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THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Friday condemned the seizure of power by a group of soldiers…

FORMER Zambian President Edgar Lungu has again urged the current president, Hakainde Hichilema, to waive his constitutional immunity so that…

HEAVY gunfire rang out from the main military camp and some residential areas of Burkina Faso’s capital on Friday and…

KENYA’S newly elected President William Ruto, who talked tough on China while campaigning, has reversed his stance on Beijing since…

SENEGAL’S President Macky Sall has asked the justice ministry to look into an amnesty scheme that could allow two of…

MALI does not respect and will not apply sanctions imposed by West Africa’s main political and economic bloc on neighbouring…

POLICE say a Kenyan lawyer facing charges at the International Criminal Court of bribing and threatening prosecution witnesses in a…

MALI’S prime minister lashed out Saturday at former coloniser France, the UN secretary-general and many people in between, saying that…

THE world’s longest-standing leader, President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, will run for office again in November elections, his party…

SOUTH Africa’s state prosecutor decided against pressing charges of sexual assault against Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. ‘The decision follows a…

GUINEA’s ruling military junta has accused the president of the West African regional bloc Ecowas of ‘lies’ over his call…

MARY Chilima, the wife of Malawian Vice-President Saulos Chilima, is expected travel to South Africa for a medical procedure and…

NIGERIA’S President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday criticised fellow leaders who extend term limits to cling to power, saying this was…

SENEGALESE President Macky Sall on Tuesday urged the international community not to drag Africa into another cold war, but rather…

MILITIA members in central Somalia have helped kill scores of al-Shabab militants in an ongoing operation against the Islamic extremist…

A GOVERNMENT-ALLIED Somali militia killed at least 45 al Shabaab fighters and beheaded some of them, three witnesses said on…

A TOP adviser to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s president Felix Tshisekedi has resigned after he was allegedly caught on…

BRITAIN has a new prime minister in Liz Truss. For African leaders wondering what the new administration might mean for…

KENYAN President William Ruto, who was sworn into office on Tuesday, is taking power at a time when the country…

THE leader of Namibia’s largest opposition party has said that he had called on Germany to renegotiate the agreement it…