The evangelical movement in Africa has never been so successful. With their unabashed celebration of material success, megachurches from Lagos to Kinshasa attract tens of thousands of worshippers every Sunday, making their millionaire…
A quiet succession battle to replace Raila Odinga as the leader of the opposition Azimio la Umoja coalition and the Orange Democratic Movement party, has started, as the veteran leader lobbies for the chairmanship of the African Union…
Sall’s proposed amnesty for prisoners involved in protests since 2021 could itself prove divisive: some critics say it would release violent protesters, while others claim it would exonerate government officials for civilian deaths.
Yemi Kale, Nigeria’s longest-serving statistician-general and chief executive officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has joined the African Export-Import Bank less than a year after he returned to the private sector.
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) is under pressure to grow the stuttering economy and regain voter trust ahead of the general elections in three months. Analysts warn Nelson Mandela’s party may lose its national…
Land ownership and rights remain contentious in Zimbabwe nearly 25 years after the harsh Land Reform Programme. New mass evictions by the government affect around 4,000 people – many card-carrying members of ZANU-PF.
With the theme of ‘The Wake’ and the United States as guest country, the young Franco-Senegalese artistic director of this year’s Dakar Biennale aims to create a truly international show that strengthens the contemporary art ecosystem on…
The media rebranding attempts of the infamous Sudan Rapid Support Forces militia commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, AKA Hemeti, have reached unprecedented and absurd levels.
Nigeria’s anti-graft commission has launched a crackdown on Bureaux de Change (BDCs) in the country as the government ramps up efforts to tackle a forex crisis.
To save ECOWAS from ‘disunity’, Nigeria’s 89-year-old former president Yakubu Gowon has returned to the pulpit to ask for sanctions against the rebel states to be lifted, and is pleading with them to ‘come back’.
Coups, wars, and bureaucratic barriers at borders are stumbling blocks to implementing Africa’s free trade agreement, which is championed by the former president of a country that experienced a coup itself recently.
More than 1.3 million Burkinabes and half a million Malians live in the Côte d’Ivoire thanks to ECOWAS freedom of movement, many of them running small businesses. They fear for their livelihoods and their right to remain now that Burkina…
Senegal’s embattled President Macky Sall said Thursday night that his mandate as president will end on 2 April, putting to rest concerns he may prolong his mandate amid confusion over his election postponement.
The US asset manager’s climate fund has reached an agreement with Denmark’s Vestas to buy its stake in the Lake Turkana project, Africa’s largest wind farm.
Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the majority leader of Ghana’s parliament and a vice presidential contender, has resigned after days of speculations that the leadership of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) was planning to remove him.
Somalia’s lawmakers have approved a 10-year defence deal with Turkey, at a time when the Horn of Africa nation is locked in a dispute with Ethiopia over a maritime deal that Addis signed with Somaliland.
Guinea’s transitional president could no longer tolerate the power struggle between the prime minister and the justice minister, opening the way for a greater military presence in the next cabinet.
Oumar Touray, president of the regional body, is optimistic a solution can be found over the pending departure of coup states Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger – and Senegal’s stalled election.
African Union leaders once again discussed their stance towards Israel, and while the matter didn’t dominate discussions like in the previous two summits, three countries showed strong support.
During the turbulent military rule of Nigeria’s General Sani Abacha, activist Shehu Sani – young, fearless and determined – didn’t shy away from challenging the status quo, an attitude that would see him sentenced to life in jail. 25 years…
The government plans to hike taxes and increase spending on social grants as it heads towards general elections in May amid sluggish growth and high debt.
Critics fear that the new balance of power in the National Assembly may embolden ZANU-PF to defy the constitution and push for a third term for President Emmerson Mnangagwa.