South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar signed a much-anticipated peace deal on Wednesday, the latest attempt to end five years of a...
Ethiopia has seen the highest number of people forced to flee their homes within their country in the first half of 2018, according to the IDMC...
Voters in Mauritania over the weekend cast ballots in legislative, regional and local elections that would test President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz’s record before next year’s...
Ugandan pop star and MP Bobi Wine has been prevented from leaving the country to seek medical treatment despite being granted bail. He, and 32 opposition...
What appeared to have been kept under wraps, regarding President Donald Trump’s impression of his his April meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, is now...
Equatorial Guinea’s lawmakers have been banned from foreign travel unless authorised by Vice President Teodorin Nguema Obiang, the president’s son. “On the grounds of national interest,”...
Nelson Chamisa, Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, has rejected a court ruling that dismissed his election challenge to Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election victory, saying he has a legitimate...
Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has become the latest victim of the spate of leakage of official documents in Nigeria. The party on...
Nigerians are weighing in on President Muhammadu Buhari’s chances in the presidential poll slated for 2019. On Friday, the man himself expressed confidence that the All...
The main opposition candidate in Mali’s contested elections said on Thursday he “categorically rejects” the results of the presidential run-off that handed a second term to...
Ghana and The Gambia are in the process of launching free roaming services that will enhance a West African connectivity....
Leader of one of Zambia’s opposition parties, Advocates for People’s Prosperity (APP), Mwenye Musenge, has criticised the Patriotic Front (PF)...
Ghana and Leicester City winger, Abdul Fatawu, has been ruled out of the rest of the EPL season after suffering...
Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say six people have been arrested over a break-in and vandalism at...
Simon Ekpa, a Nigerian separatist leader based abroad, has been placed under detention by the Päijät Häme District Court...
The Nigerian Senate has raised the alarm over the influx of terrorists from Mali and Burkina Faso who operate in...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has been selected to host the sixth edition of the Ocean Innovation Africa (OIA) summit from...
Reigning Miss South Africa 2024, Mia le Roux, has opened up on the reasons behind her withdrawal from the Miss...
South African football legend, Lucas “Masterpieces” Moripe, has passed away at the age of 71 after a long battle with...
A fugitive Zambian Member of Parliament (MP), Emmanuel Banda, who escaped from custody at the Chipata Prison in Eastern Province...