Two mourners died in a stampede at Raila Odinga’s state funeral on 17 October, a day after three were killed when police opened fire and used tear gas...

One of President Colonel Michael Randrianirina’s first tasks is gaining international acceptance of his new regime after he took power in a Gen Z-inspired coup that followed weeks...

President Abdel Fattah el Sisi is hoping to use a two-day bilateral summit with the European Union starting on 22 October to move closer to concluding a debt-swap...

Despite the absence of a major challenger to President Samia Suluhu Hassan, her government is taking no chances, banning coverage of an opposition leader’s trial and stepping up...

South Africa and the countries involved in the Angola–Congo-Kinshasa Lobito Corridor project were the main beneficiaries from the two-day Global Gateway Forum in Brussels last week.

A dangerous rift between Eritrea and Ethiopia is growing ever wider. In a 2 October letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres, Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos accuses...

Former Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo described the debt restructuring that dominated his second term as ‘one of the darkest and most painful episodes’ of his presidency as he...

President Andry Rajoelina says that he is ‘ready to listen, ready to extend a helping hand, and above all, ready to bring solutions to Madagascar’. He is, however,...

The expiry of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) at the end of September is another headache for African states already counting the costs of the United...

The conviction of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy of criminal conspiracy is an indictment of the murky operations at the heart of Françafrique, the French government’s influence-peddling in...