Police in Ghana have arrested more than 100 people - mostly opposition supporters of President-elect John Mahama - over acts of lawlessness.Supporters of the newly elected president who want...

Zambia's top court has barred former President Edgar Lungu from standing for re-election in 2026.The Constitutional Court ruled that the 68-year-old politician had already served the maximum two terms...

The first official results have been released from Saturday's presidential election in Ghana and they look set to confirm the victory of opposition candidate, former President John Mahama.With results...

Ghana's Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has accepted defeat in Saturday's election and congratulated the opposition candidate, former President John Mahama, on his victory."The people have voted for change," said Bawumia.The...

Election day has arrived in Ghana, where a debt crisis and high living costs mean the economy is uppermost in the minds of many voters.The West African nation is...

ReutersJanusz Walus said he killed Chris Hani to stop communism A notorious far-right extremist, convicted of murdering South African anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani, is set to be deported to...

A Kenyan court has convicted a photographer for the murder of LGBT activist Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, popularly known as Edwin Chiloba, whose body was found dumped in a metal...

AFPA monument in honour of the late leader of Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been unveiled in the Central African Republic (CAR).The statue of Prigozhin, who died...

Nigeria's anti-graft agency has said it has made its biggest ever seizure of assets, alleged to have been purchased with the proceeds of corruption.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

Fans climb over walls in panic after football matchAt least 56 people have been killed in a crush at a football match in Guinea's second-largest city, Nzérékoré, the government...

At least 54 bodies have now been recovered from Nigeria’s River Niger after a boat, that may have been carrying more than 200 passengers, capsized in the early hours...

Kairos FuturaKenya’s capital, Nairobi, has long been known as “the green city in the sun” because of its mix of forest and grasslands among the urban sprawl, but it...