Electoral authorities in Seychelles have declared opposition candidate Wavel Ramkalawan the new president of the East African country upsetting incumbent Danny Faure in Saturday’s vote. Ramkalawan polled nearly 54.9% according to the country’s

A former Nigerian presidential candidate and former governor of Cross-river state Donald Duke has described the ongoing unrest in the state and across the country as a national problem where

Nigerian activist and prominent cultural leader Chief Gani Adams believes the only way out of Nigeria’s lingering institutional problems is to restructure the country constitutionally. Adams, is the Aare Ona

Ethiopia has denounced “belligerent threats” regarding a dispute with Egypt and Sudan over the operation of its massive hydropower dam, hours after US President Donald Trump suggested Cairo would eventually

One hundred and eighteen elephant tusks were seized in Ambam, in southern Cameroon, a hotspot for ivory trafficking near the border with Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, Jean-Claude Ekoube, head of

Attackers have stormed a school in southwestern Cameroon with guns and machetes, killing at least eight children and wounding a dozen more, according to the United Nations. Arriving on motorbikes

Electoral authorities in Guinea has declared President Alpha Conde of Guinea winner of Sunday’s election with 59.49% of the vote, defeating his main rival Cellou Diallo who received 33.50% of

Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has relaxed an earlier announced 48-hour curfew on the state and says restriction of movement will now be from 6 pm to 8 am commencing

The head of the Nigeria Police Force has ordered the immediate mobilization of the police to quell all instances of violence, looting and destruction of property across the country. The

The Rwandan education ministry has said it will start carrying out inspections in schools to make sure pregnancy tests are no longer carried out on girls. It described as discriminatory and

Voters in The Seychelles are casting their ballots in the presidential and parliamentary elections spanning three days with Saturday the main day of voting. The exercise had opened on Thursday for

Sudan and Israel have agreed to normalize relations, making it the third Arab state to do so as part of US brokered deals in the run-up to Election Day. The

Libya’s warring factions signed a permanent ceasefire agreement on Friday, after five days of talks in Geneva. The UN, which brokered the deal said the ceasefire would start immediately and all

Instagram has apologized for wrongly labelling posts in support of Nigeria’s #EndSARS protests as false. On Wednesday, Facebook and Instagram flagged posts about the protests and Tuesday night’s shootings of

Preliminary results released in Guinea have shown President Alpha Condé as the winner of a controversial election that keeps him in office as president for a third term. The election commission released fresh results

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday expressed concern about the civil unrest in Lagos and some other parts of Nigeria, following the shooting of some #EndSARS protesters at the

Top US officials met with Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Thursday, following concerning civil unrest in the country precipitated by shooting of peaceful protesters in Lekki, Lagos on Tuesday. According