suspends, without pay, more than 400 top officials in his administration, including the minister of commerce and industry and ambassadors to the US, UK and United Nations, for failing to declare their assets, incomes, and liabilities to the anti-corruption agency.

The Democratic Republic of Congo #DRC 🇨🇩has begun a mandatory recruitment of its young people aged 18 and older to join its armed forces #FARDC at the orders issued by President Felix Tshisekedi, even as the country's mineral-rich east endures a major escalation of one of Africa’s longest conflicts.

The M23 rebel group is advancing on eastern Congo’s largest city Goma, and over 100,000 people have already fled their homes. The group has been making significant advances, though it was unclear whether the rebels will try to capture Goma, which they seized in 2012 and controlled for over a week.

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, addressing diplomats in the country on Thursday, claims that DRC President Felix Tshisekedi has never been legitimately elected. "The person who is causing problems between Rwanda and DRC has never, twice, been elected and you know it. You know it..." #Rwanda #RDC.

Zimbabwean 🇿🇼 President Emmerson Mnangagwa is pushing for a third term in office as his party's top figures publicly indicate they will endorse amendments to scrap term limits. The Constitution limits presidential office to two five-year terms, and Mnangagwa's second and final term expires in 2028.

Zimbabwe's 🇿🇼 ruling Zanu-PF party wants to extend 82-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term in office by two years until 2030, a party spokesman says. Zimbabwe limits the presidential office to two five-year terms, and Mnangagwa's second and final term expires in 2028. Source: @reuters.com.

Ugandan 🇺🇬 military prosecutors add a charge of "treachery"-which carries the death penalty-to the list of violations of military law they say were committed by the prominent opposition figure Dr Kiiza Besigye, a veteran political foe of President Yoweri Museveni, now in power for almost 40 years.

Rwandan 🇷🇼 President, Paul Kagame, criticises the international community and "big countries and powerful countries as we know them" for "perpetuating eastern Congo's problem" amid intensified fighting in the conflict-battered region. #DRC🇨🇩

In Africa, it is typically rare for incumbents or ruling parties to concede in highly contested elections. Ghana's Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who lost to former President John Mahama, picked from where Botswana's former President Mokgweetsi Masisi left when he lost, conceded to Duma Boko.

Ghana's 🇬🇭 former President John Dramani Mahama sends opposition's National Democratic Congress (NDC) party to power, beating Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Saturday's Presidential election. Dr Bawumia has conceded defeat, and congratulated Mahama. 🇬🇭

A controversial refereeing decision during the final of a tournament honoring Guinea's 🇲🇱 military ruler Mamady Doumbouya has sparked violence and a crush at a soccer match in southeast Guinea, killing 56 people according to a provisional toll. Source: @reuters.com.