Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 4.23% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, according to the latest GDP Report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)...

Health facilities at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are overstretched and rapidly running out of essential supplies, the International Federation of Red...

The treason trial of South Sudan’s suspended First Vice President, Riek Machar, began on Monday in Juba under heavy security, with his legal team challenging the court’s authority to hear...

Hundreds of women took to the streets of Abuja on Monday, demanding the passage of a bill that would guarantee women-only seats in Nigeria’s Senate and House of Representatives. The...

South African police have arrested five Mexican nationals following a raid on a large-scale crystal meth lab discovered on a remote farm, authorities confirmed on Monday. The operation, carried out...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday granted a presidential pardon to prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, a British-Egyptian who has spent much of the past decade behind bars, according...

Nigeria’s U-20 women’s national team, the Super Falconets, boosted their chances of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland with a narrow 1-0 win over Rwanda...

Kwara United kicked off their 2025/26 CAF Confederation Cup campaign with a narrow 4-3 defeat to Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko in a thrilling first-leg encounter at the Baba Yara Stadium,...

A senior aide to Djibouti’s long-serving president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, has resigned, accusing the government of democratic backsliding and nepotism. In a statement seen on Monday, Alexis Mohamed, a close...

The Presidency has dismissed claims that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu intends to remain in office beyond May 28, 2031, stressing that the president is committed to upholding democratic principles. In...