African academic scholars at home and abroad are playing significant roles in guiding and influencing public policy, ...

Hundreds, if not thousands, of miners have been trapped underground at a disused mine in South Africa for weeks as a police ...

Upset by Elon Musk’s growing influence, Steve Bannon has taken a swipe at the world’s richest man – and South African tech ...

President Félix Tshisekedi’s plan to revise or even replace the 2006 Constitution has triggered a political whirlwind.

The presence of Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, at the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Mahama ...

Mozambique’s President-elect Daniel Chapo may not be sworn into office on Wednesday if runner-up Venâncio Mondlane keeps his ...

An ambitious new initiative – partnered with Singapore’s own excellent civil service college – aims to develop a new ...

Backed by the US and the European Union – both eager to counter China’s growing foothold in strategic minerals – the Lobito ...

In his final State of the Nation Address before stepping down on 6 January, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo announced a ...

Will the Alliance of Sahel States quell their struggles with Islamist militants, and ask their Russian security guests to ...

Last weekend, insurgents from IS-aligned groups the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram launched a pre-dawn raid on a military base in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, ...

The newly revised blacklist from European airspace includes 55 African carriers and adds Air Tanzania, while Cameroon’s ...