Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has fired two top officials of his administration for their respective roles in two separate cases of corruption.
The two officials...
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared the winner of a controversial re-run of the presidential election.
He won 98% of the vote with the...
Ahead of Liberia’s presidential run-off on November 7, 2017, the leading contender, George Weah is beginning to attract bigwigs boosting his chances of inching...
The police in Accra have arrested 26 Togolese nationals for planning to stage an unlawful demonstration over the political situation in their country.
The suspects...
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye popularly called Daddy G.O, has revealed what he believes Nigeria needs...
Ghana's inspector general of police has ordered an investigation into the alleged rape of a four-year-old girl after national outrage over the case.
The parents...
Kenya's controversial presidential election will go ahead as planned on Thursday after the Supreme Court couldn't rule on a challenge because not enough justices...
The United States says it is concerned about the increasingly deteriorating political situation in Togo. The use of excessive force by security forces on...
The Togolese government has cancelled the Francophonie ministerial conference scheduled to be held in the capital Lome in November.
The cancellation comes amid opposition protests...
Kenya’s chief prosecutor has ordered that opposition leader Raila Odinga’s sister should immediately be charged with inciting violence against the election commission.
Ms Odinga, a...
The leading presidential candidate in Liberia and football legend, George Weah, on Sunday attended a Church service in Lagos, Nigeria to “seek God’s face”...
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s original proposal sparked an outcry.
He had previously praised Zimbabwe for its commitment to public health.
But Mr Mugabe’s critics say Zimbabwe’s...
President Buhari today said his administration has demonstrated the ability to contain the activities of Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria, especially in the North...
A senior official from the Kenyan electoral commission has fled the country.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission was expected to make changes after the...
Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, has created a ministry to punish “rats” who make use of the cyberspace to attack his government.
Appointed as head of...
Tension is mounting once again in Togo following Tuesday's clash between government forces and supporters of the opposition party which left four persons dead.
There are...
News of the revocation of economic sanctions against Sudan by the United States government, is music to the ears of businesses and investors interested...
South African lobby group Afriforum has announced plans to privately prosecute President Jacob Zuma’s son.
The group says it wants to prosecute Duduzane Zuma on...
Former football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are headed for a run-off in Liberia's presidential election.
Nearly all the results from Tuesday's poll...
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma must face charges of corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering, the Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled.
It agreed with...
Senator George Weah has taken the lead in the early election results announced by Liberia’s electoral commission on Thursday evening.
The National Elections Commission Chairman...
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga pulls out of 26 October election re-run, seeking "credible election."
Mr Odinga said his withdrawal would give the electoral commission...
Liberians are going to the polls to choose a successor to Africa's first elected female president and Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Ex-football star...
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has said that the banning of corporal punishment in school has led to an increase in indiscipline in learning institutions, the...
