Politics

Tropical Storm Freddy tore through southern Africa for the second time in one week over the weekend, killing more than one hundred people, injuring scores more, and leaving a path of devastation in its wake.…

As violent extremism in West Africa's Sahel region spreads southward toward coastal states, the United States military has initiated its annual military training exercise with the objective of assisting other armies in containing the jihadi…

According to sources, fighting broke out on Friday between M23 militiamen and government forces close to the city of Goma in the eastern DR Congo, where a European mercy flight arrived in the afternoon. The…

Even though human rights groups were against it, Ugandan lawmakers brought a bill to parliament on Thursday that would make the punishments for same-sex relationships even harsher in a country where homosexuality is already illegal.…

On Tuesday, the UN and the Ethiopian refugee agencies said that about 100,000 people had fled fighting in Somaliland, the self-declared independent region of Somalia, and taken refuge in a remote area of Ethiopia where…

Local sources say that fighting was still going on in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday, even though the M23 rebellion had agreed to a new ceasefire that…

The first group of Burundian soldiers who were supposed to go to the dangerous east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has now arrived in Goma. In the eastern part of the Democratic…

At a rally against the government of Tunisia that was held on Saturday and organized by the influential UGTT trade union, which called on President Kaid Said to embrace "dialogue," more than 3,000 people demonstrated…

Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, stated that the period of French interference in African affairs was "well over" as he started a tour of four African nations to renew frayed ties. As a result…

On Wednesday, the Labour Party of Nigeria issued a statement condemning the results of the country's presidential elections, alleging they were not "transparent, free, and fair." Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the vice presidential candidate for the…

Early Wednesday morning, it was announced that the winner of Nigeria's presidential election was Bola Tinubu, who was running for the ruling party. Soon after, he thanked his supporters and made an appeal to his…

According to the provisional results that were published by the Electoral Commission on Monday, the non-party candidate for the presidency of Nigeria, Peter Obi, has won the most votes in the key state of Lagos,…

In order to stop China and Russia from becoming more powerful in the area, French President Emmanuel Macron will start a tour of the countries of central Africa the week after next. He will visit…

The presidential election in Nigeria has been marked by long delays at some polling locations, but this has not dissuaded the large crowds of voters who are hoping for a fresh start after years of…

An attack on a village in the central region of Mali that is being blamed on jihadists has resulted in the deaths of at least 13 civilians, according to statements made by local authorities on…

The current drought conditions in the Horn of Africa are worse than those that existed during the hunger that occurred in 2011, during which hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives. It was announced…

Just days before the presidential elections, at least eight Nigerian police officers were slain in separate attacks in the southeast of the nation by suspected rebels. More than 90 million people are enrolled to vote…