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United States authorities announced that they are imposing sanctions against Guinea's former leader Alpha Condé. The sanctions are related to violence against opponents before being ousted in a coup in 2021. The former Guinean leader…

Namibian Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is an inch closer to becoming the south-western country's first female president. Namibia’s ruling party on Monday elected Nandi-Ndaitwah as its vice president, making her the…

A court in the Comoros on Monday handed down a life sentence for high treason to ex-president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi. The 64-year-old was convicted of selling passports to stateless people living in the Gulf. Sambi headed the Indian…

Prosecutors in the Comoros have sought a life sentence for former president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi who was tried in absentia for high treason. Sambi, 64, the arch opponent to current president Azali Assoumani, faces charges related to the…

Hundreds of Ghanaians took to the streets of the capital Accra on calling for the resignation of President Nana Akufo-Addo following record inflation and the government's handling of the economic crisis After once promising a "Ghana…

Three people have been killed in scuffles over food aid at a displaced persons' camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Many people in the Kanyarucyinya camp have fled fighting between the M23 militia and President Félix Tshisekedi…

Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo, has addressed the nation to explain the raft of measures his government will be taking to see its way out of financial turmoil, including measures to support domestic production. Among these measures,…

Zimbabwe's ruling party, ZANU-PF, endorses President Emmerson Mnangagwa as sole party candidate ahead of next year's polls. Speaking at the party's congress in Harare, President Mnangagwa called for unity in the party. “Let us…

The current chairman of Ecowas, Umaro Sissoco Embalo was welcomed in Moscow by President Vladimir Putin. If discussions regarding grain exports were on the agenda, Embalo urged the Russian leader to find a peaceful resolution to the war…

Angolan President Joao Lourenço delivered his first speech before the National Assembly since his re-election admitting to devoting all his strength and attention to the search for the best conditions for the population. The speech comes…