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The former right-hand man to Guinea’s ruling general died in detention days after being sentenced by a military court, prosecutors said Wednesday, with his lawyer branding the death suspicious. Sadiba…

Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes, a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. It was the biggest assault on Kenya’s…

Despite sustained protests from thousands of citizens, Kenya’s national assembly has passed the controversial finance bill. The lawmakers voted 195 against 106 to pass the bill on Tuesday in an exercise with no…

Kenya’s President William Ruto vowed to take a tough line against “violence and anarchy” on Tuesday after protests against his government’s proposed tax hikes turned deadly and demonstrators ransacked parliament.…

Ghana has reached an agreement in principle with its bondholders to restructure its $13 billion Eurobonds. According to sources who spoke with Reuters, bondholders will face up to a 37% haircut on principal,…

                  The details of the meeting between President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria and President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa have emerged.POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the two African leaders held a…

South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa hailed “the beginning of a new era” on Wednesday as he was sworn in for a second full term as president after his weakened…

President Bola Tinubu has extended his warm congratulations to President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on his re-election. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, said in a…

Ghana's state-owned electricity company has announced a three-week power outage due to reduced gas supply from Nigeria. This has exacerbated the…

South Africa’s long-standing ruling ANC said Thursday it has reached an agreement with several other parties to form a coalition, after failing to win an outright majority in May’s general election. Speaking on the…

Jacob Zuma, the former president of South Africa, has warned the country’s independent electoral commission (IEC) not to declare the election results as scheduled on Sunday. The uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party, which…

South Africa’s ruling ANC awaited the imminent confirmation on Saturday that it had lost its three-decade-old absolute majority and would have to find allies if it is to remain in power. With more than 98 percent…

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma staged a surprise comeback at the head of an upstart party that is only a few months old but already the country’s third largest. Zuma is 82, he was banned from standing in this…

Zambia’s former first lady, Esther Lungu, has been arrested on money laundering charges, her lawyer said Friday, days after her husband claimed he was being targeted as part of a political vendetta. Lungu, 66, was held…

Bismarck Rewane, chief executive officer of Financial Derivatives, says Ghana is now doing better than Nigeria economically. Rewane spoke on Wednesday on Channels TV while analysing President Bola Tinubu’s first year in…

The African National Congress (ANC) may be on course to lose the parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years, following the early…

South Africa’s ruling ANC was fighting Wednesday to defy expectations that it could lose its three-decade-long exclusive grip on power, as voters turned out for a watershed general election. More than 27 million voters…

Bracing up for tomorrow’s election, one of these politicians will become South Africa’s next President, commander-in-chief of it’s armed forces for the next five years. The African National Congress (ANC), a major…

Chad’s new Prime Minister Allamaye Halina announced his first government on Monday marking an end to three years of military rule in the desert nation. Senior ministers, mostly allies of President Mahamat Idriss Deby…

South Africa’s general election witnessed early turnout on Monday as those who must work on polling day or who have special needs were given a…

Burkina Faso’s military regime, in power since a 2022 coup, will extend its rule for five years under an accord adopted during national consultations on Saturday, the talks’ chairman said. “The duration of the…

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) is losing ground, according to a poll released on Friday, less than a week before the tightest election since the advent of democracy in 1994. The ANC, which has been…

Chad, on Thursday, ended three-year military rule as Mahamat Deby was sworn in as president after an electoral victory contested by the opposition. The inaguration was graced by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and seven…

Three Americans have been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for their alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt. The men were apprehended following a shootout in the capital, Kinshasa, and are…