Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has taken the oath to officially begin a sixth term in office making him the East African country’s longest-serving President. Mr Museveni, who has ruled Uganda since

Kenya has suspended flights to Somalia just days after its neighbour said diplomatic ties between the two countries had been normalised following months of tension. On Tuesday, the Kenya Civil

The Nigerian government has said attacks by gunmen on security personnel is an attack on the state and a declaration of war against the nation. Lai Mohammed, the country’s minister of information

Governors of Nigeria’s Southern States have expressed grave concerns over worsening insecurity and “strongly” called on the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari to address citizens on the challenges. The 17 southern states Governors also banned open grazing

The seventeen governors of Nigeria’s southern states have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency convoke a national dialogue. The Southern Governors forum stated this on Tuesday in

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has approved new measures to tackle the growing insecurity in the southeast and south-south region of the country. The security measures to be deployed to tackle insecurity, according to

Nigeria is among an “amber list” of countries on Britain’s new international travel advisory once foreign holidays become legal in England. As England goes into the next phase of the roadmap

Portugal and Mozambique have signed a new military agreement that will see troops of the southern African country trained to confront a growing Islamist insurgency in the north of the

The Suez Canal Authority says there are plans to expand and deepen the southern stretch of the waterway where the container ship Ever Given got stuck in March, Chairman Osama

11 people have been killed and four wounded in a school shooting in the Russian city of Kazan.   According to the Interfax news agency, two gunmen opened fire in

For the tenth time, Nigeria’s entrepreneurial giant and richest black man on earth, Mr. Aliko Dangote, has retained his position as the richest man in Africa with a net worth

Nigeria’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is demanding the removal of the country’s transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi, and the suspended Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Usman, over unremitted

The Nigerian government has declared Wednesday and Thursday as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Shuaib Belgore disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Mr Belgore quoted

Suspended managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman says media reports claiming she solely awarded ports contract during her tenure is irresponsible and mischievous. Ms Usman stated this in a statement she personally

Kenyan police authorities are investigating a case of a female police officer complaining about mistreatment and sexual harassment, in a video shared widely. In the video, the officer is asking

Six people including senior police officers were killed after a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a police station in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The bomber detonated the bombs at Waberi District Police Station killing

The Joint Action Civil Society Coalition/Nigeria Mourns has called on Nigerians to participate in a series of mass action across the country on May 26 against the administration of President

The disturbing security situation in Nigeria appears to have turned two governors against each other as the Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai and his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom