KENYA – Kenya has joined the Pan African Payments and Settlement System (PAPSS), allowing companies in the East African nation to transact with ...

SOMALIA – A suicide bomber blew himself up at a shop selling tea in Somalia’s capital, killing at least seven people, police and ...

GABON – Sylvia Bongo, the wife of Gabon’s ousted President Ali Bongo, has been charged with money laundering, receiving stolen property and forgery. ...

HARARE – Six people have died and 15 others are trapped, after a mine shaft collapsed in Zimbabwe, state media report. The collapse ...

NIAMEY – Seven soldiers have been killed in Niger’s southwest in an attack by suspected rebels, and five others died in a traffic ...

MAPUTO – Mozambique’s health authorities have expressed concern that some 37 percent of children in the country are suffering from chronic malnutrition. This ...

ESWATINI – Eswatini will today hold parliamentary elections in which political parties cannot directly take part. About 585,000 registered voters will be called ...

MALI – Malian political groups expressed outrage on Wednesday at the junta’s decision to postpone the presidential election that was supposed to bring ...

OUAGADOUGOU – Burkina Faso’s military government says the country’s security and intelligence services foiled a coup attempt on Tuesday. It’s almost a year ...

France’s ambassador in Niger was flown out of the country early on Wednesday morning, its presidency confirmed to Reuters. This is around one ...