President Cyril Ramaphosa faces crunch trade talks with United States President Donald Trump’s administration next week, with talks expected on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly...

With South Sudan on the brink of return to war, one of the main holdouts to the 2018 peace agreement is returning to the political fray.

President Lazarus Chakwera and his predecessor Peter Mutharika have been rebuked by the head of the Malawi Electoral Commission after both claimed they had won the 16 September...

By charging First Vice-President Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon and 20 others with murder, treason and crimes against humanity, President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s government is raising concerns that all...

Tanzania’s presidential election is set to become slightly more competitive after the High Court ordered that Luhaga Mpina of the ACT Wazalendo party should be allowed to submit...

President Hakainde Hichilema’s government has upped the ante in its dispute with Sino-Metals, demanding more compensation for a collapse at the dam that resulted in more than one...

South Africa has scrapped plans to hold a naval exercise with China and Russia in November in a bid to avoid diplomatic embarrassment as it would have coincided...

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti’, have intensified efforts to take control of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, by building...

Tidjane Thiam faces a judgement by the Constitutional Court this week on his application to be reinstated as a candidate for the presidential elections on 25 October.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government plans to make Ethiopia a major African fertiliser producer after signing a US$2.5 billion agreement with Nigeria’s Dangote Group to build one of...