By naming Najla Bouden Romdhane as Tunisia's first female prime minister on 29 September, President Kaïs Saïed has briefly changed the political conversation but disclosed little about...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks set for a second term as Director-General of the World Health Organization after the German government endorsed his candidacy. We hear that no other...

Once African airline giants, massive financial losses and failed government rescue attempts have left Kenya Airways and South African Airways on life support. But both have set out...

There is consensus at the UN General Assembly about the main themes of the high-level meetings which started in New York on 20 September: reaching agreement at the...

The starting gun fired on 20 September for campaigning in the local elections with the Constitutional Court ruling that parties could reopen their candidate nominations ahead of voting...

In her annual State of the EU speech on 16 September, the offer of investment in green energy and new promises on vaccine supply were the only mentions...

Technocrats and those exiled by her predecessor are the main beneficiaries from President Samia Suluhu Hassan's mini cabinet reshuffle. She named four new ministers, dropped three, and appointed...

Rwanda's closure of the Katuna border with Uganda – the busiest crossing – curtailed trade between the two countries in early 2019. The crossings stayed closed despite numerous...

The decision by the European Commission's competition authority to clear Kenyan telecoms company Safaricom and its European parent Vodafone of competition concerns gives the green light for the...

The crushing defeat of the Islamist Parti de la justice et du développement in the parliamentary elections on 8 September shakes up the political scene with a coalition...