The coordinated move by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to leave the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) is the latest blow to Ecowas's credibility and...

African states in the Sahel and the Horn are facing their worst security crises for decades but United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will skate around those...

Confirmation that opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, will not be on the ballot for February's presidential elections came after the electoral commission announced the 20 candidates who have been...

The growing fissures among East Africa's leaders over the civil war in Sudan were on show at last week's Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) summit in Kampala, and...

The legal tussle between Israel and South Africa over Pretoria's claims to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague that Israel is responsible for 'genocide' against...

President Félix Tshisekedi looks set to have a stronger majority in parliament despite widespread opposition anger about the conduct of December's elections.

Tanzania's foreign minister January Makamba and Kenyan counterpart Musalia Mudavadi are set to hold emergency talks to resolve the latest tit-for-tat trade row between Nairobi and Arusha.

The ballooning investigation into illegal foreign exchange transactions at the Central Bank of Nigeria under suspended governor Godwin Emefiele is rattling local firms who argue that some of...

As critical talks between ministers and official creditors (including the Paris Club and Chinese lenders) on restructuring US$5.4 billion of Ghana's external debt continue this week, a...

The scale of the challenge facing the Kenyan police as they prepare to support the Haitian National Police in its fights against criminal gangs has been spelt out...