34-year-old Captain Ibrahim Traoré is Burkina Faso's new junta leader and West Africa’s current youngest leader.
Capt Traoré toppled his former boss, Lt Col Paul-Henri...
Burkina Faso army Captain Ibrahim Traore has ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government.
That is the second coup in eight months in...
Renowned Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga has been convicted of inciting violence after carrying a placard that called for political reform.
She paid a fine of...
At least 11 soldiers have been killed and 50 civilians reported missing after armed fighters attacked a military convoy.
The 150-vehicle military-escorted convoy was taking...
A number of police officers in Nigeria are facing dismissal and prosecution for illegal detentions and torture.
A panel set up by Nigeria's National Human...
Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo was booed by disenchanted Ghanaians when he mounted the stage to address the Global Citizen Festival hosted in the...
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo will run again for office in November's elections, his son and vice president has said.
Teodoro Obiang Nguema...
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has announced it has raised $14.25 billion at a donor conference on Wednesday.
The outbreak of...
The Ebola outbreak in Uganda is fast spreading with the country's health ministry confirming six new cases.
Officials confirmed one case triggering the latest outbreak...
Amid increasing tensions, French President Emmanuel Macron hosted a meeting between leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tensions have largely been related...
