Guest Column - Zimbabwe is marking 46 years of independence (1980–2026)—a journey that began on 18 April 1980, when the country attained majority rule and stepped into a future defined by ...

Analysis - Angola's minister of agriculture, Isaac dos Anjos, deserves a peculiar kind of congratulations. By speaking so bluntly, he has done the country a public service: he has stripped away the ...

BICICI, the Abidjan-based, BRVM-listed lender now owned by an Ivorian state consortium, posted a 39% jump in net profit for the year ended December 31, 2025 -- the clearest sign yet that the bank's ...

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) envoy to Sudan, has said that the 'quintet' group -- comprising the African Union, IGAD, the United Nations, the European Union, and the League of ...

Document - The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, ...

Analysis - An overpriced deal has put pensioners' savings at risk - and raised questions about governance under Malawi's returning president.

Across war-torn Sudan, women and girls "are telling a consistent story of continued experience of danger, and risks for gender-based violence" whether when fleeing to safety or arriving at ...

Senior UN officials painted a sorry picture of South Sudan on Friday at the Security Council, describing political turmoil, rising violence, hunger and disease, amid budget cuts that are limiting the ...

On May 12, 2026, Yoweri Museveni will take the oath of office for a seventh time as president of Uganda. Statistics show that 75% to 80% of the country's population was born after 1986 and, therefore, ...

The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 7, AIG Victor Olaiya, has ordered a comprehensive investigation into allegations that personnel of the zonal headquarters Cybercrime Section ...

The licences include four exploration permits and two small-scale mining licences, previously held by Continental Lithium Limited.

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has denied any involvement in the 2018 Offa bank robbery, describing fresh criminal charges filed against him by the Kwara State Government as politically ...