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A Moroccan Appeal court on Monday sentenced a man to three years in prison for insulting King Mohammed VI in social media posts, criticising…

South Africans and some other social media users have expressed disappointment over the inauguration of a water tap by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Ramaphosa, on Sunday, launched a tap in Jozini local municipality in…

The United States government has condemned the military breach and unrest in the West African country of Sierra Leone, while pledging its support for democracy and peace. The US Embassy in Sierra Leone made the…

A military armoury in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown came under attack on Sunday, the government announced, as it imposed an…

The Kenyan president, William Ruto, has announced that his administration is poised to privatize 35 state-owned companies which he said are underperforming due to inefficiency in bureaucracy, according to BBC.…

Ghana’s cocoa marketing board, COCOBOD, has agreed to its yearly loan for cocoa purchases with international banks at a record-high interest rate of 8% according to reports from Bloomberg. This increase comes in…

A tally of results in Liberia has shown that President George Weah could lose his bid for a second term.  After releasing nearly all the results from this week’s runoff election on Friday evening, the country’s …

Former Vice President of Liberia and candidate of the Unity Party, Joseph Boakai, is leading in the presidential run-off election results so far…

President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi has cancelled all foreign travels for himself and other members of his government in a move to reduce the cost of governance. Chakwera disclosed this on national television on…

Guinea’s ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara was recaptured and returned to prison on Saturday, hours after an apparent jailbreak led by a heavily armed commando, the army and his lawyer said. At least two other former…

Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, has disclosed that he was guiding the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) carefully to manage its anger over the military coup in Niger Republic that toppled the democratically…

Nearly 100 days since soldiers upturned Niger, the west African regional bloc ECOWAS has all but shelved its planned invasion of the country. Shortly…

In Ghana, the lack of a regulatory body to manage the real estate industry has stifled the formal establishment of the sector over the last decade. But has also meant that…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is lamenting the incessant coups in Africa but hopes it does not become a trend.  He made the comment on Sunday after a closed session with the President of the Economic Community of West…

President William Ruto announced on Saturday during his keynote address at the Three Basins Climate Change Conference in Brazzaville, Congo, that starting in 2024, visa requirements will be waived for African nationals…

After suffering a stroke in October 2018, Ali Bongo Ondimba saw power definitively slip from his grasp over the next four years. As his family and clan were torn…

Niger’s military regime has announced the successful prevention of an escape plot by former President Mohamed Bazoum to neighbouring Nigeria. Bazoum was overthrown in a coup in July, and the interim authorities revealed…

Liberian president and candidate of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) George Weah is set to go into a run-off with his rival and former…

South Africa will briefly surpass Nigeria as Africa’s largest economy in 2024 according to reports from the IMF in its World Economic Outlook. The IMF’s World Economic Outlook anticipates South Africa’s gross domestic…

South Africa has decided to grant Ghanaian passport holders 90-day visa exemption starting from November 1, effectively allowing them free entry to the country. This decision, announced by the South African High…

The wife of Gabon’s deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest since the coup in the Central African country in late August, has been jailed. Francois Zimeray, her lawyer, disclosed this on Thursday.…

Niger’s post-coup military rulers have demanded in a statement seen by AFP on Wednesday that the United Nations coordinator in the West African country leave Niger within 72 hours. The foreign ministry said in the statement…

The African Union (AU) has said that the denial of the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people, particularly that of an independent and sovereign state, is the main cause of the permanent Israeli-Palestinian conflict.…

Gabon’s coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema on Saturday appointed members of a new national assembly and senate for a transitional period ahead of promised elections on an unknown date. Military and police chiefs…