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...

From the moment he seized power in September 2021 Guinea’s Mamadi Doumbouya struck an imposing figure. Just 36 years old...

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has taken a strong lead in provisional results from Thursday’s presidential election, the electoral agency says....

Polls have opened in Uganda, though voting has been disrupted by widespread logistical delays across the country amid an internet...

The United States said on Tuesday that it had delivered “critical military supplies” to Nigeria after carrying out strikes on...

Uganda’s communications authority has told all service providers to suspend internet access ahead of Thursday’s general election. It justified the...