Africa

The African Union (AU) has called on authorities in the Congo to delay releasing the final results of the recent elections following reports of vote rigging, an AU statement said …

A human rights group in Zimbabwe says five people were killed in clashes between demonstrators protesting fuel hikes and security forces who opened fire on some crowds. The Zimbabwe Association …

The leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDSP), Felix Tshisekedi, has been announced the winner of the presidential election in Democratic Republic of Congo. In the provisional …

A former Vice President of Ghana Kwesi Amissah-Arthur died on Friday during early morning exercise in Accra, local media reports. The former number two man of the country under the …

South Africa’s new President Cyril Ramaphosa, has set up an inquiry into tax administration and governance amid allegations of corruption against the suspended head of the revenue service, Tom Moyane. …

Three commissioners from Kenya’s election board announced their resignation from the body on Monday, citing the failure of the body’s leadership and dysfunction in the organisation. “The institution has continued …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has ordered a presidential pardon to save the lives of 16 inmates who were on death row, Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services said Prisons and …

Giwa Bisi Rodipe is in love with trees. The elder statesman who set up Bisrod Furniture years ago has been planting trees since 1986. Now, he has a private forest …

South African President, Jacob Zuma has been under increasing pressure to leave office before his term finishes in 2019 but reportedly dug in his heels during talks with African National …

The Kenyan government has declared the opposition coalition’s National Super Alliance (NASA)’s wing, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), as an organised criminal group. Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, in a …