Rising attacks by jihadists and criminal gangs, including a brazen attack near the capital, are giving Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari a headache as he reviews his last six months in office.
Kenyans lined up to vote in a high-stakes election on Tuesday, with the East African power center jittery as two political heavyweights clashed in a fierce race for the presidency.
Millions of Kenyans head to the polls next Tuesday as two political veterans William Ruto, and Raila Odinga are locked in a bitter battle for the presidency.
The party of Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou Nguesso won 111 seats out of 151 members of the National Assembly after two rounds of general elections, according to official results announced on Tuesday.
A Kenyan court on Thursday ordered Rigathi Gachagua, a politician running for vice president in next month's election to forfeit nearly $1.7 million that had been frozen in a corruption probe.
Somalia's parliament on Monday agreed to give Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre more time to form a government a month after his appointment in the troubled Horn of Africa nation.
Kenya main presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, will not take part in an upcoming election debate, his campaign team announced on Sunday, accusing his main rival William Ruto of avoiding issues such as corruption.
Ethiopian police on Wednesday arrested the head of Ethiopia's National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) Mitiku Kassa on charges of corruption.
President Lazarus Chakwera says the SADC Parliamentary Forum 51st Plenary Assembly perfectly aligns with his desire and efforts to promote regional integration towards the end of his tenure as SADC Chair.
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has defended the decision to seek assistance from the IMF, saying there is a need to restore public finances after the twin shocks of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
