Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, has launched its biggest oil and gas block auction in years, offering 50 blocks and ...

With an unblemished record, the judge who sentenced Nnamdi Kanu does not beat around the bush. But with tensions rising ahead ...

In September 2024, Ousmane Sonko blew the lid off a ‘hidden debt’ now estimated at $13.3bn – 10 times the figure in Mozambique’s Tuna Bonds scandal. For years there had been signs that Senegal’s ...

She insists ODM is ‘not for sale’ and is pushing for a generational reset, including a rethink of the party’s deal with President Ruto. But veterans dismiss her as inexperienced as the battle for ...

Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Patrice Talon spoke by phone while the coup attempt was still under way on Sunday 7 December. The French president then lobbied Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu to ...

The officer that led the coup attempt that shook Patrice Talon’s hold on power on Sunday 7 December has found refuge in a regional capital.

Kigali blames Congo and Burundi for peace deal collapse after Rwanda-backed fighters enter the strategic lakeside city.

Optasia CEO Salvador Anglada confirms the JSE listing was a ‘natural choice’ for the African-centric fintech, whose AI model uses 5,000 unstructured data points to ethically serve the ‘lower end of ...

As fighting closes in, the fate of the lakeside city could reshape military strategy across the Kivus, reroute regional trade ...

Abdullahi Ganduje’s ‘private Hisbah’ would draw on 12,000 paramilitary operatives dismissed by Governor Yusuf in the ...

Africa’s duty-free scheme for access to the vast US market has gotten a last-minute reprieve, with the House of ...

Clearing Nigeria’s tougher capital bar has given First Bank the green light to revive stalled ambitions – from rebuilding its ...