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At least 20 children have died after fire gutted their classrooms in Niger.The fire started around the entrance of the school, which has a population of...

Benin's President Patrice Talon has been re-elected with 86% of the votes, provisional results released by the national electoral commission shows. His closest rival, Allasane...

The former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré is to face charges of murder of Thomas Sankara. Compaoré ousted Thomas Sankara in 1987 and has...

Some Nigerians have not been happy with the decision to pick Ghana as host of the Africa headquarters of social media giant Twitter.Making the...

Somalia’s Lower House of Parliament has voted to approve a bill to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s term in office by two years. The controversial...

The governments of Tanzania and Uganda on Sunday signed a long awaited oil deal with international oil firms—French Total E&P, and China’s Cnooc.The deal...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan arrived in Uganda on Sunday for her first foreign trip and state visit since becoming President.President Hassan inspected a...

Voters are choosing a new president in Chad's Presidential election on Sunday with the incumbent Idriss Deby Itno set to secure a sixth term...

Benin’s President Patrice Talon had previously vowed to serve only one term in office but he now seeks a second term of five more...

Djibouti's President Ismael Omar Guelleh’s tenure in office has been renewed by voters in Friday's presidential election.The 73-year-old leader, one of Africa’s longest serving...