Kenya's central bank has reduced its benchmark lending rate to 9.25% from 9.50%, marking the eighth consecutive cut, in a bid to stimulate lending by banks to the private sector...

Tanzania's police force is investigating the reported abduction of Humphrey Polepole, a former ambassador turned government critic, who went missing from his home in Dar es Salaam early Monday. Polepole's...

The Nigerian Senate resumed plenary on Tuesday after a 10-week recess, with Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin presiding over the session. Embattled Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan made a notable return to...

The Commander of the Osun Amotekun Corps, Adekunle Isaac Omoyele, narrowly escaped death in a coordinated attack by masked gunmen on Monday night. The incident occurred around 10:05 p.m. along...

Nigeria has lost over 600,000 barrels of oil due to a three-day nationwide strike by oil workers over mass layoffs at the Dangote refinery, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to approve a $500 million budget support loan to Nigeria before the end of 2025, according to Bode Oyetunde, the bank's executive director...

Kenya has completed converting a $5 billion railway loan from China from dollars to yuan, saving approximately $215 million in annual interest payments. Finance Minister John Mbadi announced that the...

A Tunisian court has released Saber Chouchane, a 56-year-old man sentenced to death last week for Facebook posts deemed insulting to President Kais Saied. The release follows widespread criticism and...

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has appointed army General Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo as the country's new prime minister, replacing Christian Ntsay, who was dismissed along with his cabinet last week. The...

Rauf Aregbesola, national secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has suggested that political parties with at least five lawmakers in the National Assembly should nominate individuals to lead the...