Politics

Observer groups in Nigeria on Sunday cited irregularities in the voting process they said led to the disenfranchisement of some voters in the nation’s presidential and parliamentary elections. Read More:...

Egypt's foreign minister met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday in what is the first visit by a top Egyptian envoy to Syria since its civil war began in 2011. A...

The leaders of Botswana and Namibia have signed an agreement that will allow their citizens to cross the two countries' border without passports. Starting immediately, citizens of the two southern...

Macron is to visit Gabon for an environmental summit, followed by Angola, then the Republic of Congo, and finally the Democratic Republic of Congo. His visits come as alarm grows...

In this polling station in Lagos, Saturday (Feb. 25), voters were optimistic the election would be transparent. "The general election is going to be a free and fair one considering...

Nearly 90 million people are eligible to cast a ballot to elect the country’s next president and choose their representatives in Parliament. The vote comes at a time when Africa's...

US First Lady Jill Biden has arrived in Kenya as the Horn of Africa region endures its worst drought in decades. The past five rainy seasons have all been poor...

The directive is meant to ensure that the “elections are free, fair and devoid of anomalies”, the Nigeria Immigration Service said. Border officials have been told to ensure strict enforcement...

Kadar Abdi Ibrahim, secretary general of the only opposition party in the running, believes that "there is no substantive debate in this legislative election". Aden Omar Abdillahi, the head of...

The body of Burkina Faso's revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara was buried Thursday alongside 12 of his comrades at the spot where they were assassinated in a coup three decades ago....