Somalia is likely to join the East African Community before the end of 2023, despite its long-running dispute with neighbouring Kenya over their shared maritime border.

The government's heavy-handed response to critics of a controversial port deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has prompted condemnation from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

President William Ruto has executed a small but significant U-turn by unpicking plans to increase the cost of fuel. The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) announced on...

Opposition candidates, rights activists and journalists report a wave of attacks by ruling party thugs on the campaign trail ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections on 23 August....

The power of the big three credit ratings agencies – S&P Global (Standard & Poors), Moody's and Fitch Ratings – to determine the price of borrowing and debt...

Outgoing President Macky Sall has given the clearest indication that his successor will face a genuine election contest next year – but his leading opponent will be barred...

Somalia's dismissal of Kenya's call mediation over a long-running maritime dispute, which the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decided in Somalia's favour in October 2021, could undermine wider...

The battle between President Macky Sall, who stated in early July that he would not seek a third term, and opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is intensifying with the...

Spelling out sweeping reforms in the public sector, President Bola Tinubu told Ajay Banga, President of the World Bank, in Abuja on 4 August that he was refocusing...

A month ahead of national elections, a trickle of good news about Zimbabwe's economy has given campaigners for the ruling party a more credible message.