As tensions rise over the oil and fuel crisis in the Republic of Niger, Algeria has for the first time in decades approved the deployment of troops to a foreign country. This comes as Niger battles shortages caused in part ... Read More

Burkina Faso has reinstated the death penalty following a unanimous vote by the country’s unelected legislature, the Justice Ministry has announced. The new penal code reverses the abolition of capital punishment in 2018, reports africanews. Authorities say the move aims ... Read More

Gabon’s media regulator said access to social media was restored on Saturday after an eight-month suspension that sparked widespread criticism, reports africanews. The High Communication Authority (HAC) pulled the plug on social networks on 17 February, blaming content posted online ... Read More

Ghana has ordered its mining regulator to standardise pay and employment conditions across the industry, a move that could ease union concerns over a planned shift of mining operations from multinational companies to local contractors by December, reports Business Day ... Read More

Former Senegalese President Macky Sall has withdrawn his candidacy for the position of UN Secretary-General following opposition to his nomination and controversy over the African Union’s endorsement process, reports Premium Times Nigeria. In a post on X on Saturday, Sall ... Read More

Botswana has entered the race for the leadership of the World Health Organisation, nominating Armenian paediatric oncologist Dr Gevorg Tamamyan to succeed DG Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, whose second term ends in August 2027. The Mail & Guardian reports that ... Read More

Libya's Foreign Ministry summoned the US chargé d'affaires yesterday to protest against rally statements by President Donald Trump it described as ‘offensive’, after he called the North African nation ‘terror-infested’, reports Polity. The ministry said it rejected any ... Read More

Ugandans returning from neighbouring DRC will be quarantined for 21 days, the Health Ministry has said, as the country tightens restrictions to contain the spread of Ebola virus, reports BBC News. More than 4 800 people have died in DRC ... Read More

The DRC’s National Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a law regulating the organisation of referendums, a significant legislative development amid growing political tensions over possible constitutional changes that could allow President Félix Tshisekedi to seek a third term, according to ChimpReports ... Read More

Despite tensions between the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) and the Confederation of Sahel States (AES), recent advances reflect a broader regional trend, writes Djiby Sow, senior researcher, ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel, in ... Read More

It’s not often that the courts in Tanzania write a judgment that has significance for human rights in that country. Or that a constitutional petition will even be entertained, let alone succeed. Carmel Rickar, in her A Matter of Justice ... Read More

’We are a great people driven revolutionary movement which can never be stopped.’  Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe President, after the ruling Zanu-PF party endorsed him to remain its leader beyond 2028   ‘All six of my children died in Shakahola ... Read More

‘’The harder you work, the luckier you get.’  Mike Adenuga, a Nigerian business magnate whose net worth is estimated at $4.7bn, according to Forbes Read More

Domestication of crops like oil palm and black-eyed peas began in West Africa around 9 000-5 000 BCE, alongside early iron smelting by the Nok civilisation from 500 BCE. Read More