Mozambique’s defence ministry has blamed Islamist militants for carrying out Wednesday’s attack in the northern town of Palma, close to a multi-billion dollar gas project run by French oil giant

Northern elders on Wednesday said the various challenges facing Nigeria must be fixed before the nation could hold a general election in 2023, warning that except that is done, the

Nigeria’s Presidency has said reports of a rift between President Muhammadu Buhari and a leader of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, are the handiwork of some

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is predicted to fall short of securing the seats needed to form a new government in Israel’s fourth election in two years, according to exit polls.

Chairman of the National Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Mai Mala Buni, Tuesday unfolded plans by the party to rule Nigeria for 32 consecutive

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday attributed the rising separatist movements in the country to frustration arising from the disenchantment of the agitators with the perceived failure of

Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected with more than 88% of the vote, official results showed on Tuesday, extending his 36 years leading the country despite a

Israelis began voting on Tuesday in the country’s fourth parliamentary election in two years — a highly charged referendum on the divisive rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Public opinion

The UN, the US, Canada, the African Union and several European nations have called on Somalia’s political leaders to “show leadership” by reaching an agreement on elections that were delayed

No less than 40 people have been killed in suspected militant attacks in Niger’s western Tahoua region on Sunday, hours after the constitutional court validated the election of Mohamed Bazoum

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says the attack by gunmen on Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom should not be politicised, describing it as unacceptable demanding a stop to the string of

The leading opposition candidate in Congo-Brazzaville’s presidential election is in hospital with Covid-19 while voting is under way. After casting his ballot, President Sassou N’Guesso, who is widely expected to

Thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, just days before the country’s fourth general election in less than two years. Widespread protests

As Nigeria’s governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) struggle to hammer out a deal on the zoning of their presidential slots ahead of

Voters in the Republic of the Congo will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a president in a vote boycotted by the country’s leading opposition party. President Denis

Kano State Governor Umar Ganduje has said his administration will deal with those behind the 2018 “tampered videos” that allegedly showed him receiving kickbacks from contractors. He said the videos

A federal grand jury charged four leaders of the far-right Proud Boys with conspiring to block Congress from certifying US President Joe Biden’s election on the day of a deadly

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that US President Joe Biden’s comments about Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin, in which he called him a “killer”, were “unacceptable” and “not