The former head of Tunisia’s Anti-Corruption Committee was placed under house arrest, hours after security forces took control of the commission’s headquarters. Chawki Tabib was the head of the independent

As Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Islamist groups waging insurgencies in Africa were quick to celebrate. “God is great,” a media outlet linked to Somalia’s al-Shabab wrote in response to

Nigeria’s federal government on Friday said the demand by some Nigerians for the prosecution of repentant Boko Haram fighters rather than granting them amnesty, was against global best practices, and

Suspended microblogging site Twitter has accepted seven out of the 10 demands made by the Nigerian government for its suspension to be lifted in the West African country. The country’s

Kenya’s Appeal Court judges have upheld an earlier decision by a lower court blocking a government-backed plan to make fundamental changes to the country’s constitution, calling the project “unconstitutional and

Authorities in Uganda have suspended the work of at least 50 local NGOs for various reasons including failure to register. Others have been suspended indefinitely for failing to submit audited

  The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has accused all international oil companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria of being indebted to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the review of 368 grazing sites across 25 states in the country. The President’s directive followed his approval of recommendations of a committee to

Nigeria and South Korea have shown interest in broadening their bilateral relationship especially in the areas of political, economic, defence, education. This was expressed during the visit of South Korean

The imprisoned former South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma says the ruling African National Congress (ANC) benefited from the controversial arms deal. Zuma’s through his legal representatives wrote to the ruling

Operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday quizzed a former Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji. This followed the reported arrest of Mr Orji – now a

Egypt is trying its best to combact a looming water scarcity. The country is seeking partners to invest in a $2.5 billion initiative to build more than a dozen renewable

The African Development Bank Group and the Ministry of Finance in Ghana have launched a $7.4 million Institutional Support Project to strengthen domestic revenue mobilization and Debt Management Capacity. The

Burkina Faso’s military prosecutor has announced October 11 for the trial of the assassination of Thomas Sankara, a pan-African icon killed with 12 others in a 1987 coup in Ouagadougou, “The military prosecutor

Mali’s leader Col Assimi Goïta gave a short address Wednesday to the nation justifying the coup he led a year ago. He said the army could not just stand by and

The United States is sending nearly half a million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Rwanda, including the first doses from the Biden administration’s 500 million global pledge earlier this

The United Arab Emirates has excluded Nigeria from a list of countries whose citizens are eligible to apply for visa-on-arrival into the Middle East country. According to reports, Etihad Airways released