Athens offers Benghazi a deal to end Mediterranean feud

Chaos surrounds the European Union’s anti-deforestation regulation. Following a series of U-turns and carve outs, the law will not affect African farmers until June 2026, 18 months later...

Hours before opposition leaders were set to launch their campaign on 28 October against President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s plan for a third term, arsonists gutted the SAPES Trust...

Until the death of Raila Amolo Odinga from a heart attack on 15 October, President William Samoei Ruto’s path to re-election in August 2027 had seemed clear: having...

In a country where the power of incumbency is so strong, it is a striking anomaly that no Nairobi governor has secured a second term since devolution became...

It was the military’s backing for the Gen Z protests against President Andry Rajoelina that forced him to flee aboard a French military jet on 12 October. At...

As the International Monetary Fund and World Bank held their Annual Meetings from 13-18 October in Washington DC, persistent fears over global economic risks were tempered by relief...

After assaulting the main western trade corridor to Bamako from Dakar last month, jihadist fighters have now extended their campaign to the key southern artery from Abidjan as...

The tortuous bargaining between international oil companies – Shell, TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil – and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government over new investments has hit a succession of legal...

President Alassane Ouattara looks set to cruise to a fourth term at polls on 25 October with challengers weak or banned and his ruling party flush with cash...

Citizens of Cameroon's main conurbations are bracing themselves as unrest spreads in the wake of the efforts by President Paul Biya and his ruling Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s calm, maternal image conceals a streak of ruthless determination to root out all political opposition to ensure her re-election, no matter what the human...

Raila Amolo Odinga, whose activism helped launch multi-party politics in Kenya and reformed the constitution after winning a national referendum, died on 15 October following a heart attack...

Colonel Michael Randrianirina’s rapid rise from a senior military officer to the presidency of Madagascar owes much to luck and Gen Z. Randrianirina would not be president without...

Mobile phones started buzzing on 17 October about a thwarted coup plot, fired up by a story on Sahara Reporters on the arrest of 16 officers ‘over issues...