The Republic of Congo’s finance minister has begun to put Brazzaville’s debt back on a more sustainable path. Drawing on his ...

With crucial elections looming, desperate and unemployed youth in Nairobi are being hired for pennies to crush political ...

From textile hubs in Madagascar to cocoa processors in Côte d’Ivoire, exporters are preparing for a tougher US trade regime ...

Bissau has become the constant companion on Macky Sall’s bid for the UN’s top job, turning a decades-old mentor-protégé ...

President Mahama’s response to devastating floods is a sprawling new administrative capital. But urban planners warn that ...

For 13 years, Danladi Umar sat in judgment over Nigeria’s political elite, freeing Bola Tinubu, prosecuting ex-Senate ...

Assistant Secretary of State Frank Garcia is travelling to Nigeria, Mali and Côte d’Ivoire for his inaugural trip to the ...

Having fled Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria, tens of thousands of forcibly displaced people have arrived in northern Benin.

A church ordinance banning alcohol and khat, while requiring “symbols of sanctity”, has reignited a decades-old dispute over ...

A court sentenced the Rapid Support Forces leader Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemeti’ Dagalo and 15 others to death over killing a ...

France and Burkina Faso have severed diplomatic relations, marking the latest stage in the rapid collapse of Paris’ influence ...

Her election as the first African woman to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is a landmark moment for her ...