Togo’s first woman to run for president alongside another opposition leader are being held by the authorities after they were arrested over the weekend. Brigitte Adjamagbo-Johnson, who in 2010 was

Chibeze Ezekiel, a Ghanaian environmental champion has been announced as the recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize 2020, citing his commitment to pushing for good governance in Ghana’s environmental sector

Nigerians will remain at the mercy of terrorists as the country has been denied access to acquire adequate weapons to tackle insurgency, that’s according to Lai Mohammed, the Nigerian Minister

The Nigerian government has subtly blamed the slaughtering of over 100 farmers by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on the farmers failure to carry out due diligence and not obtaining a

Nigeria’s federal government will treat any fresh demonstration against perceived police brutality or any other issue, particularly if it threatens to disrupt peace and security of any part of the

In pursuit of economic recovery and implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), the federal government has announced the installation of N140 billion (about $369m) solar systems in five million

The Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) project in Nigeria will receive support funding of $500 million from the African Development Bank (AfDP), and $200 million, pledged by the International Fund

A new study by a consortium of African medical doctors has given reasons why the Covid-19 pandemic appeared not to have had the catastrophic effect on the health indices in

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says government forces are now “fully in control” of the regional capital of the northern Tigray region. The army earlier entered Mekelle as it stepped

The United Nations has said Sudan needs $150 million in aid to cope with the flood of Ethiopian refugees crossing its border from conflict-stricken Tigray. The UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi while visiting

The Nigerian government is demanding an “immediate apology and retraction from the British government over an “unsubstantiated” claim by a member of its parliament that a former Nigerian head of state Yakubu Gowon, looted

Students in Nigeria may be heading back to the classrooms after the meeting between the Federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ended on a positive note, with

South Africa can’t implement a pay deal with public servants because it would precipitate a fiscal crisis, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said. The government and labour unions will square off

On hearing of the passing of Hon Justice Dolapo Akinsanya, I was immediately reminded of the kind of person she was; a woman who had the courage of her convictions.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has again ruled out dialogue with the leaders of the defiant Tigray region during a meeting with three African Union special envoys. Abiy told the

The Ethiopian military has seized control of the town of Wikro, 50 km (30 miles) north of the Tigrayan capital, a senior official said on Friday, a day after the