South Sudan’s former vice president Riek Machar is to be re-instated in his position as part of a peace deal to end a near five-year-old war...
After 20 years of bitter border wars that led to death of thousands, Eritrea and Ethiopia on Sunday hugged again, promising to re-establish diplomatic and trade...
Zambia is now the latest African country that is mulling a social media shutdown due to such problems like porn and cybercrime
Up to 2.4 million children in South Sudan are not receiving an education – the highest proportion of out of school children in the world. Years...
Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, did not participate in the mandatory one-year national youth service scheme. Instead, she forged an exemption certificate many years after graduation,...
His name is Bukola Saraki, and for over three years has been Senate President at Nigeria’s National Assembly, the law-making arm of government. For same number...
A senior leader of a Tanzanian opposition party has been arrested for insulting President John Magufuli. He’s the latest in a line of several citizens and...
The pressure to see off Malawi's President, Peter Mutharika, from office is gathering momentum. The springboard for the unrest is a food scandal in which Mutharika’s...
The central government in Egypt appears settled on dealing with remnants of the Muslim Brotherhood leadership
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria said Thursday that he has signed an executive order seeking to restrain owners of assets under probe from carrying out further...