Bissau has become the constant companion on Macky Sall’s bid for the UN’s top job, turning a decades-old mentor-protégé ...

Having fled Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria, tens of thousands of forcibly displaced people have arrived in northern Benin.

For 13 years, Danladi Umar sat in judgment over Nigeria’s political elite, freeing Bola Tinubu, prosecuting ex-Senate ...

France and Burkina Faso have severed diplomatic relations, marking the latest stage in the rapid collapse of Paris’ influence ...

Assistant Secretary of State Frank Garcia is travelling to Nigeria, Mali and Côte d’Ivoire for his inaugural trip to the ...

A church ordinance banning alcohol and khat, while requiring “symbols of sanctity”, has reignited a decades-old dispute over ...

Now head of the Congo River Alliance (CRA) and allied with the Rwanda-backed M23, Corneille Nangaa Yubeluo has seized key cities, including Goma, and vows to march on Kinshasa. Sentenced to death in ...

A court sentenced the Rapid Support Forces leader Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemeti’ Dagalo and 15 others to death over killing a ...

With November’s municipal elections fast approaching, South Africa’s biggest party appears to be playing catch-up, as most political parties have named mayoral candidates and spent months on the ...

Her election as the first African woman to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is a landmark moment for her ...

The National Treasury has temporarily frozen R13.5bn ($825.8m) in funding to 69 failing South African municipalities, drawing ...

Churches helped propel William Ruto to the presidency in 2022. Ahead of the next election, roads, markets and affordable ...