Ahead of the general election that is scheduled for next year, Tanzania’s political opposition staged its first significant demonstration in years on Wednesday. In addition to easing other limitations on the media and opposition parties, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has overturned the ban on the majority of political gatherings, which her predecessor, John Magufuli, had put in place in 2016....
The president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has declared that his country would not tolerate any threat against Somalia, following Ethiopia’s announcement that it would take...
A final list of 20 candidates for Senegal’s February presidential election has been released by the constitutional council, with controversial opposition figure, Ousmane Sonko, missing. Karim...
Sierra Leone’s ex-president, Ernest Bai Koroma, left the West African country by plane and flew to Nigeria on Friday after a court allowed him to travel...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi’s second-term inauguration is set to take place on Saturday, but opposition candidates in the December presidential election...
Nigeria’s National Assembly increased the budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Works by 56.7% from N657.3 billion in the proposed budget to N1.03 trillion. This is...
In light of the ongoing investigation over the alleged misappropriation of N585 million by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, the Nigerian Presidency on Monday...
Zambian President, Hakainde Hichilema, has called for respect for foreign investors by locals, stressing their crucial role in bringing investment, creating jobs, and fostering economic growth....
South Africa on Wednesday lost the ballot to lead the United Nations Human Rights Council after a close contest with North Africa’s Morocco. South Africa’s argument...
Less than six months into his administration, President Bola Tinubu has suspended Nigeria’s embattled minister of humanitarian affairs, Betta Edu, following days of controversy surrounding financial...