Politics

Zimbabwe police arrest 40 opposition members as vote...

The southern African country heads to the polls on 23 August to elect the pre...

African Union meets on Niger crisis

Those attending include AU Commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat as well as re...

Six Niger soldiers, 10 suspected jihadists killed in...

Suspected jihadists on motorbikes ambushed the troops near the western town o...

Burkina junta suspends radio station over Niger crit...

Radio Omega was immediately suspended on Thursday "until further notice," Com...

Zimbabwe's ruling party vows no repeat of violence a...

Zimbabweans will head to the polls on 23 August to elect the president and le...

West African bloc gathers for key summit on Niger coup

Important decisions are expected from the gathering in Nigeria's capital Abuj...

Niger coup leaders take aim at France on eve of key ...

Two weeks after a coup that toppled elected president Mohamed Bazoum, the reg...

Ethiopia troops push back Amhara fighters: residents

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government last week declared a six-month state o...

Diplomacy 'best way forward' in Niger but force stil...

Bola Tinubu, also head of the West African bloc ECOWAS, weighed in for the fi...

Kenya's government, opposition begin talks after pro...

Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has organised 10 days of demonstration...

Guinea-Bissau president names PM after poll setback

The former Portuguese colony of around two million people has a chronic histo...

Niger closes airspace over 'threat of intervention' ...

The Economic Community of West African States issued its ultimatum a week ago...

Senegal opposition leader on hunger strike hospitali...

In its statement PASTEF said the authorities were "responsible" for Sonko's c...

Niger president says coup will have 'devastating' fa...

The appeal was Bazoum's first lengthy statement since his presidential guard ...

Zimbabwe elections neither free nor fair, says Human...

The southern African country heads to the polls on August 23 to elect the pre...