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A Nigerian televangelist acquitted of raping young women from his church was to leave South Africa on Sunday, local media said, just days after prosecutors said they would reopen the case. Timothy Omotoso was last…

Gabon’s former leader, Ali Bongo Ondimba, who was detained after being ousted in a 2023 coup, has been released and has arrived in Luanda with his family, Angola’s presidency said Friday. Bongo, whose family ruled Gabon…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has labelled a group of 59 white South Africans who have moved to the US to resettle as "cowards." The group of Afrikaners arrived in the US on Monday after President Donald Trump granted…

A charismatic 37-year-old, Burkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has skilfully built the persona of a pan-Africanist leader determined to free his nation from what he regards as the clutches of…

UK court on Friday jailed a United Nations judge for six years and four months after she was found guilty of forcing a young woman to work as her maid. Ugandan judge Lydia Mugambe, 50, was convicted under Britain’s…

A South African court found a woman guilty on Friday of trafficking her six-year-old daughter who has been missing for more than a year, in a case that has outraged the nation. The two-month trial heard statements…

Kehinde Sanni spends his days smoothing out dents and repainting scratched bumpers in a modest autobody shop in Lagos. He has never left Nigeria, yet he speaks glowingly of Ibrahim Traore, the military leader of…

Gunmen riding a motorcycle reportedly shot a Kenyan lawmaker, Charles Were, dead on Wednesday night in the capital, Nairobi, according to local media.…

The Yoruba Nation, comprising Yoruba communities across the globe, has declared its support for the President of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, describing him as a key figure in Africa’s ongoing struggle for…

The United Kingdom has deported 43 individuals to Nigeria and Ghana, citing immigration offences, including failed asylum applications and criminal convictions. In a joint statement released by the Home Office and the…

John Mahama, Ghana’s president, has suspended Gertrude Torkornoo, the country’s chief justice, over allegations of misconduct. In a statement on Tuesday, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the presidential spokesperson, said the…

Burkina Faso’s military government says it foiled a “major plot” to overthrow Ibrahim Traoré, junta leader, last week. Speaking on Monday, Mahamadou Sana, security minister, alleged that the plotters were based in…

More than 100 inmates escaped a Chad prison during a shoot-out that left three people dead, and wounded a state governor visiting the facility, officials told AFP on Saturday. The break-out occurred late Friday when…

The Federal Government has reduced electricity supply and sales to the Junta-ruled Niger Republic by 42 per cent, cutting it down from 80 megawatts to 46MW. The measure has caused the country’s electricity…

Ghana on Monday announced it was banning all foreigners from trading in its local gold market as part of sweeping reforms aimed at boosting foreign exchange reserves and stabilising the local currency. The ban takes…

Provisional results have shown that Brice Nguema, Gabon’s military leader, has won the country’s presidential election. According to the results, Nguema’s win was a landslide. On Sunday, the interior ministry said…

Niger military government has officially made Hausa the country’s new national language, moving away from its colonial past where French played a central role. The change was announced in a new charter released on…

Britain’s defence minister met on Monday the family of a young Kenyan mother who was found dead in 2012 after last being seen with a British The high-profile case caused shock in the east African country and Agnes…

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s interim leader, has dismissed the notion that democracy is a prerequisite to development. Traoré said it is difficult to pinpoint a country whose development is attributable…

Washington is revoking all visas for South Sudanese passport holders and blocking new arrivals, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday, complaining the African nation is not accepting its nationals expelled…

Trump tariffs may call time on AGOA free trade bill The U.S. State Department has announced President Donald Trump’s senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, Massad Boulos, as its senior adviser…

Niger’s junta said Tuesday it had freed around 50 people, including ministers from the government it toppled in July 2023, in line with recommendations of a “national conference” in February. Those freed include…

Kenya’s President William Ruto sparked protests recently after donating some $150,000 to a Nairobi church just months after saying such hand-outs fuelled corruption. Ruto’s pledge of 20 million shillings to the…

The military juntas of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have introduced a new 0.5 per cent levy on imported goods from Nigeria and other member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The…