President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s decision to make the most of his honeymoon with the voters and call early parliamentary elections on 17 November has paid off.

Entering the final days of the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, little significant progress is expected on climate finance with West and Eastern powers stuck in a holding...

The ruling Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (UDPS) is pushing ahead with plans to overhaul the national constitution as oppositionists it’s a ruse to extend...

Mauritius is set to become the latest African state to throw out its government after Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth conceded that his governing L'Alliance Lepep was heading towards...

Somalia’s Defence Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur has insisted that Ethiopia will not participate in a new African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission which is set to begin in January...

Protests are at a crucial moment. If mass demonstrations and economic gridlock continue, opposition candidate Venâncio Mondlane and his supporters will maintain hope that the governing Frente de...

Plans by the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s presidency by two years to 2030, have exposed the internal divisions within the ruling...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s remarks to the Ethiopian parliament last week that his government was seeking access to the Red Sea ‘through peaceful means’ could mark a critical...

The International Monetary Fund has given the green light for a combined disbursement of around US$606 million from its two loan facilities for Kenya but has spelt out...

Less than 15 months after military officers ousted President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba, Gabon is set to vote on a new constitution, but the military will not significantly...