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Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has officially launched a 10-year implementation plan for the country. The aim of the plan is turn Malawi from one of the poorest countries in the world to a lower middle income country by 2030. The…

Jose Maria Neves has been sworn in as new president of Cape Verde. During his swearing in , he vowed to strengthen relations with West Africa and the Portuguese-speaking world while defending his island nation's "strength and stability".…

Gambian President Adama Barrow will face five challengers in an election on 4th December, the first vote in 27 years not to include exiled former leader Yahya Jammeh, who fled the country after refusing to accept his defeat five years ago.…

The Gambian President Adama Barrow has declared his candidacy for the 4th December presidential poll, with campaigning in the hotly contested election set to begin next week. Thousands of supporters lined the streets in the capital…

A deadly blast in Kampala late on Saturday appeared to be an act of terrorism, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday. He said the explosion in the capital killed one person, although the Uganda Police chief political commissar…

Somalian president and prime minister resolved a dispute over appointments to security bodies, allowing a stalled process to elect a new parliament and president to go ahead, the government spokesman said late on Thursday. Somalia was…

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has on Tuesday met with his counterpart in Togo as part of his three-leg Africa trip. Erdogan and Faure Gnassingbe met in Lome for a day of discussions. It followed a meeting with Angolan President…

The former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo has launched a new political party, the African People's Party's congress,(PPA-CI) which marked his return to the forefront of the political scene, after ten years of absence. Gbagbo was…

President Joe Biden has met in the Oval Office with Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and pledged the U.S. will donate 17 million additional doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to the African Union. Speaking to reporters…

South Africa's former president, Jacob Zuma, speaks to his supporters for the first time since being released on parole in early September. The former ANC leader was released on medical grounds after serving two months of a 15-month…