As doctors and nurses flee Ghana and patients head abroad, the continent is haemorrhaging billions and squandering trust in ...

For decades, the term Françafrique has described a shadow system that bound Paris to African strongmen through oil, arms, ...

Egypt and Saudi Arabia support the Sudanese Armed Forces of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the country’s leader, while the ...

In a new documentary, nine Russian mercenaries tear into Mali’s army – calling the soldiers ‘cowards’ and ‘incompetent’ – ...

Malawi’s incoming President Peter Mutharika is a low-key 85-year-old former Washington law professor whose 2014-2020 term is ...

Kenya scrapped a US-funded highway after Chinese concerns over rail revenues, highlighting Beijing’s influence and Ruto’s ...

Roughly a third of the cocaine consumed in Europe is thought to transit through West Africa, where Balkan crime syndicates ...

As he prepares for the upcoming presidential election, Cameroon’s head of state is on a short stay in Switzerland. He ...

Côte d’Ivoire remains the world’s top producer of cocoa beans, but high prices have exposed the weakness of its model, as ...

Ghana has deported at least six west Africans to Togo after they were expelled to Accra as part of an immigration crackdown ...

In a bid to diversify beyond diamonds and professionalise state assets, Botswana President Duma Boko has launched a ...

PF, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has further weakened Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s presidential ambitions.