The 9th century Nigerian city of Eredo was found to be surrounded by a wall that was 100 miles long and 70 feet high in places. The internal area was a staggering 400 square miles.

‘The world’s interactions with Africa are not necessarily motivated by altruism, but by the self-interest of states seeking to maximise their opportunities and minimise their costs, often at the ...

A Nigerian court on Thursday convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on all seven terrorism-related charges at the end of a decade-long trial that has inflamed tensions in the country’s southeast, ...

Nigeria, South Sudan and Djibouti have joined a coalition to levy new taxes on luxury air travel, reports africanews. Kenya, Benin and Sierra Leone were part of the original eight nations who founded ...

The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has dismissed an application filed by former Ghana Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, which sought to ...

The US Embassy in SA says it cannot disclose the details of why it has revoked a US visa for former International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor. Pandor, who is also the chairperson of the Nelson ...

The Kenyan authorities paid a network of trolls to threaten and intimidate young protesters during recent anti-government demonstrations, Amnesty International has said. According to BBC News, a new ...

The DRC has extended for six months a ban on the trading of minerals from dozens of artisanal mining sites in conflict-hit North and South Kivu provinces, the Mines Ministry said. According to Channel ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared the scourge of GBV and femicide both a national and global crisis, reports the Cape Argus. He said no nation can thrive while its vulnerable citizens, including ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for international action to cut off weapons supplies to Sudan's RSF, following reports of mass killings in el-Fasher, reports the Kenyan Star. At the end ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of the panel that will recommend the next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) was profoundly worrying, writes Ann Bernstein, head of ...