Politics

The authorities in Burkina Faso have announced the arrest of eight soldiers who are accused of plotting a coup. Among...

Airlines from neighbouring countries and former colonial ruler France cancelled flights to Mali on Monday, helping isolate a military junta...

Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state and a leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party, delcared on...

The public prosecutor in Uganda has withdrawn a case against opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi popularly known as Bobi Wine. The...

Somali leaders announced on Sunday they had struck a deal to wrap up parliamentary elections by February 25, after repeated...

West African leaders have imposed sanctions on Mali after the country’s military government announced a long delay to elections originally...

Sudanese security forces have fired tear gas to try to disperse the latest anti-government protest marches in the capital, Khartoum....

The U.N. Security Council got five new members Tuesday, as Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates formally...

Doctors in Tunisia have expressed alarm about the health of Noureddine Bhiri, the deputy chairman of the Ennahdha party, who...

A South African corruption inquiry pointed to systemic graft during former President Jacob Zuma's tenure in the first part of...