by Nurat Uthman Liberia's new defense minister on Monday resigned from his post just 10 days after being appointed, following a protest by soldiers' wives, the presidency said. The resignation...

by Nurat Uthman A communications network blackout in Sudan, blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, has hobbled aid delivery and left the war-weary population of almost 50 million unable...

by Nurat Uthman Zimbabwe is working on new measures to stabilise its local currency including linking the exchange rate to hard assets such as gold and creating a currency board,...

by Nurat Uthman A homemade bomb killed one person and wounded dozens of others in western Cameroon Sunday, an attack the authorities said may have been carried out by anglophone...

by Nurat Uthman Tuareg separatists on Saturday announced the lifting of blockades they'd set up in December on main roads throughout northern Mali after the national army took back several...

by Nurat Uthman At least five people, including Somali military officials and a United Arab Emirates (UAE) soldier, were killed on Saturday after a soldier opened fire at a military...

by Nurat Uthman Liberia's President Joseph Boakai has taken decisive action in the fight against corruption by initiating audits of three crucial government institutions, including the central bank, according to...

by Nurat Uthman Senegalese security forces fired tear gas at protesters in the capital Friday as mounting anger over the postponement of a presidential election claimed a first death. A...

by Nurat Uthman Nigeria's central bank governor Olayemi Cardoso said on Friday that entities involved in fraudulent foreign exchange trades would be punished, after an audit helped whittle down a...

by Nurat Uthman Rush hour in Freetown means gridlocked streets and a scramble for transport means to get to and from work. Unlike developed cities where public transport is a...