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Zimbabwe police arrest 40 opposition members as vote looms

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

African Union meets on Niger crisis

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

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

Suspected jihadists on motorbikes ambushed the troops near the western town of S...

Burkina junta suspends radio station over Niger criticism

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

Zimbabwe's ruling party vows no repeat of violence as v...

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

West African bloc gathers for key summit on Niger coup

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

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

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

Ethiopia troops push back Amhara fighters: residents

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

Diplomacy 'best way forward' in Niger but force still o...

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

World Bank halts new loans to Uganda over anti-gay law

The move comes after pressure from human rights organisations and members of the...

Kenya's government, opposition begin talks after protests

Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has organised 10 days of demonstrations s...

Guinea-Bissau president names PM after poll setback

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

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

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

Senegal opposition leader on hunger strike hospitalised...

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

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

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

African leaders call for unlocking of Russian grain exp...

The group also called for the United Nations to take action to release 200,000 t...

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