Martha Koome, a Kenyan Court of Appeal judge has been nominated as the country’s next chief justice. Judge Koome will become the first woman to hold the position. The Judicial

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has testified as a witness before a long-running inquiry into allegations of corruption under his predecessor Jacob Zuma. In his opening statement, Mr Ramaphosa said

An American warship fired warning shots when vessels of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol in the Persian Gulf, the first such shooting in nearly four

Nigerian fintech firm, Flutterwave has been named a “Pioneer” on TIME’s 2021 list of the 100 Most Influential Companies in the World. The firm is the only African company in

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has announced he will not attempt to extend his term by two years, bowing to domestic and international pressure after clashes in the capital, Mogadishu.

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) on Tuesday doubled down on its recent disclosure that Nigeria does not know its actual daily oil production. The Executive Secretary of the

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday reached out to the United States and other important and strategic partners for help in combating the worsening security challenges facing Nigeria. Buhari, during

A former President of Nigeria’s Senate, Bukola Saraki says the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari has been overwhelmed by the worsening insecurity, one which the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal

Two Spanish citizens have been killed in an ambush in eastern Burkina Faso, the Spanish government said. The Spanish journalists and an Irish citizen went missing during an attack by

Israel is committing the crimes of apartheid and persecution against Arabs in the occupied territories and Israel itself, Human Rights Watch says. The 213-page report from the leading human rights

Protesters in N’Djamena, the Chadian capital have burnt tyres and French flags, with smoke filling the sky in the country’s capital. Their rallying cry is the dissolution of the transitional military council. They

A former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar says the federal government must stop treating acts of criminality with kid gloves as darkness awaits the country if nothing is done to put an

Civilians in Somali are fleeing several areas of the capital, Mogadishu, fearing renewed clashes between forces supporting President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and those backing the opposition. Both sides have occupied different parts

Yet to be identified gunmen have attacked the Ebonyi State division of the Federal High Court, and reportedly used petrol bombs to set the federal institution ablaze. The building, located in Abakaliki, the southeastern Ebonyi state capital

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari held late-night meetings with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and former Interim National Chairman of the party, Bisi Akande, in the State House,

Nigeria ranks eighth in a list of countries most interested in cryptocurrency in the world, according to a new study. Since its launch, cryptocurrency has been surrounded by a lot