The groundbreaking trial of ex-President and coup leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz opened in Nouakchott on 6 April with his pleading not guilty to charges of illicit enrichment...

Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's plans to contest next year's presidential elections remain intact despite losing a defamation case for accusing tourism minister Mame Mbaye Niang of embezzlement.

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan was a main beneficiary of US Vice-President Kamala Harris's three-country diplomatic trip to Africa last week – she was hailed as a 'champion'...

After winning a commitment by President William Ruto to debate reform of the electoral commission in parliament, opposition leader Raila Odinga is demanding that the talks should include...

Former militia leader Jean-Pierre Bemba's surprise return to President Félix Tshisekedi's government as minister of defence and deputy prime minister is all about building an election-winning coalition but...

'Great progress and on all fronts', was finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta's verdict following two days of meetings with Chinese counterparts in Beijing, with the finance ministry briefing reporters...

President William Ruto continues to win over supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga in his traditional strongholds in Nyanza. The President recently gained the support of eight national...

Heavyhanded policing saw initially peaceful demonstrations descend into running battles in Nairobi and Kisumu between activists and police as opposition leader Raila Odinga's had promised to mobilise his...

A week after his meeting with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa when he offered US$330 million in humanitarian aid to the government, United States Secretary...

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman used her tightly choreographed weekend trip to Rwanda, accompanied only by reporters from right-wing newspapers and broadcasters, to re-emphasise the government's determination to...