Niamey,Niger:The general who led a coup inNigerdefended the takeover on state television Friday and asked for support from the nation and international partners,...
Niamey,Niger:The general who led a coup inNigerdefended the takeover on state television Friday and asked for support from the nation and international partners,...
Niamey, Niger:Niger's president defiantly declared Thursday that democracy would prevail, a day after mutinous soldiers detained him and announced they had seized power...
Paris: France on Thursday condemned "all attempts to seize power by force" in Niger and demanded the release of the president seized by...
Niger's armed forces chief on Thursday declared his support for troops who said they had overthrown the government, despite a defiant stand by...
The Nigerian naira could weaken to 850 per dollar by the end of the first half of 2024 due to balance-of-payment pressures and...
Niger’s presidency said the army is on standby to strike back against members of the Presidential Guard who seized control of President Mohamed...
Khartoum: The Sudanese Minister of Health Dr. Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim hailed Qatar's supportive efforts in Sudan's various fields, especially in the health sector....
St. Petersburg, Russia:Some African leaders arrived in Russia on Wednesday for a summit with President Vladimir Putin as the Kremlin seeks more allies...
Accra: Ghana's parliament has voted to outlaw the death penalty for almost all crimes, becoming the latest African country to repeal capital punishment,...
Nigeria’s central bank defended its independence by extending its longest phase of monetary tightening to tame inflation, despite calls by President Bola Tinubu...
South Africa’s state power utility increased the amount of scheduled outages because of delays in returning generating units to services and breakdowns at...
More than a month after Nigeria’s central bank dropped the naira’s peg against the dollar, the country’s market for exchange-traded futures has ground...
Nairobi: Kenya's opposition Saturday called a fresh anti-government rally for next week to protest rising prices and taxes after three previous demonstrations largely...
Geneva: The Doctors Without Borders (MSF) medical charity said Friday that armed men had attacked one of its teams in the Sudanese capital...
Nairobi: Kenyans largely ignored a call by the opposition to boost anti-government protests on Thursday, although isolated clashes flared in the capital between...
Nairobi, Kenya: Police in Kenya say they have been ordered not to report deaths amid demonstrations against the rising cost of living, but...
Johannesburg: A body was found in centralJohannesburgearly Thursday after an unexplained blast ripped through a main road at rush hour the previous evening,...
Algiers: At least 34 people were killed when anAlgerian passenger bus collided head-on with a commercial vehicle and burst into flames in the...
