In a statement, Al-Shabaab said it had taken the town of Maxaas, around 300 kilometres (186 miles) from the capital Mogadishu ...

As Côte d’Ivoire nears tense October vote, Ouattara leans on trusted allies to quietly secure the election and curb violence.

Cameroon’s electoral commission, Elecam, on 26 July released the provisional list of candidates cleared to contest the ...

Dakar-based research centre says the completed transition from the Wagner paramilitary group to Africa Corps is ...

China’s Global Times daily newspaper dismissed the testimony as ‘hype’. “The real reason behind the US military’s narrative ...

Ceasefire agreement signed in Qatar is in name only as Kigali-backed M23 and militia allied to Kinshasa clash in eastern ...

As Western markets turn hostile towards Chinese electric vehicles, BYD – the world’s largest EV maker – is investing heavily ...

As President Ruto co-opts opposition splinters, rewards defectors and pulls former rivals into his orbit, ODM’s Edwin Sifuna ...

Seven years after the death of founder Joseph Kadji Defosso, two of his youngest children – Gilbert, and above all Nicole – ...

Google on Thursday unveiled a $37 million package to accelerate artificial intelligence development across Africa, pledging ...

Amidst rising global supply chain challenges, Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone aims to attract $60bn in green investments, ...

Allowing all card-carrying members to vote for the flagbearer is one key reform announced at the party conference in a bold ...