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The President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has told journalists in Ghana’s capital, Accra that the first president of that country, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the best African leader ever.

The Sudanese government has expressed its dissatisfaction at the latest travel ban issued by President of the United States (US) Donal John Trump. Sudan called for a reversal of what it described as a ‘harsh decision.’

A disaffected South Sudanese army general who quit his position last month announced on Monday that he had formed a new anti-government rebel group, underscoring mounting resistance to the rule of incumbent president Salva Kiir.

There is outrage in The Gambia over the attack on a journalist by supporters of ruling coalition party, the United Democratic Party (UDP).

Nigeria has advised its citizens against any non-urgent travel to the United States until Washington clarifies its immigration policy, after several incidents in which...

Thousands of Ghanaians gathered at the country’s black stars square in the capital Accra on Monday for a national event to mark 60 years of gaining independence from Britain.

Eight people have been confirmed dead in a stampede in Lusaka, Zambia on Sunday. Over 20 others also sustained injuries in the stampede at a church event.

Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied a report by a UK newspaper that he snubbed an offer by the British air force to rescue more than 200 girls abducted by the Boko Haram in April 2014 from a boarding school in the town of Chibok.

Some 110 people have died in southern Somalia in the last two days from famine and diarrhoea resulting from a drought, the prime minister...