Africa

Gabon's Brice Oligui Nguema will try to ride the advantages of incumbency and a popular crackdown on corruption to make the jump from junta leader to democratically-elected president in an election scheduled for April 12. The 50-year-old…

Three Americans convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year have had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment, the presidency has said. They were among 37 people sentenced to death last…

Niger's military leaders have released more than 50 detainees, including former ministers in the government they toppled in 2023. Among them are the former ministers of defence, oil, and finance, as well as several senior army officers,…

A Cameroon appeals court has ordered the release of South African mobile operator MTN's bank accounts in the country, which were seized in 2022 over a loan dispute with a Cameroonian businessman, MTN said. A court order froze MTN Group's…

Guinea's military leader has set September 21, 2025, as the date for a constitutional referendum, according to a decree read out on state television on Tuesday evening, in a potential first step towards returning to constitutional…

South African opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, has written to the speaker of parliament seeking to block lawmakers from meeting on Wednesday to vote on the next stage of the budget process. The EFF said in a letter to…

The Congo government and M23 rebels aim to hold direct talks on April 9, sources from both camps said on Tuesday, a potential boost to Qatar's efforts to end the Central African country's worst fighting in decades. The meeting in Doha…

Jubilations erupted in Uhudim Uhuobo community, Okija, in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, as the Chief Executive Officer of Akpoazaa Foundation, Frank Igbojindu, awarded scholarships to 11 deserving students during a…

Two Kenyan police officers deployed in Haiti have been seriously injured in clashes with gangs over the past week, three officers told the Newsmen. The injuries add to the growing list of casualties as the mission faces increasingly…

The Liberian government has announced the arrival of a massive shipment of donated rice from Japan, totaling 2,640 metric tons. This donation is part of the Japanese Grant Commodity Program, which aims to support Liberia's socioeconomic…