In Morocco, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire, local oil distributors are racking up national successes. But they still struggle to ...

From clandestine Emirati airlifts to Turkish drones and Sudanese gold moving through murky Gulf networks, foreign governments ...

Soldiers say they stepped in to restore order, but the timing, confusion and President Umaro Sissoco Embaló’s own behaviour ...

The probe is moving slowly, fuelling speculation about internal betrayals and deep dysfunctions within the security forces.

Africa’s most populous nation is now struggling to retain teachers in classrooms to serve its young population as elementary ...

Shots have been heard around the electoral commission, with the outgoing president saying he has been arrested.

Donald Trump’s outburst on Nigerian insecurity has uncorked domestic opponents to President Tinubu. Washington’s criticism of ...

A once-steady presidency is being tested as Samia Suluhu Hassan faces rising internal dissent within the ruling party, ...

Jailing the IPOB leader spares Abuja a martyr – but it stokes US Christian-right outrage, hardens secessionist grievance and ...

As President William Ruto’s broad-based government goes head-to-head with the coalition mobilised by his former deputy ...

With changes rapidly occurring in the Alliance of Sahel States, the European Union’s special representative to the region has ...

As Ethiopia prepares to open its banking sector to international competitors, local institutions face the biggest overhaul in ...