Gambians on Saturday turned out enmasse to vote to choose their president using a unique voting system, where marbles were dropped into the ballot drums of…
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Demonstrations turned violent in Ouagadougou on Saturday after police shot tear gas to disperse a march against the state’s failure to stem a wave of militant…
The Angolan Supreme Court on Friday confirmed a five-year jail term for former president’s son José Filomeno dos Santos “Zenu”.Zenu, son of former President José Eduardo…
Today is Angola’s National Day. The holiday was established to celebrate the anniversary of Angola’s independence from Portugal on this date in 1975. The region now…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed sanctions on Sunday against Mali’s transitional leaders after they informed the body that the country wouldn’t be…
Pressure against Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, intensified on Friday after it emerged that nine anti-government factions in the Horn of Africa will form an alliance…
An ex-general and three other former associates of ousted president Alpha Conde are among the first ministers named by Guinea’s coup leaders. The junta has repeatedly…
Mali has dismissed as untrue reports it had officially asked an organisation – the High Islamic Council (HCI) – to negotiate with Islamist insurgents on its…
In order to further boost Nigeria-Turkey trade relations, Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the trade volume between the two countries will be increased by $5bn immediately. Erdogan…
Sudan is facing its biggest crisis since Omar al-Bashir’s government ended two years ago as thousands of protesters demand the military dissolve the transitional government. The…