Having previously rejected it due to Ankara’s support for the rival government based in Tripoli, the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) aligned with General Khalifa Haftar is set...

Uganda’s agreement to accept deported migrants from the United States as long as they don't have criminal records and are not unaccompanied minors is the latest success in...

The African Union (AU) is urging the international community to ditch the 16th century Mercator map by endorsing the Equal Earth Wall Map which bills itself as ‘showing...

Kenya has signalled its intentions to kickstart talks with United States President Donald Trump’s administration on a trade deal by signing a US$2.1 million contract with Washington DC-based...

President Félix Tshisekedi has gone for a broad coalition in a major reshuffle that brings in opposition politicians, senior former ministers and parastatal bosses.

Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed were among eight people killed on 6 August when a military helicopter crashed in the central Ashanti...

The Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) new parallel government faces a tough task in persuading neighbours to recognise it amid a pushback by international organisations including the African Union.

Peace talks in Doha are under pressure after the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group complained that it had not received an invitation to the talks scheduled on Friday 8...

The ruling Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP) is pushing for President Alassane Ouattara in elections on 25 October – without him on the...

President João Lourenço’s administration has been striving to cut fuel subsidies to reduce debt servicing costs while avoiding disorder. But it has failed to strike that balance and...