Charging opposition leader Tundu Lissu with treason and banning him from this year’s election shows that President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s opening of Tanzania’s political space has ended. Calls...

United States President Donald Trump’s administration has renewed its support for Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara at a meeting in Washington with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. US...

One of the world’s weakest economies, with a GDP per capita of US$509 a year, Madagascar was threatened with a 47% tariff on goods exports to the United...

Confusion reigns as officials and companies seek clarity on the timetable for the swingeing ‘reciprocal’ tariffs imposed on exports to the United States by President Donald Trump on...

Organising a summit in Moscow on 3-4 April for the foreign ministers from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger – respectively Abdoulaye Diop, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré and Bakare...

Appointing Bashir Ojulari as Group Managing Director, who with his new team formally took over the management of the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on 5 April,...

The round of tariffs due to be imposed by the United States across the world on 2 April signals the end of the African Growth and Opportunity Act...

Complaining about inheriting a battered and debt-ridden economy, Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam is planning radical new tax incentives to attract more foreign capital and get wealthy investors to...

The trial of former President Nicolas Sarkozy, who may face a seven-year sentence if convicted on corruption charges, is shedding light on France’s backchannel talks with the government...

Initially TotalEnergies’ use of Washington lobbyists to push through a vital US loan for its US$20 billion gas export project in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province backfired. France’s TotalEnergies...