The former opposition leader turned budget minister argues that economic growth has restored the country’s financial ...

Once the face of South Africa’s opposition, Tony Leon is back in the spotlight after his communications firm was accused of ...

The continued imprisonment of outspoken politician and Tinubu critic shines a spotlight on ‘lawfare’ in Nigeria, writes ...

The Republic of Congo’s finance minister has begun to put Brazzaville’s debt back on a more sustainable path. Drawing on his ...

President Mahama’s response to devastating floods is a sprawling new administrative capital. But urban planners warn that ...

With crucial elections looming, desperate and unemployed youth in Nairobi are being hired for pennies to crush political ...

From textile hubs in Madagascar to cocoa processors in Côte d’Ivoire, exporters are preparing for a tougher US trade regime ...

Bissau has become the constant companion on Macky Sall’s bid for the UN’s top job, turning a decades-old mentor-protégé ...

Now head of the Congo River Alliance (CRA) and allied with the Rwanda-backed M23, Corneille Nangaa Yubeluo has seized key cities, including Goma, and vows to march on Kinshasa. Sentenced to death in ...

Assistant Secretary of State Frank Garcia is travelling to Nigeria, Mali and Côte d’Ivoire for his inaugural trip to the ...

A church ordinance banning alcohol and khat, while requiring “symbols of sanctity”, has reignited a decades-old dispute over ...

For 13 years, Danladi Umar sat in judgment over Nigeria’s political elite, freeing Bola Tinubu, prosecuting ex-Senate ...