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Former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang was sentenced on Friday in a New York court to eight and a half years in prison for his role in the “hidden debt” corruption scandal, which caused an economic crisis in Mozambique. Six of…

Zambia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that former President Edgar Lungu is ineligible to stand for re-election in 2026, citing constitutional limits on presidential terms. The court determined that Lungu, 68, has already served the…

U.S. President Joe Biden held talks with his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço in Luanda during the start of his visit to the sub-Sahara African nation. “I'm very proud to be the first American president to visit Angola and I'm deeply…

The list of presidential hopefuls in Ivory Coast just grew bigger. The latest entrant is the ex-wife of former President Laurent Gbagbo. Simone Ehivet won the nomination of her party, the Movement of Capable Generations (MGC) at a…

Former Minister for Energy, Irene Muloni who now serves as the Woman MP for Bulambuli district called for residents to be relocated from the disaster-hit Bulambuli District. 45 houses have been completely buried. At least 15 people…

Heavy gunfire erupted in South Sudan’s capital of Juba at the home of the country's former spy chief who has been under house arrest for the past two months, residents said. According to witnesses, soldiers exchanged fire with General…

Former President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and current African Union High Representative, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has called for unity and development as Africa faces political instability. Ibn…

Ivory Coast's former trade minister Jean-Louis Billon says he would seek the nomination of the opposition PDCI party for the country's 2025 presidential election, challenging party leader and former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam.…

South Africa's former finance and labour minister and first Black central bank governor Tito Mboweni has died aged 65 following a brief illness, the presidency said. Mboweni was an anti-apartheid activist as a student who later became…

Ali Bongo Ondimba who was deposed in a coup in August last year has addressed Gabonese. In an open letter, the former president announced his decision to definitely quit politics and called for the liberation of his wife, and his son…