Cameroon's opposition continues to contest the result of the latest presidential election. Presidential runner-up Issa Tchiroma Bakary gave authorities a...

The African Union has called for an urgent international response, including intelligence-sharing, to address worsening security conditions in Mali, where...

The Tutsi are one of the major ethnic groups in the African Great Lakes region, concentrated primarily in Rwanda and...

Illegal gold mining is growing in Ghana, one of the world's top gold producers. A weakening economy and high unemployment...

A Nigerian federal high court has set a November 20 date to issue its judgment in separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu's...

Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda said in a statement on Friday that they had agreed an economic pact in...

Police in Tanzania arrested a senior official from opposition party CHADEMA on Saturday and authorities named nine others being sought...

Robert Gabriel Mugabe is a historical figure in Africa generally and in Zimbabwe particularly. Over his life of more than...

The Marka (or Marka Dafing, Meka, or Maraka) are an ethnic group that primarily concentrated in Mali and Burkina Faso....

Idi Amin Dada represents a pivotal and violent figure in the history of Uganda. His rule, from 1971 to 1979,...