91-year-old, Nigerian author and Nobel Laurate, Wole Soyinka has linked his recent U.S visa revocation to his open criticism of President Donald Trump’s administration’s radical…

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in for a second term amid tight security, following an election marred by violent protests and rejected…

President Donald Trump has ordered the military to prepare for action in Nigeria to tackle Islamist militant groups. After claiming that these groups are orchestrating…

Two people are feared dead, and several others have been injured following violent clashes between protesters and police officers at the Namanga border, a major…

The Donald Trump administration will limit the number of refugees admitted to the US to 7,500, and give priority to white South Africans. The move,…

Emerging evidence of systematic killings in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher have prompted human rights and aid activists to describe the civil war between the…

People in Jamaica are bracing for the impact of Hurricane Melissa, which is forecast to unleash destructive winds and bring catastrophic flooding to the Caribbean…

Tensions are rising in Cameroon as the country awaits the results of the presidential polls. Opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary declared himself the winner of…

On 25 October, citizens of Côte d’Ivoire will vote in a presidential election that could determine whether the current stability will endure or if old…

Forty-six people have been killed after several vehicles crashed on a major highway in Uganda, the police say. The police revised down an earlier death…