Africa

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the families of seven soldiers who died in a plane crash in the capital, Abuja. The authorities have launched an investigation into the...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has hinted at a possible return of the Malian government to civilian rule in a matter of days amid threats to impose...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has congratulated President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo following his election as Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community...

Rusesabagina, 66, was arrested under an international warrant for leading 'terrorist movements' The US assistant secretary for African affairs, Tibor Nagy, has held talks with Rwandan...

Africa is to be declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission. Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversible paralysis. Death...

The headquarters of an investigative newspaper was set ablaze on Monday by unidentified assailants. The media oulet was said to have previously angered the government by leaking confidential documents earlier...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali from all ECOWAS decision-making bodies with immediate effect. This follows a mutiny in the country on Tuesday, August 18,...

Renowned Kenyan pan-Africanist Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba has acknowledged the leadership qualities of President Akufo-Addo by saying the Ghanaian president will make his list of exclusive African leaders. Speaking...

Zimbabwe’s agriculture minister Perrance Shiri died from the COVID-19 infection, becoming the first senior government official to succumb to the pandemic, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday. Shiri, a retired...

Reports from Nigeria's north-western state of Kaduna say gunmen have shot dead at least 18 people and injured more than 30 others at a wedding party. The attack happened on...