South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has had its worst opinion poll result (39%) since multi-party democracy was introduced following apartheid in 1994, after a...

Fears that May's presidential elections will amount to little more than a coronation for military leader Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno 'Kaka' appear to have been confirmed after ...

Interim president Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno 'Kaka' confirmed his plans to stand in presidential elections which are scheduled for 6 May – some five months ahead of sche...

Initially planned for launch in 2024, the East African Community's plans for a monetary union, including a single currency and common central bank, were postponed until 2033 by the...

The EU's deforestation law is facing growing pushback from African states and the wider international community over fears that the compliance burdens imposed by the new law will b...

The decision by leaders of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) to lift economic sanctions on Niger's military regime is an embarrassing admission of d...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's promise that his country would 'defend itself' if neighbouring Ethiopia goes ahead with a controversial port deal with breakaway province S...

African countries are set to raise formal complaints about the effects of some of the European Union's new laws on environmental protection and carbon at this week's Ministerial Co...

The announcement on the eve of the 17-18 February African Union summit by Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Amolo Odinga that he wants to take over from Chad's Moussa Faki Ma...

On 18 February, armed state security agents surrounded a foreign currency trader in Abuja accusing him of sabotage. For many Nigerians, it was a throwback to the military regime of...