Quid pro quo appears to have been the name of the game in Kenyan President William Ruto's talks with Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the weekend.

Several African states may have returned to the Eurobond market in recent months, but a new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned tha...

The 800,000 civilians living in the Sudanese city El Fasher are in 'extreme and immediate danger', the United Nations aid operations director, Edem Wosornu, has warned the UN secur...

President Faure Gnassingbé appears certain to strengthen his grip on power, whether or not that means staying on as head of state.

The African Union (AU) appears determined to enter the credit ratings market having set itself a 31 December deadline to launch its own agency.

United States senators are hoping to take US/Africa trade policy out of party politics in an election year, with Republican Jim Risch and Democrat Chris Coons having tabled a bill ...

Ukraine continues to expand its diplomatic footprint in Africa, by opening embassies in Côte d'Ivoire and Congo-Kinshasa.

Confusion reigns over the status of Peter Mathuki the outgoing Secretary-General of the East African Community. Last month, Mathuki was abruptly recalled by Kenyan President Willia...

Angola's beleaguered former First Family has enjoyed a small victory after the country's constitutional court voided the 2020 conviction of José Filomeno dos Santos, aka Zen...

Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act will have at least one more round in court, and is set to move to the supreme court after the constitutional court upheld the law but struck down so...