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Despites concerns from environmental organisations, Kenyan president William Ruto announced on Sunday he will lift a logging ban which has been in place since 2018. Speaking at a church service in Molo, a town around 200km north-west of…

South Africa's president has been exonerated of charges of misconduct and betraying the honor of his office in a burglary scandal that almost cost him his job last year, the country's ombudswoman announced on Friday. The scandal broke in…

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio looked on course for re-election on Monday after the electoral commission said he had a clear lead with 60 percent of the votes counted. Bio had garnered 55.86 percent of ballots cast, more than…

Kenyan President William Ruto has enacted a contentious new finance bill which will see the introduction of new taxes, amidst fierce criticism from the opposition and public. Announced by the presidency on Monday, the bill will see an…

The Director-General National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Runsewe, says that President Bola Tinubu has the capacity to take the nation’s tourism sector to the desired destination. READ MORE: Stakeholders Seek More Media…

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) is in Paris for the Global Financial Pact. Summit for a New Speaking ahead of the talks launch, Akinwumi Adesina aimed at rich countries whose financial commitments to Africa, some…

A 170-page long complaint has been lodged against Senegalese president Macky Sall. His main opponent Ousmane Sonko has filed a criminal complaint in France for "crimes against humanity" allegedly committed between March 2021 and June…

Climate activists denounce COP28 president and head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Sultan al-Jaber, ahead of meeting in Dubai later in the year. Kenyan climate activist, Eric Njuguna, and Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg,…

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, 78, has announced that he had taken a "forced leave of absence" after testing positive for Covid-19. "Yesterday morning, I noticed symptoms resembling mild flu," the head of state wrote in a statement,…

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa sought to reassure residents of a community near the capital, Pretoria, after an outbreak of cholera killed 29 people. During a visit to the local water treatment plant, Ramaphosa admitted the…