Politics

A Tanzanian court has cleared opposition leader Tundu Lissu of treason but sentenced him to four years in prison for incitement, ending a 19-month case that could have carried the...

Kenya's High Court in Mombasa is due to sentence self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie on Friday 6 November, nearly three weeks after convicting him and 28 co-accused of murdering 191 people,...

Despite high-level diplomatic pledges aimed at calming regional tensions, a major political and economic rift has reopened between Africa’s two dominant powers Afrikeye. Grassroots movement deadlines demanding the departure of...

In a major blow to Senegal’s economic stabilization efforts, the country’s National Assembly on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to block the government’s proposed revisions to the 2026 budget. The rejection escalates...

Ugandan security forces have arrested former deputy military chief and presidential adviser Peter Elwelu, accelerating a high-profile crackdown within the upper echelons of the country's defense establishment. Acting military spokesperson...

A South African court has convicted Imanuwela David of stealing $580,000 from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in 2020, and a former farm cleaner, Froliana Joseph, of conspiracy to...

The United States has told Congress it intends to end South Africa’s and Rwanda’s duty-free access to the American market under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) from 1...

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have officially commenced their exit from Somalia, marking the beginning of the end of a historic two-decade military intervention that reshaped the security landscape...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has put senior members of his government through military training, sharing photographs of himself exercising alongside ministers, deputy ministers and heads of federal institutions at...

Joseph Kabila, who ruled the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2001 to 2019, took charge of a rebel coalition on 12 October. Since then the country's main opposition bloc has...