Ivory Coast agreed to pay cocoa farmers more for their beans, heeding calls for a price hike after futures surged to more than $10,000 a ton....
Mozambique’s agriculture ministry has banned the import of dog breeds considered to be dangerous. The decision is aimed at combatting the numerous dog attacks that have...
Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday largely upheld the controversial Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 for being in line with the values and the country’s Constitution. However, the five...
The president of Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation. Earlier this year, Germany’s environment ministry suggested there should...
Nigerian music star Davido has instructed his lawyers to sue over an April Fool’s joke that has spectacularly backfired. The prank story alleged that the Afrobeats singer...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was in Dakar for the April 2 swearing-in of new president Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Almost all leaders from the West African...
Maryse Condé the French-Guadeloupean author, who wrote about slavery, colonialism, sexuality and African dictatorships in more than 20 novels, plays and essays, has died aged 90....
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s fifth president, has been sworn into office at a ceremony in the capital, Dakar. Last month, 44-year-old Mr Faye won the delayed...
“I have never been arrested by anyone for any crime in any country in the world,” Davido has told fans on social media. It followed speculation...
Senegal’s new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye will formally take office today (April 2) in the city of Diamniadio, according to the presidency. He will officially become...