President George Weah Liberia’s President George Weah has told parliament he would run for re-election this year after a first term marred with corruption allegations and an economic downturn. Weah took office in 2018 in the West African country’s first peaceful change of ... Read More

Pope Francis It took years for Marie Louise Wambale to re-establish her life after fighting between M23 rebels and the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the country’s eastern region forced her to flee with almost nothing ... Read More

A guard of honor greets Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko at Robert Mugabe International airport in Harare, Zimbabwe Jan. 30, 2023. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday for talks with his counterpart, Emmerson Mnangagwa, aimed at boosting "strong cooperation" ... Read More

Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, on Saturday in support of the ruling junta, days after France confirmed its special forces there would withdraw, according to an AFP journalist at the rally. Packing Nation Square in central Ouagadougou, ... Read More

A voter prepares to cast her ballot at a polling station during the second round of the parliamentary election in Tunis, Jan. 29, 2023. Tunisia looked set for an ultra-low election turnout again Sunday as a parliamentary election ended with critics ... Read More

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has visited Sudan for meetings with military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, his first trip to the neighbouring country since a 2021 military coup there. Relations between the two Horn of Africa countries have ... Read More

France will withdraw its troops from Burkina Faso within a month after the West African country’s military rulers asked it to leave, the French foreign ministry said, in a move that will further reduce its presence in a region facing ... Read More

Mo Ibrahim Africa’s progress in human and economic development has slowed against a backdrop of “widespread democratic backsliding” and worsening security in the last three years, an African foundation has said. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, which tracks leadership and democracy on the ... Read More

Sentencing of Sagaray has been set for a later date A court in Kenya has found a Venezuelan diplomat guilty of murdering the Latin American nation’s acting ambassador about 10 years ago at her home in an upmarket Nairobi neighbourhood. Dwight ... Read More

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen walks with Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema during their meeting at the State House in Lusaka, Zambia, Jan. 23, 2023. Top Chinese, Russian and American officials are scrambling this month to visit African nations and pledge their ... Read More