Dr. Chike Akunyili, husband to late former Information Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, has been reportedly murdered by gunmen. He was …
The UK parliamentary committee that scrutinises British aid has described funding cuts to several African countries as outrageous and hypocritical. …
The US justice department says that $26.6m (£20m) seized from Equatorial Guinea’s Vice-President Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue will be spent …
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson demoted his foreign secretary on Wednesday in a major reshuffle, removing his more under-fire colleagues …
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu has announced the country’s first woman defence minister. Stergomena Tax replaces Elias Kwandikwa, who died in …
The United States has issued a statement “on the military seizure” condemning the apparent coup in Guinea. It asked parties …
Special Forces who seized power in Guinea on Sunday, capturing President Alpha Conde, announced a nationwide curfew “until further notice” …
State House correspondents were stunned at President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest decision on two of his appointees. The president, through one …
The authorities in South Sudan have denied shutting down the internet and blamed a “technical problem” for the outage, privately-owned …
Police in Ghana have gunned down two suspected armed robbers they say were behind the killing of a UK-based journalist …
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said he sees only three possibilities for his future: death, prison or winning the 2022 …
Internet services in South Sudan were disrupted on Monday and security forces were deployed on the streets, which were quieter …
Workers of South Africa’s ruling party across the country are due to begin a strike on Thursday. The African National …
The Ugandan constitutional court has annulled the controversial anti-pornography law passed in 2014. The law was quashed by a unanimous …
The government has banned a Swahili tabloid Uhuru for 14 days for allegedly publishing false information about President Samia Suluhu …
Kenya and Somalia have agreed to co-operate to improve diplomatic, trade and other mutual ties between them following years of …
The leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party appeared in court on terrorism charges that his supporters have denounced as a …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed the Development Bank of Southern Africa’s chair, Enoch Godongwana, as finance minister in a …
Several thousand anti-government protesters have marched through the streets of the capital, Accra, to call for action to address the …
The daughter of South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, Jabu, has hit out at British model Naomi Campbell who accused …
Tunisian President Kais Saied had ordered a night-time curfew for the next month, a day after he suspended parliament. He …
The United Kingdom has imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on one of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s advisors for …
A group of Ghanaian MPs has drawn up a draft bill which, among other things, proposes a 10-year jail term …
The opposition say more than 100 people were arrested but police say only 38 were detained Tanzania’s opposition leader Freeman …
Zimbabwe’s ruling party has denied reports it intends to ban women and girls from wearing miniskirts and trousers in public …
The South African government has sought to deploy about 25,000 troops to curb unrest, now in its sixth day, amid …
Police and security chiefs in South Africa have called on the population to stop riots after more than 100 people …
Ghana’s first lady has offered to refund all the allowances she has received since the president assumed office in 2017, …
South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party has condemned the deployment of the military to violence-hit Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. …
South Africa is facing its fourth day of unrest as protests calling for the release of the country’s jailed former …
South Africa’s Constitutional Court will this Monday review the 15-month jail sentence handed to Jacob Zuma for contempt of court. …
South Africa’s Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has said the Rwandan troops were not supposed to arrive in Mozambique before the …
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the country’s delayed elections with an overwhelming majority, the election board said. The …
Rwanda announced that it will deploy a joint contingent made out of members of the Rwanda Defence Force and National …
The British Parliament will begin a debate on the arrest and subsequent repatriation of the leader of Indigenous People of …
Thousands of opposition protesters have rallied in the capital, Accra, demanding justice for victims of recent killings. It follows the …
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the need for a negotiated ceasefire in Tigray in a call with Ethiopian …
One of Mali’s former President Ibrahim Keïta’s son, Karim, is wanted by Interpol over the disappearance of a journalist in …
The head of Chad’s military junta, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, left N’Djamena for a “friendship and working visit” to France, …
Police in Uganda have arrested four suspects in connection with the shooting of Transport Minister Katumba Wamala. One of the …
Investigations into the murder of Ugandan cabinet minister Katumba Wamala’s daughter and driver appeared to take a complicated twist after …
Two suspects were charged with murder and attempted murder over an assassination attempt on a Ugandan government minister in which …
Félix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame met once again The meeting took place in Goma (North Kivu). Together, …
The Kenyan authorities are asking citizens registered as belonging to political parties without their consent to report the issue. Many …
The Ethiopian military has rejected claims that its plane which crashed in the Tigray region on Wednesday was shot down …
Only combatants, not civilians, were struck in an air strike this week in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the country’s military spokesman …
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired Justice Erica Ndewere after a tribunal set up to investigate her found her guilty of …
Tanzania’s ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), has dismissed fresh calls for amendments to the country’s constitution. The opposition camp …
