A group of Yoruba separatist activists brought a petition to the British government this week seeking to secede from Nigeria.

With half the votes tallied, Daniel Chapo has more than 50%, but results suggest RENAMO is no longer the largest opposition ...

President William Ruto nominates interior and national administration minister Kithure Kindiki as Kenya’s second in command, ...

Co-founder and managing director Layi Fatona see the listing as a crucial step in the maturing of Nigeria’s indigenous oil ...

Ugandan veteran politician, freedom fighter and medical doctor, Kizza Besigye sits down with ‘The Africa Report’ to discuss ...

Pushing out DP Rigathi Gachagua and installing a loyalist will ‘balkanise’ the Mt Kenya region vote, according to the doyen ...

Facing economic hardship, high unemployment and environmental degradation, Ghana’s young voters demand meaningful change as ...

Unemployment and slow economic growth take centre stage in election campaigns ahead of Botswana’s 30 October poll.

Raising $90bn for Africa’s electrification by 2030 will be difficult as public, concessional, and private sector ...

Kidnapped in Gabon on 17 July and forcibly extradited to Yaoundé, activist Yves Kibuh Bershu, also known as ‘Ramon Cotta’, ...

The possible successors to Kenya’s deputy president Rigathi Gachagua, after he was dramatically pushed out on 18 October.

Governments leaders in the Commonwealth are heading to Samoa next week to elect a new secretary-general, with ministers from ...