President Bola Tinubu has named Joash Ojo Amupitan as chair of Nigeria ’s Independent National Electoral Commission, capping ...

National Assembly’s indefinite delay fuels fears of a governance crisis, threatening the 2026 budget, mining reforms and key ...

Supporters of Paul Biya – running for an eighth term in the 12 October poll – say victory for the incumbent is assured. Parts ...

Nigeria is pushing to reconnect large power users to the national grid after years of chronic shortages that have forced ...

Zambia’s leading businesswomen are breaking into male-dominated sectors, helping to power a fragile economic recovery that ...

The World Bank has raised growth forecasts for 30 African economies, hailing the continent’s resilience to global shocks and ...

More than 120,000 millionaires now live on the continent, according to the latest Africa Wealth Report, but they are ...

After September protests that left 22 dead, President Andry Rajoelina appointed General Ruphin Zafisambo as prime minister.

Burkina Faso’s military authorities have detained eight employees of INSO, an NGO that monitors security risks for aid groups ...

Addis Ababa and Asmara are trading their most serious accusations yet, reviving fears of another confrontation in the Horn of ...

The French pay-TV executive, now head of Canal+ Africa, helped the group secure its position as the dominant force in African ...

President John Mahama is under growing pressure to prove his government can rein in the corruption and political complicity ...