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

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 ...

With November’s municipal elections fast approaching, South Africa’s biggest party appears to be playing catch-up, as most political parties have named mayoral candidates and spent months on the ...

Churches helped propel William Ruto to the presidency in 2022. Ahead of the next election, roads, markets and affordable ...

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

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

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

The National Treasury has temporarily frozen R13.5bn ($825.8m) in funding to 69 failing South African municipalities, drawing ...

Renewed for just a single year, AGOA enters a period of unprecedented uncertainty. In the face of a Washington that now ...

Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote’s investments are proving that African industrial giants can protect the continent from ...

With just over a year until the next general election, Kenya President William Ruto faces a challenging political landscape ...