Around 2.4 million people were eligible to vote in the West African nation still struggling to emerge from two civil wars that killed over 250,000 people between 1989 and 2003 and from a 2013-16 Ebola epidemic that killed thousands.
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On Tuesday, Madagascar's departing president, Andry Rajoelina, officially kicked off his re-election campaign in the capital, Antananarivo, with a promise of an orange wave to the thousands of supporters who gathered, all donning his party's signature ...
The first French soldiers left Niger on Tuesday in an overland convoy under local escort, possibly to Chad, just as the United States announced the withdrawal of its aid to the country, which has been ruled by a military regime since late July.
The Court appointed two lawyers to defend Mr. Aziz, but the latter "systematically refuses to collaborate with them", reported Me Mohamed Moloud, stressing that the collective which withdrew remained the legitimate defender of Mr. Aziz.
France head coach Didier Deschamps admitted on Monday that he has been left feeling "saddened" following the news of influential midfielder Paul Pogba's positive doping test.
South Africa has appealed against a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) threatening sanctions for non-compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code, including a ban on raising its flag at the Rugby World Cup this weekend, its Sports Minister s...
The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday accused the Rwandan authorities of being responsible for murders, beatings and kidnappings of dissidents abroad, and called on the international community to fight against this "extraterritorial repression " .
Amy Pope arrived in Addis Ababa on Sunday (Oct. 8). She met Monday (Oct. 09) with the African Union Commission chair.
She said she'd discuss ways to facilitate the movements of migrants and a better economic integration on the continent with member sta...
Many applauded the rare sentence as a punitive measure against rampant cases of police abuse.
The March 2021 attack in Palma, a town close to where Total was developing a $20bn liquefied natural gas project, has undermined Total’s ambitions to develop LNG in Mozambique. The attack claimed by the Islamic State group, began on March 24, 2021, las...
