State media say two people were killed when police opened fire on a group of demonstraters attempting to storm a police ...

In May, Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire say they were abducted and tortured by security ...

A coalition of armed movements in Sudan has appointed a ‘civilian government’, but will this legitimise Hemeti and his Rapid ...

Belief in a cocoa 'OPEC', despite headwinds. That was the mood on 1 October in Abidjan at the launch of the marketing ...

The Washington-based Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) has announced the island country of Mauritius as the host of next year ...

Ghana’s US deportee deal stirs fears of ECOWAS discord, testing Accra’s balance between regional unity and global diplomacy.

While Bobi Wine, aka Robert Kyagulanyi, and his associates project hope of unseating Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni from the ...

The US Donald Trump administration and Eritrea ’s authoritarian government are signalling interest in thawing relations after ...

At a press Q&A to mark three years in office, Burkina Faso’s leader addressed diplomacy, the economy and security, but ...

In the shadow of the Niger junta, ordinary Nigeriens are suffering under sanctions and a crushing economic downturn as ...

Nathi Mthethwa, South Africa ’s ambassador to France, reportedly fell to his death from a room he booked – 10 days before – ...

The American ride-hailing platform quietly announced at the end of September that it would exit a market it entered in 2019 – ...