Kenya's president and opposition leader have promised to begin a process of reconciliation following last year's bitterly contested election.
Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga spoke...
Voting is under way in Sierra Leone, where more than three million people are eligible to choose a new president, parliament and local councillors.
In...
Police in Rwanda have arrested six pastors they accuse of being the "masterminds" behind a plot to defy a government order closing churches.
The suspects...
President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buahri, has lauded efforts by Ghana in mediating the political crisis in Togo where opposition groups are calling for incumbent...
Before independence
In the murky game of politics, Kenyans’ indifference and mistrust as a country begun to play out way back even before Independence. Kadu,...
The Nigerian security apparatus is doing all it takes to rescue the over 100 schoolgirls abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in the northeastern...
Angolans have been using the hashtag #acabademematar, which translates roughly as "kill me already" to pose for pictures where they are playing dead.
The poses go...
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for patience in transforming the country’s economy as he marked his first 100 days in office this past...
A 14-year-old girl has shocked many as she was arrested in school for reportedly selling marijuana to her fellow students.
The ninth grader (equivalent of...
Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has revealed that his wife, Grace cries daily, over the harassment she receives, especially over her bogus doctorate degree.
It...
Nigerian Senior Pastor of a church, Alter of Grace Ministries, Pastor Chidiebere Okoroafor has reportedly impregnated a chorister and killed two others.
Okoroafor was arrested...
Over the years, the world and Zimbabweans, in particular, had grown accustomed to Robert Mugabe’s lavish birthday parties, characterised by grand cakes and pompous public...
The vice chancellor of Zimbabwe's oldest university has been arrested over the controversial awarding of a doctorate to former first lady Grace Mugabe.
Anti-Corruption Commission...
A Kenyan MP has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a multi-million dollar scam.
Alfred Keter, who represents Nandi Hills, was taken into custody...
President Buhari’s daughter, Zahra Buhari-Indimi took to her social space to share her thoughts on Valentines day celebration.
According to her, Valentines day shouldn’t be...
Concerns are rising for a missing Ugandan journalist investigating the death of a Finnish businessman who died in mysterious circumstances in a Kampala hotel.
Charles...
Zimbabwe’s main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have a new leader in Nelson Chamisa following the death in South Africa of its only...
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has died in South Africa, a senior official in his MDC party has said.
Mr Tsvangirai, 65, a former...
South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned after intense pressure from his own party.
In a televised statement he said he was quitting with...
South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned his office with immediate effect.
He made the announcement in a televised address to the nation on...
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has died in South Africa, a senior official in his MDC party has said.
Mr Tsvangirai, 65, a former...
Comedian Samba Sine entertains Senegalese viewers every night with the Kouthia show. But it's his impersonation of President Donald Trump that has made him...
Embattled South African President Jacob Zuma will hold a media briefing at 10:00 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) on Wednesday, local portals including the state-owned SABC reported...
Alhaji Garius Gololo, the Coordinator of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Benue State chapter, has revealed why his people worship...
South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is holding direct talks with embattled President Jacob Zuma over a transfer of power.
Mr Ramaphosa, who...
South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is holding direct talks with embattled President Jacob Zuma over a transfer of power.
Mr Ramaphosa, who...
At a detention centre in Israel’s Negev desert, African migrants facing deportation say they would rather be imprisoned than sent to a country they...
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is critically ill in a South African hospital and his supporters should "brace for the worst", a party...
The embattled former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh, was today (Monday) produced on a stretcher before the Federal...
