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South Africa has reported an alarming rise in ATM robbery via explosive attacks, according to a report published online on Monday. The annual crime statistics report for 2022, released by the South African Banking…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced Monday his candidacy for a third term in office, ahead of the December elections he is widely expected to win. “As I have responded to the people’s call before, I heed…

DR Congo’s Denis Mukwege, a surgical gynaecologist who won the 2018 Nobel Prize, announced a presidential bid Monday ahead of elections in the central African nation planned for December. Speaking to a packed…

Lawyers for Niger’s ousted president say they are filing a legal case in the West African country against those behind the coup that deposed the democratically elected leader. The lawyers for Mohamed Bazoum, who was…

President Nana Akufo-Addo is completing his constitutionally allowed two terms, but tempers are high. Tension is brewing ahead…

Elections in Burkina Faso are not a “priority” compared to “security”, the country’s military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore said on state TV, almost a year after coming to power in a coup. Traore, who had…

The wife of Gabon’s ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been charged with “money laundering” and other offences, the public prosecutor said Friday, a month after a coup toppled her husband. Sylvia Bongo Ondimba…

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, said Africans no longer trust democracy because it has caused serious crisis in recent years. He noted that the current spate where civil governments are being overthrown across…

Burkina Faso’s richest man Mahamadou Bonkoungou is said to be engaged in a heated dispute with junta leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore. Reports by Cameroon…

On Thursday, South Africa’s RCL Foods (RCLJ.J) said its poultry unit culled 410,000 chickens due to the country’s worst avian flu outbreak, heightening fears of chicken meat and egg shortages. The bird flu outbreak,…

The junta in Burkina Faso, which toppled a military regime to gain power, has announced that there was a coup attempt. In a statement, the junta said an attempt by…

France’s ambassador to Niger landed in Paris on Wednesday after leaving Niamey following weeks of tensions between Paris and the post-coup regime in the West African country, the foreign ministry told AFP. The return of…

The military junta of Burkina Faso has reportedly suspended the French monthly magazine Jeune Afrique for allegedly publishing “untruthful” articles about tension and unrest inside the country’s armed forces Jeune…

Libya’s prosecutor general, Al-Seddik al-Sur, on Monday ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster which killed thousands, his office said. The flash flood, which…

Mali’s ruling junta on Monday announced it would delay a presidential election scheduled for February that was aimed at returning civilian leaders to power in the jihadist-hit West African nation. The two rounds —…

French president, Emmanuel Macron, has announced on Sunday its decision to withdraw its military presence from Niger and recall its ambassador following the ousting of the democratically elected president, Mohamed…

Ghanaians flooded the streets of the Ghanaian capital Accra on Saturday for a third day of anti-government protests linked to economic hardship that have led to dozens of arrests. The protesters were waving placards and…

The United States of America, on Friday, met with ECOWAS officials regarding the ongoing political crisis in Niger Republic, stating support for the bloc to continually pressure Niger military junta to release ousted…

The Ghanaian government is actively strategizing and implementing policies and initiatives to export electricity to Nigeria. Mr. Hanson Monney, the Head of the Generation and Transmission Unit at the Ministry of Energy in…

The son of Ali Bongo Ondimba and several allies of the ousted Gabon president have been charged with high treason and corruption and placed in custody, the state prosecutor told AFP Wednesday. Bongo’s eldest son…

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has declared his intention to run for the fourth term in office during next year’s elections. “Yes, I am indeed a candidate,” Kagame, who has ruled over the country with an iron fist…

A United Nations humanitarian office report Tuesday said 400 migrants were killed in the floods that hit eastern Libya last week, citing hospital reports. Thousands of people were declared missing after the floods triggered…

President Bola Tinubu on Monday advanced his economic development diplomatic drive for investment attraction as he engaged…

A BBC documentary has exposed the operations of a South African organisation called Dudula, which is hellbent on expelling foreigners from the nation. The report titled 'Fear and Loathing in South Africa' investigates…