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44 African leaders on Wednesday signed onto the world’s largest free trade area at a gathering in Rwanda with countries like Nigeria and Uganda missing out for the mean time.

The Nigerian government has said that 76 of the over 100 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants on February 19 have been released.

Kenya’s ruling Jubilee party has defended its hiring of a private British behavioural research and strategic communication company, SCL.

Rights group Amnesty International has accused Nigeria's army of ignoring warnings about the abduction of over 100 school girls in the country’s Yobe state.

The United States of America is to set up a military base in Ghana with the government of West African nation reported to have approved an agreement to that effect.

The ruling party in Zimbabwe Zanu PF has warned that its former leader Robert Mugabe could soon lose his immunity and privileges as a former head of state.

The President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that about $591 million in stolen public funds have been returned by Zimbabweans.

On Saturday, Africa's only serving female head of state Ameenah Gurib-Fakim Mauritius finally decided to resign after mounting pressure for her to do so.

South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has announced that the country's former president Jacob Zuma would be facing corruption charges and stand trial subsequently.

The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa has responded to criticisms from his predecessor Robert Mugabe who has questioned his legitimacy.