Africa

Burkina Faso has refused to take in people deported from the United States, in a snub to one of President...

The body of South Africa’s Ambassador to France Nathi Mthethwa has been repatriated from Paris to his home country, state...

Cameroon’s Paul Biya, already the world’s oldest head of state, is the favourite to win Sunday’s presidential election, handing him...

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu will go on trial on Monday as his trial for alleged treason resumes, weeks before...

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has dissolved the government following days of intense protests led by the country's Gen Z population....

A court in Tunisia has sentenced a 51-year-old man to death over Facebook posts deemed offensive to President Kais Saied...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has renewed calls for increased donor support to meet Africa’s growing climate finance needs. The...

  An Algerian court on Tuesday sentenced former Labour Minister Tijani Hassan Haddam to seven years in prison over the...

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced former President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia, convicting...

South Africa's ambassador to France was found dead on Tuesday outside a hotel in Paris after reportedly jumping from the...

A daughter of Tunisia's former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, ousted in 2011 during the Arab Spring, has been...

The Gambia has beaten Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone hands down to become the champion of jollof rice. This is...

Kenya's President William Ruto said on Wednesday his country expects to sign a trade deal with the United States by...

Guinea's prime minister on Wednesday reiterated the transitional government's commitment to holding legislative and presidential elections this year, one day...

Uganda's leader, who has been in power since 1986, was confirmed on Tuesday as a candidate in January's presidential vote...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have jointly announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC).   The declaration was...

In a groundbreaking medical achievement, South African doctors performed the world's first successful penis transplant. The recipient, a 21-year-old man,...

The re-composed Ghanaian delegation to the Community Parliament would be sworn in at the upcoming Extraordinary Session to be held...

Akon's wife, Tomeka Thiam, has filed for divorce after 28 years of marriage. The divorce petition, citing "irreconcilable differences," was...

South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity for his alleged...

The World Health Organisation has published its global cholera statistics for 2024, showing an increase in both the number of...

Burkina Faso has announced that all African nationals can now enter the country without paying visa fees, a move aimed...

Brazil’s Supreme Court has sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison after finding him guilty of plotting...

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has revealed that he is considering life beyond the...

The National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kamaldeen Ajibade, has cautioned that the party risks losing the...

More than 800 health experts, policymakers, and technical partners from Africa, Europe, and the Americas were in Abidjan for the...

Kenya has made a bold move in the music industry by placing a $3.9 million bid to host the first-ever...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has urged its member states to reduce migrant flows as a strategy...

UN human rights investigators have warned that the Sudanese civilians are paying the highest price as the nearly 30-month-long conflict...

Rwanda has made history by launching Africa's first self-flying electric air taxi, a pilotless electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)...

OpenAI acquires Statsig for $1.1 billion, expanding product testing tools while Adebayo Ogunlesi brings boardroom influence. Since Nigerian billionaire Adebayo...

Burkina Faso has taken a significant step in tightening its laws against homosexuality. The country's transitional parliament unanimously adopted a...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called on its members to reduce poverty in their individual countries...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is reportedly “fuming” over National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola’s decision to return 121 case dockets to...

President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, has said that the regional needs approximately $2.61 billion to operationalise its...

The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has appealed for an immediate ceasefire in and around the besieged Sudanese city of El...

Ghana's reset agenda is gaining momentum with Olam Agri, a global leader in food and agriculture, committing to invest $200...

Ministers of Defence and Finance from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are gathering in Abuja to discuss...

Equatorial Guinea's Bioko Provincial Tribunal has handed down an eight-year prison sentence to Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a high-ranking government official...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has appointed his daughter, Adut Salva Kiir, as Senior Presidential Envoy for Special Programmes, a...