President John Dramani Mahama will pay a three-day State Visit to the Republic of Zambia from 4 to 6 February...

Terrorism is claiming an average of about 44 lives every day in West Africa and the Sahel, with the growing...

Cinemas in South Africa will not be showing the documentary about US First Lady Melania Trump that is due to...

The Rwandan government is claiming it is owed £100m by the UK over payments due under an asylum agreement cancelled...

Sustained heavy gunfire and loud explosions have been heard in Niger near the international airport outside the capital, Niamey. Multiple...

Military authorities in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau have scheduled presidential and legislative elections for 6 December, despite calls for a swifter transition...

Togo has arrested and extradited Burkina Faso’s former leader to his home country, after authorities in Ouagadougou accused him of...

Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine has told the BBC he will not contest the results of Thursday’s election in court,...

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has publicly condemned what it described as the unacceptable conduct of some players and...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of Thursday’s election extending his four decades in power by another...