The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extraordinary summit on Guinea on Thursday following a coup that ousted long-serving leader, President Alpha…
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Police in Algeria said they arrested 27 suspected members of a separatist group – Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie (MAK) – that the government has…
Somalia’s indirect election of a president will be delayed as voting for members of the lower house of parliament has been rescheduled for late November. The…
Gambia’s ruling National Peoples Party (NPP) have formed an alliance with the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC), the party of former Gambian President Yahya…
Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, says his country fully funds the military operation in Mozambique and has denied being financed by France or TotalEnergies. Last month, Rwandan…
South Africa’s Johannesburg-based Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to postpone municipal elections due on October 27, according to court…
Security agencies in South Sudan have arrested several people ahead of the People’s Coalition for Civil Action’s (PCCA) planned anti-government protests, human rights groups in the…
Hakainde Hichilema, in his inaugural speech as President of Zambia, has vowed his government will ensure no Zambian “go to bed hungry.” The 59-year-old who defeated…
President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania is facing online criticism over comments that female footballers had flat chests and were unattractive for marriage. Hassan, the 6th…
The Electoral Commission of Zambia has declared opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema as the winner of the August 12 presidential election. Hichilema, 59, defeated his main rival,…