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The FBI and the Office of Ghana’s Special Prosecutor (OSP) are looking into the assets and financial transactions of embattled former minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah and her associates in the US. In a post on social media app X, the OSP…

Votes are being counted in Liberia after Tuesday's election with President George Weah seeking a second term. Local and regional election observers said that polling was peaceful, despite clashes between rival political camps in the…

Burundi's sacked central bank governor has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and misappropriation of public assets. The charges against Dieudonné Murengerantwari are "provisional" pending the outcome of investigations, the…

All MPs from Zimbabwe's main opposition party have been suspended for six parliament sittings and will not receive salaries for the next two months. Speaker Jacob Mudenda made the call after the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) held…

The World Food Programme (WFP) has begun rolling out food distribution to nearly 900,000 refuges in Ethiopia following an improvement in its refugee operations. Families living in refugee camps, including new arrivals who have fled…

Liberians Vote In Presidential And Parliamentary Polls Liberians are voting in presidential and parliamentary elections. Nineteen candidates are hoping to replace the incumbent, former football star George Weah, who is seeking a…

Algeria has announced it has suspended its efforts to mediate the political crisis in Niger following the coup in July. Its foreign affairs ministry said in a statement on Monday that declarations from the Nigerien authorities had raised…

Niger's government has been forced to cut its budget by 40% over the impact of sanctions and suspension of aid after the 26 July coup. There are fears that the sanctions may worsen the economic situation in Niger - one of the world’s…

A Kenyan high court has blocked the government’s plans to deploy police officers to Haiti or any other country pending the hearing of a petition. The judge cited issues raised in the application as being of national importance and public…

Twenty-four candidates, including Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, have officially declared they will compete for the presidential race in the December election, the electoral commission said on Sunday - the deadline for submissions to…