Economic green shoots lift Mahama’s first 100 days

With the passing of four tax bills this month – described as the most radical revenue reforms in Nigeria’s history – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won some...

After three months in illegal detention – partly in one of Libya’s most brutal prisons – Mohammed al Mensli, Director-General of the Libyan Asset Recovery and Management Office...

Until recently, Africa had slipped down the priority list for investors and diplomats from Oman, but like the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, it is...

Despite accusations of electoral fraud and massive corruption against the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s wife, Auxillia, has been invited to a summit in...

At the centre of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s 20-year ambition for Uganda to become the leading energy supplier across East Africa is the plan to build a refinery...

While battle has been raging between the Somali National Army (SNA) and Al Shabaab for at least four months, the federal government has been embroiled in a different...

Top regime advisors are at work on reforms designed to broaden representation and increase the accountability of government through more parliamentary seats and new posts, according to sources...

Hundreds of activists took to the streets of Bangui on 4 April to oppose President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s plan to run for an unconstitutional third term with the support...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has been weakened after the three-month budget dispute that brought President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Government of National Unity to the brink of collapse. Ramaphosa is...

Officials from President William Ruto’s government have vainly tried to intimidate journalists and activists as they attempt to control the fallout from a BBC Africa Eye documentary Blood...

President Julius Maada Bio’s wife, Fatima Maada Bio, has bought a string of luxury properties in the Gambia worth over US$2 million since 2020, according to an investigation...

As a political boss, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has run rings around his rivals. They lack his skills and tactical acuity but most of all they are just...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré’s regime in Ouagadougou has uncovered yet another ‘plot’ showing that Burkina Faso’s security crisis is deepening in many different ways.

Along with much of the rest of the world, the economic prospects for Africa have taken a serious hit due to the trade war launched by the United...