Maputo's former finance minister Manuel Chang has lost a last-ditch court appeal and faces extradition to the United States on charges over his role in the US$2 billion hidden loan...

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's government is edging towards an agreement with the international financial institutions that could slash its external debt by 90% after a completi...

The future of the UN-brokered grain deal that has allowed over 30 million tonnes of foodstuffs to be exported from Ukraine across the Black Sea to Africa and the Middle East since ...

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta had appeared intent on retiring from politics. Instead, he wants to stay on as leader of the rump Jubilee party following a chaotic week in which ri...

Plagued by logistical obstacles, the pandemic and doubts about the future of Nigeria's fossil fuel industry, Aliko Dangote's mega fertiliser, petrochemical and oil refinery complex...

As a candidate ahead of last August's presidential elections, William Ruto opposed a housing levy and new fuel taxes. Eight months after winning, President Ruto has introduced both...

John Dramani Mahama didn't disappoint backers this time. With his national and regional network, he scooped up the presidential nomination for the opposition National Democratic Co...

Former Treasury technocrat Kamau Thugge's rehabilitation looks complete after President William Ruto nominated him to replace the retiring Patrick Njoroge as governor of Kenya's ce...

Former First lady Simone Ehivet Gbagbo, ex-wife of former President Laurent Gbagbo, is asking for 'forgiveness from the whole nation and from all those who suffered, who lost paren...

During his three-country tour of East Africa on 4 May, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz became the latest European leader to give its support for a permanent African Union's seat a...