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...

Ankara plans to use a Turkey-Africa ministerial meeting later this week to step up its growing influence on the continent.

Namibia’s main opposition has lodged a petition protesting against the Electoral Commission’s decision to award a contract to Ren-Form to design, print and deliver ballot papers to be...

The crackdown on Tanzania’s opposition continues ahead of November’s local elections. On Monday, the opposition Chadema party reported that Aisha Machano, its women’s wing publicity secretary, had been...

Egypt may need to renegotiate its US$8 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund as it faces the costs of regional instability, President Abdel Fattah el Sisi...

Integration on financial services, along with a common rescue fund and a grain exchange platform are top of Russia’s wish list at this week’s BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,...

Despite President William Ruto’s promise that 600 additional police officers would be deployed to the peacekeeping effort tackling gang warfare in Haiti, the mission is set to run...

Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have increased the pressure to move to a new regional common currency among the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) a year earlier...

Confusion and farce surround the health and whereabouts of 91-year-old President Paul Biya, who state officials now say is on a private visit to Geneva but has not...