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Ghana’s supreme court has upheld the legality of the controversial anti-LGBTQ bill passed earlier in February. Although gay sex was…

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have introduced visa-free travel and residency rights for citizens of the 15-member ECOWAS bloc to strengthen the centuries-old ties among African people. Despite being low-income and…

Nigeria has made its first full payment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) levy in 19 years, contributing N85.54 billion and $54 million for 2023 and part of 2024. Omar Touray, president of the…

When Agnes Kativhu could not get treatment for breast cancer from Harare’s main public hospital, she checked in to one of the many self-styled herbal clinics opening up across Zimbabwe’s capital. “I was a…

Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, has congratulated Ghana’s President-elect John Dramani Mahama, while commending Ghanaians for upholding the tenets of democracy. Tinubu congratulated Mahama on his victory in the…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent decision to introduce a simplified visa process for Nigerian nationals has stirred…

The African National Congress (ANC) has stepped in to clarify President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent remarks about South Africa’s revised visa policy for Nigerian travellers. Ramaphosa announced last week that Nigerian…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that tourists from Nigeria can now apply for visas without submitting their passports. The president also disclosed that Nigerian businessmen and…

The Government of Senegal Thursday publicly announced the official launch of the candidacy of Amadou Hott for the presidency of the African Development Bank (The “Bank”) Group when the post becomes vacant in 2025. This…

Former Liberian warlord, Prince Johnson, a key player in the 1989-2003 back-to-back civil wars, died Thursday aged 72. Officials from his party and the Senate told AFP. Johnson, who was seen sipping beer in a video…

The theft of $17million from the Ugandan Central Bank has left controversies across the country on who is actually responsible for the theft. Earlier a report by New Vision noted that hackers breached the Ugandan…

Security operatives engaged in a gun duel in Anambra on Wednesday after both camps thought they were dealing with gunmen from the Indigenous People of…

South Africa’s representative in the Miss Universe 2024 pageant, Mia Le Roux, has withdrawn from the competition days before the grand finale. “With deep regret, we share the news that Mia Le Roux, Miss South…

Senegal’s former leader Macky Sall, who earlier this year sparked one of the worst crises in decades by delaying the presidential election, is seeking a controversial comeback in Sunday’s snap parliamentary…

Burkina Faso’s military regime wants to reinstate the death penalty after the West African country abolished it in 2018, a government source told AFP on Saturday. The latest execution in Burkina Faso was in 1988,…

A new scandal has erupted in Equatorial Guinea following the release of intimate footage involving the wife of Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the recently dismissed Director General of the National Financial Investigation…

Cristel Nchama, one of the ladies in Baltasar Engonga’s infamous sex tapes, has a formal complaint with the National Gendarmerie of Malabo (The Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea). Real Equatorial Guinea says Ms…

Equatorial Guinea has sacked Baltasar Engonga, its director-general of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), over his alleged…

Ghana's outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo is facing a backlash on social media after he unveiled a statue of himself during a tour of the country’s Western Region. The monument is intended to honour the development…

The Government of Equatorial Guinea has imposed a restriction on its citizens, prohibiting the downloading and sharing of multimedia files via mobile data on WhatsApp. This move comes after the government issued…

If you’re travelling to Equatorial Guinea for tourism or business, you’ll need a visa which is one the easiest to get as the whole application is done online. Once approved, you’ll receive your eVisa by email. The…

The Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, Teddy Nguema, has announced plans to install surveillance cameras in all state body offices. This sweeping measure is part of an ongoing effort to ensure strict adherence…

The Director General, National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, has been arrested for allegedly recording over 400 sextapes of the wives of notable people in the country. The…

Mauritius on Saturday reversed its decision to block social media until its election that had been prompted by a wire-tapping scandal. The ban on social media had been in place for 24 hours, with users on the…