The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has observed the rise of an alliance of coup plotters preparing to defend themselves against the...
Ugandan opposition leader, Bobi Wine has said he was "grabbed" by "goons" and put under house arrest on his return from South Africa.
The singer-turned-politician...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has challenged Parliaments within the Commonwealth to enact strong legislation to curtail cross-border movement of illegal arms to combat...
President Akufo-Addo says democracy is on the decline in Africa, in particular in the West African sub-region.
The sub-region has witnessed an increasing number of...
Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has confirmed he will stand for a third term in elections scheduled for December.
The former army chief has been...
Sylvia Bongo, the wife of Gabon's ousted President Ali Bongo, has been charged with money laundering, receiving stolen property, forgery, and the use of...
Controversial show promoter, Samson Erinfolami Balogun Eletu, otherwise known as Sam Larry, has landed in the custody of the Nigeria Police to answer questions...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged members of the Parliament of ECOWAS to find solutions to the emerging re-militarisation of governance.
Also, he tasked...
Ghana has officially been added to the e-visa list of South Africa, an official statement released on Thursday has said.
This means Ghanaian nationals can now apply online...
Burkina Faso's security and intelligence services foiled a coup attempt on Tuesday, according to the country's military government.
It alleged that officers and others had...
Zoleka Mandela, granddaughter of South Africa’s first democratically elected late President, Nelson Mandela, has died of cancer at the age of 43, her family...
Perez Medcare Hospital, where Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, was allegedly taken, has revealed that the singer was brought in dead to their facility.
In...
A veteran Nigerian radio journalist, Hamisu Danjibga, has been found dead in north-west Zamfara state three days after he was declared missing.
Danjibga worked with...
President Nana Akufo-Addo, has reiterated the need for payment of reparations for the countries affected by the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
According to President Akufo-Addo, “No...
The West African states of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, have formed a defence alliance, according to Mali’s interim President, Colonel Assimi Goïta in...
The thoughts of one Moroccan schoolteacher immediately turned to her pupils when she felt the 6.8-magnitude earthquake strike a week ago.
Nesreen Abu ElFadel...
Kenya’s anti-drugs abuse agency, Nacada, has raised concern over drug addicts injecting themselves with animal tranquilisers as an alternative to heroin.
It follows the...
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of nepotism after naming his son in a new cabinet following his controversial re-election last month.
Mr...
Gabon’s military leaders say they have freed deposed President Ali Bongo from house arrest, where he has been since they seized power last week.
This...
Veteran journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has admonished African leaders to desist from creating situations that would lead to coup coup d'état.
The Managing Editor of...
African leaders have issued a declaration proposing new taxes across the world to fund action against climate change.
The Nairobi Declaration was issued at the...
