Rather than sack his ministers facing criminal charges, President Lazarus Chakwera dismissed his entire cabinet on 24 January and promised to name a new one within 48 hours. He sin...

Aides to the Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi had promised an 'earthquake' ahead of the rally to launch his presidential campaign at Nairobi's Bomas of Kenya a...

Officials in Nairobi and Johannesburg are working with new investors for the launch next year of the biggest airline alliance in Africa after two years of crashing revenues in busi...

Ahead of a referendum on a new constitution in July, new voting laws and parliamentary elections in December, President Kaïs Saïed has launched an online two-month consul...

Many in the political establishment wanted to ensure that Kenya's first Attorney-General, Charles Mugane Njonjo, who died on 2 January had a 'respectful send-off'. But his passing ...

The European Union's chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, announced sanctions on Mali's military leaders in line with measures already taken by the Economic Community of West African Sta...

Colonel Assimi Goïta's military regime is fighting on multiple fronts. It's been battling Islamist insurgents in the centre and north of the country but it is now in a diploma...

Pro-democracy activists led by the national network of Resistance Committees and the Sudan Professionals' Association (SPA) have rejected UN Envoy Volker Perthes's efforts to facil...

In the rollercoaster race for the presidency in August's elections, veteran oppositionist turned establishment candidate Raila Odinga has made a good start in the new year by bring...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan's attempts to restore some democratic rights without alienating supporters of her predecessor John Magufuli are bearing some fruit. But her reform cre...