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Voters in Benin go to the polls on Sunday for a parliamentary election seen as a test of democracy as opposition parties are back on the ballot after boycotting or being excluded from the most recent presidential and legislative votes.…

Cyril Ramaphosa, 70, is the only candidate ahead of his former health minister, Zweli Mkhize, for president of the African National Congress (ANC). The party meets next week to decide who will lead the country if the increasingly…

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is initiating and embarking on new programmes and projects that will have meaningful impact on the life of citizens. The President of ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, who stated…

Most artists have travelled to the US for the 15th Headies Award, which is holding on 4th September, in Atlanta USA. Thousands of fans will be tuned into watch the award and cheer for their favorite…

The head of Burkina Faso's ruling junta has met the president he overthrew in a coup this year, for talks to "defuse" the political situation. Roch Marc Christian Kabore, the elected president until his ousting in January, was…

Africa is growing exponentially in terms of internet connectivity but at the same time lags behind on cybersecurity. This is a major concern and was the main theme during the first Africa’s cybersecurity summit organized in Togo’s…

Thousands of Tunisian opposition supporters demonstrated in the capital against President Kais Saied's power grab and the economic crisis in the North African country. "Poverty has increased", and "Famine is at our doorsteps", they…

The Senegalese President Macky Sall, who is also the current chairman of the African Union (AU), Wednesday had a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to "seek a lasting ceasefire" in Ukraine. The Chairman…

Making its gas potential a real lever for economic growth, the summit on oil, gas and energy transition in Libreville on the theme ''Reveal, develop and exploit the gas potential of Gabon'', aims to reduce the country's dependence on…

An Agric investment forum has seeks to highlight capital market and other non-conventional options to finance the sector in Nigeria is being organized by Welcome2Africa International (W2A), in collaboration with the Nigeria Incentive-Based…