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...

Somaliland’s President Abdirahman Mahamed Abdullahi Irro is the latest African leader to appeal to US President Donald Trump’s transactional instincts by offering Washington a military base on the...

Africa will be the main victim of cuts to the UK’s foreign aid budget, according to a new report and impact assessment by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development...

Orange Democratic Movement General Secretary Edwin Sifuna has stepped up his attacks on the deal between his party leader Raila Odinga and President William Ruto. Sifuna says that...

Over 80 Fulani herders have disappeared and at least a dozen have been executed by the Malian army and Wagner group, the Russian mercenary outfit, according to a...

The text itself is low on substance: its references to the importance of multilateral cooperation, the World Trade Organization and ‘rules based’ trade are hardly radical. Nor are...

European Union and Moroccan officials are working on a ‘cash for migrant control’ deal that would place border management at the heart of their relationship. At a press...

Médecins Sans Frontières’ conclusion that in 2021 Ethiopian troops ‘executed’ three of the medical charity’s employees during the fierce fighting in the northern Tigray province is likely to...

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) finally has new leadership following more than two years of inertia after a court in Nairobi ruled against a petition challenging...