Drug seizures soared in the West African Sahel region according to figures released Friday in a new U.N. report, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential route for drug trafficking. Sharp Increase in Cocaine Seizures In 2022, 1,466 kilograms, (3,232 pounds), of cocaine were seized in Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, and Niger...

 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says Nigeria's average daily crude oil production dropped again in March. OPEC data based on direct communication show that Nigeria's average daily production dropped to 1.2 million barrels, from 1.3 in February. "The only sector we continue to depend on for revenues is collapsing right...

 Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been welcomed in Ankara by her Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The five-day state visit is the first by a Tanzanian leader to Turkey in 14 years and is expected to focus on bilateral relations and improving cooperation between the two countries. Hassan, who is accompanied by a business d...

 The perfectly synchronized movements of six dancers from Compagnie Fientan amaze audiences at MASA -Abijan Market for Performing Arts. Yet all the dancers are have varying degrees of hearing impairment. The name of the Fientan company means "Without Handicap" in the Dioula language. Founded by choreographer Yaya Sanou in 2018 in Bobo Diouasso...

 A cargo vessel seized by pirates off the Somali coast has been freed along with its crew after more than a month, the European Union's maritime security force said Monday. Operation ATALANTA said in a statement that all 23 crew members of the Bangladesh-flagged cargo carrier MV Abdullah had been released after 32 days in captivity. It was not...

 One year into the war in Sudan, the precarious conditions and lack of aid is pushing the country to the edge of famine, according to humanitarian agencies. The war in Sudan that began a year ago between the country's military, chaired by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the notorious Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo...

 Liberia's House of Representatives is investigating how former President George Weah's asset declaration documents were leaked to the public. Liberia requires all senior government officials, including presidents, to declare their wealth upon taking office before the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission or LACC to avoid conflicts of interest an...

 South Africa's electoral commission confirmed Friday (Apr. 12) that it has lodged an urgent and direct appeal to the Constitutional Court after a ruling reinstated Jacob Zuma as a candidate in the May 29th polls. The Electoral Court on Tuesday (Apr. 9) overturned an earlier decision by the electoral commission. The bone of contention notably ...

As South Sudan races against the clock to hold the nation's first national elections in December 2024, an event brought together political actors and civil society representatives to agree upon a Code of Conduct that will govern the actions of political parties. "The adoption of the Code of Conduct comes at a critical time [...] A code of conduct f...

 More bad news for South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and his ruling African National Congress (ANC) after a new opinion poll shows that support for the party is plunging. The poll, conducted by the Social Research Foundation, suggested that the party may garner as little as 37 per cent of the vote on 29 May. It also found that disgraced ...

 Togo's lawmakers launched consultations across the west African nation on Monday (Apr. 08). The move comes after a controversial constitutional reform was passed in late March by lawmakers whose legitimacy has been challenged. Togolese lawmakers will conduct for three days a tour to "listen to and inform civilians on the constitutional reform...

 Kenya's President William Ruto made a 24-hour visit to the Central African Republic on the weekend, holding talks in Bangui with President Faustin Archange Touadera. It was the first time a Kenyan head of state had visited the country and Touadera thanked him for coming to Bangui. "It is a real honour for the Central African Republic and open...

 The former head of Nigeria's central bank governor is expected to appear in a court in Lagos on Monday after fresh charges alleging misuse of office and corruption were filed against him by the anti-corruption agency on Friday. Godwin Emefiele is already facing procurement fraud charges in another court in the capital Abuja. He has denied the...

 As Rwanda prepares to commemorate 30 years after the genocide that killed an estimated 800,000 people, mainly ethnic Tutsis, a transitional justice expert described the period between April to June 1994 as a dark time for the country. Martin Mavenjina, a senior program advisor on transitional justice at the Kenya Human Rights Commission empha...

 French President Emmanuel Macron has made a significant admission regarding France's involvement in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, stating that France and its allies "could have stopped" the genocide but "lacked the will to do so." Macron's statement comes as Rwanda commemorates the 30th anniversary of the genocide. In a video to be released on so...

 The 8-year-old lone survivor of a bus crash that killed at least 45 people in South Africa before Easter weekend will be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday (Apr. 03), health officials said. Atlang Siako is expected to travel to her home in neighboring Botswana, from where the bus was traveling on March 28 on its way to an annual Easter...

 Senegal inaugurated Africa's youngest elected leader as president on Tuesday, as the 44-year-old and previously little-known Bassirou Diomaye Faye completed a dramatic ascent from prison to palace within weeks. Last month's election tested Senegal's reputation as a stable democracy in West Africa, a region rocked in recent years by coups and ...

 Rwanda's president Paul Kagame has been endorsed as candidate by two of the oldest and political parties in the east African nation. Liberal Party (PL), and the Social Democratic Party (PSD), endorsed the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) candidate Paul Kagame in the July presidential race on Sunday, joining four smaller political parties, which a...

 Somalia made significant changes to its constitution on Saturday, granting the president the authority to appoint and dismiss the prime minister. This decision, approved by a substantial majority of parliament, follows intense debates within the federal assembly in Mogadishu. The amendments, proposed by the Independent Constitutional Review a...

Investigators are scouring the site of a tragic bus accident in South Africa, where a bus carrying pilgrims to an Easter gathering veered off a bridge, resulting in at least 45 fatalities. The only survivor, an 8-year-old child, was found amidst the wreckage. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon in a mountainous area near Mokopane, approxima...