Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari asked ministers and heads of agencies to turn in their handover notes by Wednesday next week. He also asked them to submit a comprehensive status report on the policies, programmes and projects from their respective ministries, departments and agencies.

Peru's former president Alan Garcia shot himself early on Wednesday after police arrived at his home in the capital Lima to arrest him in connection with a bribery investigation, a police source said. In an interview the previous day, Garcia insisted he was innocent.

Seychelles president: 'It’s a question of survival of our humanity'.

The Federal High Court in Abuja has suspended its decision to deliver judgment in a suit challenging the defection of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and 55 other members of the National Assembly.

Uganda pop star and member of parliament Bobi Wine says and his team are ready to challenge veteran President Yoweri Museveni in elections in order to bring about a change of leadership after over 30 years.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks about her relationship with President Donald Trump. She speaks on the latest episode of “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations.” The interview took place March 8 in Washington.

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Is Sudan the new Algeria? Thousands protest calling for President Bashir to step down.

"What happened here will never happen again," said President Paul Kagame. The country will mark the deaths of 800,000 people with a candlelight vigil in a stadium that once sheltered victims.

Nigeria's Senate President Bukola Saraki announced that the budget will be passed on the 16th of April. Meanwhile, Nigeria's government plans to finance its 1.8 trillion naira budget deficit for 2019 by introducing new taxes and adopting a concessionary financing system under its privatisation programme.

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, has come under heavy criticism for releasing the names of five Nigerians arrested for alleged robbery in Dubai, UAE, with the intention of “stereotyping an ethnic group.”

President Donald Trump abruptly halted a push for an alternative to the Affordable Care Act, saying Republicans would wait until after the 2020 election for a vote on a replacement for Obamacare.