Politics

Sudan’s national football team for people of short stature is continuing to train through war, displacement and financial hardship as players pursue a place at a World Cup in Morocco later this year. The team is preparing for the second…

The African Union has opened a new continental youth capacity-building programme in Addis Ababa, bringing young Africans into a four-day initiative focused on democracy, governance, peace and security. The programme began on 25th August…

Liberia has agreed to receive up to 1,200 people deported from the United States over the next year under an arrangement that expands Washington’s use of African countries as destinations for third-country removals. The first group of 20…

Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby has replaced the two senior officials leading the country’s anti-corruption authority following a dispute surrounding an attempted audit of the state-owned Chadian Hydrocarbons Company. The president…

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has secured another five years in office after winning the country’s presidential election, giving his government a renewed mandate as Zambia attempts to turn economic recovery into broader gains for…

India is moving closer to finalising a landmark $35 billion defence agreement with France for 114 Dassault Rafale fighter jets, with the majority of the aircraft expected to be manufactured locally under a major technology transfer and co…

Burkina Faso is facing renewed diplomatic pressure from the United States just six months after Washington committed up to $147 million in health assistance to the West African nation, highlighting the increasingly complex relationship…

Zambia's Electoral Commission has suspended the counting of votes following reports of violence and ballot paper theft a day after the country held presidential and parliamentary elections, raising uncertainty over when official results…

Zambians are heading to the polls in the country's eighth general election since the return to multiparty democracy in 1991, with the state of the economy emerging as one of the defining issues for voters. President Hakainde Hichilema and…

Two Ghanaian nationals have petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a preliminary investigation into recent anti migrant violence in South Africa, arguing that attacks against foreign nationals may amount to crimes against…