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Joy Online
… Ramaphosa needs at least 133 MPs to reject an impeachment motion and the ANC currently has 159 seats in the National Assembly. …
The cash-in-the-sofa saga that just won’t go away for South Africa’s presidentJoy Online
… Because the Pastef party dominates the National Assembly and remains fiercely loyal to its founder, Sonko retains immense legislative leverage to block the fiscal reforms required by international creditors. …
Senegal president’s dissolution of government signals high-stakes pivot to IMFJoy Online
… Pastef dominates the National Assembly, meaning it could complicate governance and the passage of reforms needed to secure IMF support. …
Senegal president sacks PM Sonko, dissolves government after months of frictionJoy Online
… Pastef dominates the National Assembly, meaning it could complicate governance and the passage of reforms needed to secure IMF support. …
Senegal president sacks PM Sonko, dissolves government after months of frictionJoy Online
… An impeachment vote requires a two-thirds majority to pass, and even though the ANC lost its parliamentary majority in the 2024 election, it still holds about 40% of the seats in the National Assembly. …
South Africa’s Ramaphosa faces down calls to resign over cash-in-sofa scandalJoy Online
… An impeachment vote requires a two-thirds majority to pass, and even though the ANC lost its parliamentary majority in a 2024 election, it still has about 40% of the seats in the National Assembly. …
South Africa’s Ramaphosa to address nation over scandal threatening his jobJoy Online
… Florent Montaclair, from Besançon in eastern France, was decorated with the Gold Medal of Philology in 2016 at a ceremony held at the National Assembly in Paris, attended by ministers and Nobel laureates. …
French professor investigated for awarding himself fake prizeJoy Online
… He appealed to President Bola Tinubu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, and the National Assembly to act swiftly, while urging stronger diplomatic engagement and accountability for erring security officers. …
South Africa xenophobic attacks: Nigeria demands protection after two citizens killedNigeria's Senate Public Accounts Committee has given Seplat Energy, Network E&P Nigeria Limited and two other oil companies 48 hours to appear and respond to queries in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 NEITI audit reports, warning that failure could result in legislative sanctions.
13 August 2026 · The Chronicle →
Nigeria's Senate Public Accounts Committee has given Seplat Energy, Network E&P Nigeria Limited and two other oil companies 48 hours to appear and respond to queries in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 NEITI audit reports, warning that failure could result in legislative sanctions.
13 August 2026 · The Chronicle →
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, in power since 2007, has proposed extending the presidential term by another year as part of a constitutional reform that would also bar opposition members deemed "traitors" or "coup plotters" from running for office. The government-controlled National Assembly is expected to approve the extension in September, continuing a pattern of term-limit changes during Ortega's 19-year rule.
30 July 2026 · Joy Online →
President Carlos Vila Nova won a second five-year term with more than 55% of the vote in Sunday's election, according to preliminary results announced Monday, avoiding a runoff. Vila Nova, running as an independent after splitting with his former backing party ADI, defeated challenger Nito Abreu, who received more than 41% of the vote.
21 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Carlos Vila Nova won a second five-year term with more than 55% of the vote in Sunday's election, according to preliminary results, avoiding a runoff. Running as an independent after a split with his former party, Vila Nova defeated challenger Nito Abreu, who received more than 41% of the vote.
21 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Carlos Vila Nova has won a second five-year term in São Tomé and Príncipe's presidential election with more than 55% of the vote, avoiding a runoff. Vila Nova, who ran as an independent after dismissing Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada and splitting with his former backing party, defeated his top challenger Nito Abreu, who received more than 41% of the vote.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The death toll from two earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 has risen to 4,333, with 315 bodies unidentified and 16,740 injured. The government plans to distribute housing to the affected, with 200 homes to be allocated next week and preliminary estimates indicating 25,000 homes are needed.
13 July 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Civil society protesters stormed Nigeria's Senate seeking rejection of President Tinubu's ambassadorial nominee Abayomi Fasina over pending sexual misconduct allegations. The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations called for delaying confirmation until legal proceedings conclude, warning they would petition the nominated country if the Senate approved him.
8 July 2026 · The Chronicle →
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is planning to form his own political party, according to a pro-Faye coalition, marking a deepening split with recently ousted Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. The move comes as Sonko, now speaker of the National Assembly, pushes for constitutional reforms that would prevent a sitting president from leading a political party.
8 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam signed an agreement exempting holders of diplomatic, official and service passports from visa requirements, with both countries identifying trade, investment, agriculture, education, and tourism as priority cooperation areas.
3 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Nigeria's former ambassador to the Netherlands Eniola Ajayi has called for more women in politics and diplomacy, urging the government to include women in ambassadorial nominations and noting that women now represent 4.2 per cent of the 469-member National Assembly.
25 June 2026 · The Chronicle →
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa faces possible removal from office as MPs establish a committee to recommend whether he should be impeached over a 2020 robbery at his private farm where $580,000 in cash was allegedly stolen from a sofa. The scandal, which surfaced publicly in 2022 through former spy chief Arthur Fraser's allegations that Ramaphosa hid the theft from police and tax authorities, has escalated after the country's highest court ruled that MPs had unconstitutionally blocked earlier impeachment moves.
6 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolved his government late Friday, dismissing Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in what marks a shift from populist ideological resistance toward fiscal pragmatism amid a sovereign debt crisis. The move ends a dual-executive arrangement between the two former Pastef allies who had campaigned on the slogan "Diomaye is Sonko, Sonko is Diomaye."
25 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government following months of tension between the two former allies. The move comes as Senegal confronts a debt crisis and stalled negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, which had frozen its $1.8 billion lending program after discovering misreported debt.
23 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government following months of growing tensions between the two. The move risks further delaying negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, which froze its $1.8 billion lending programme after discovering misreported debt.
23 May 2026 · Joy Online →
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected calls to resign following a scandal in which thieves stole foreign currency hidden in a sofa on his ranch. A Constitutional Court ruling has revived impeachment proceedings against him, but Ramaphosa said the judgment does not compel him to resign and pledged to defend himself against misconduct allegations.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address South Africans after a court revived impeachment proceedings against him over a scandal involving foreign cash stolen from his ranch. The Constitutional Court ruled that a previous ANC parliamentary vote blocking impeachment was invalid, and analysts expect Ramaphosa to defend himself.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Florent Montaclair, a French academic from Besançon, is under investigation for creating a fictitious Nobel-style Gold Medal of Philology and the International Society of Philology in order to award himself the prize at a 2016 ceremony in Paris. The university where he taught for 20 years has suspended him indefinitely.
7 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The Federal Government has called on South African authorities to protect Nigerians and other foreign nationals following renewed xenophobic violence that killed two Nigerian citizens. The Nigerian Consulate General in Johannesburg confirmed that Amaramiro Emmanuel and Ekpenyong Andrew were killed in separate incidents linked to anti-foreigner tensions, with both deaths allegedly involving South African security personnel.
28 April 2026 · Joy Online →