Nigerian fashionistas are using their skills and designer outfits to campaign for their preferred presidential candidates ahead of the February 25 elections.
Former Haitian football federation president Yves Jean-Bart's FIFA life ban from the sport has been annulled, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Tuesday.
The World Health Organization is increasing its epidemiological surveillance in Equatorial Guinea after the country confirmed its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a WHO official said on Tuesday.
The UN rights office said on Tuesday it was in discussion with Uganda over how to continue its work in the country after the government said it had to leave, a move activists say highlights the country's deteriorating record on civil liberties.
Nigeria's electoral commission head said on Monday that 240 polling centerss will not be used in upcoming February 25 elections, as no one had chosen them due to insecurity in the surrounding areas.
Gabon President Ali Bongo on Monday proposed shortening the presidential mandate from seven to five years as he began consultations to prepare for elections this year and measures to prevent violence.
Kenyan soldiers will join police to fight "rampant incidents of banditry" across the arid northwest that have killed more than 100 civilians and 16 police officers over the past six months, officials said.
Tunisian political experts report that the North African nation’s newly elected parliament is set to take their seats next month and will witness a drop in female representation.
Cameroon President Paul Biya turned 90 on Monday, February 13th, making him the world's oldest leader. His birthday, and his presidency, evoke mixed emotions among the people in that nation.
Ivory Coast cocoa exporters are close to defaulting on their contracts due to a lack of beans and urgently need up to 150,000 tons to honor their commitments, seven sources who attended a crisis meeting with the regulator told Reuters.
ChatGPT, a fast-growing artificial intelligence program, has drawn praise for its ability to write answers quickly to a wide range of queries, and attracted U.S. lawmakers' attention with questions about its impact on national security and education.
Tunisian police on Sunday arrested two former judges who were dismissed by President Kais Saied last year, a lawyer and local media said, in the second day of a wave of detentions of prominent people, including politicians and a businessman.
Zambia's finance minister rejected a call from China for the World Bank and other multilateral lenders to join a restructuring of the country's debt and warned that delays were holding up the economy, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
A move by Uganda's government to close the United Nations' local human rights office has drawn strong criticism from opposition leaders and activists, who say it highlights the country's worsening record on civil liberties.
The United States Department of State has told US citizens to leave Russia immediately due to the war in Ukraine and the risk of arbitrary arrest or harassment by Russian law enforcement agencies.
The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday that public debt in some Middle East and North Africa (MENA) states is of "concern" and that governments need to build resilience through fiscal policies to protect against shocks in uncertain times.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday the West's efforts to "isolate" his country had completely failed and Moscow was building stronger relations with countries in Africa, the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific and elsewhere.
Eight Croatians accused of child trafficking in Zambia appeared in court on Friday to deny the charges against them.
Sixteen security forces were killed in an ambush in Burkina Faso's insurgent-hit north on Wednesday, three security sources said on Friday.
Meta Platforms Inc. has restored former U.S. President Donald Trump's access to Facebook and Instagram, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed on Thursday, following a two-year suspension after the deadly Capitol Hill riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
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