Africa

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...

South Africa's Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by the family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu to appeal directly...

Global hunger rates have declined, but the trend is not uniform across all regions. According to the State of Food...

A viral claim that Namibia’s president rejected a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation proposal to conduct long-lasting hormonal IUD trials...

The public prosecutor in the Democratic Republic of Congo has demanded the death penalty for former President Joseph Kabila, who...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has fired the country's finance minister, Marial Dongrin Ater, who had held the post since...

Botswana's President Duma Boko announced on Thursday an agreement with Qatar's Al Mansour Holdings, aimed at addressing immediate national challenges,...

Zambia is on the cusp of a major breakthrough in its agricultural sector with the near-completion of a $600 million...

The chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio, has solicited...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Ethiopian Airlines have partnered to raise $8 billion for the construction of the new...

The ancient manuscripts of Timbuktu, a treasure trove of African knowledge and history, are making their way back to the...

On Saturday, a Sudanese coalition led by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces announced the members of a parallel government, a...

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority states that West African countries will sign harmonised refinery regulatory agreements in...

Police in the province of South Kivu on Tuesday said up to 500 miners are believed to be trapped in...

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed his embattled higher education minister, weeks after a key party in his unity...

Zambia's government has signed an agreement that paves the way for the development of a $1.1 billion crude oil refinery...

By Ismail Abdulazeez Mantu In a groundbreaking milestone for the African continent, Egypt has become the first country to launch...

German authorities have arrested a Libyan war crimes suspect accused of being a senior official for a notorious prison where...

South African anti-migrant group Operation Dudula has taken its demands to the Human Rights Commission, submitting a memorandum that calls...

South Africa's main coalition partners are embroiled in a dispute over how to respond to looming tariffs from Trump's administration,...

France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent camps in...

G20 finance chiefs are meeting in South Africa on Thursday under the shadow of President Donald Trump's tariff threats and...

The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) lifted the partial suspension on Gabon on Tuesday, welcoming its return to constitutional democracy...

Côte d'Ivoire has arrested and extradited to Benin a journalist critical of Benin's president, the reporter's lawyers said late on...

Azule Energy, a partnership between BP and Eni in Angola, discovered gas in its first gas-specific exploration well off the...

The ruling party in Senegal, Pastef, is on the brink as Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko launches a scathing attack on...

Two cultural sites, in Cameroon and Malawi, were added Friday to the UNESCO World Heritage List, said the organisation, which...

By Franck Digo The Togolese government has declared last month's nationwide protests illegal and announced plans to prosecute those behind...

Ghanaian police have arrested 25 Nigerians suspected of operating an international cybercrime group after a planned raid on a hideout...

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is set to pursue legal action against the Guinean government after the government wrongfully terminated an...

Kenya’s President William Ruto has directed police to shoot protesters in the leg if they are caught attacking or destroying...

The International Monetary Fund has approved a $367 million disbursement to Ghana, bringing the total amount received by the country...

The Gambian lawmakers have rejected a draft constitution, with opposition leaders criticising the document for failing to include important stakeholders....