Africa

Nigeria’s highest-ranking judicial officer Justice Tanko Muhammad has resigned from his position. Multiple local reports say Muhammad, Nigeria’s Chief Justice, resigned on the grounds of […]

The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting has officially opened in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. The host, President Paul Kagame, who takes over chairmanship of the 54-nation […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed support for a wide-ranging but controversial economic reform programme being implemented by the government in Tunisia. The country […]

The African Union (AU) has suspended its participation in the UN-facilitated talks to end the Sudan political crisis. Its representative in the talks cited lack […]

Three former Nigeria football officials who were kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday night have been freed, confirmed a police spokesperson without giving details. The kidnappers […]

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called the “horrific” killings of scores of ethnic minorities in attacks in the country’s west “unacceptable” saying restoring peace […]

The US embassy in Mali has issued an alert over a possible terror attack in the capital, Bamako, that could target key government facilities and […]

Two opposition MPs have been arrested in Zimbabwe following violent protests over the killing of an opposition member in Chitungwiza near the capital, Harare. Political […]

More than 30,000 people have fled their homes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following heavy fighting between the army and M23 rebels in Rutshuru, […]

The UN General Assembly has elected Mozambique as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for a two-year-term beginning January. Other countries elected in […]