People & Politics

Technology entrepreneur Charlette N’Guessan has won this year's Royal Academy of Engineering Africa prize for engineering innovation.

Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has been released by the junta which overthrew him last week, the military announced on Thursday. The military in power in Mali announced Thursday, August 27, to have released ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta...

Mali’s president has announced his resignation and the dissolution of the national assembly on state television, shortly after he and the prime minister were arrested by mutinous soldiers. The president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, and the prime minister, Boubou Cissé, were...

Mali President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta has been arrested by mutinying soldiers, a government spokesman has confirmed to the BBC. Prime Minister Boubou Cissé has also been arrested, despite earlier appeals for "brotherly dialogue". A regional official says Mali's president and prime...

Namibia's President Hage Geingob has said the offer for reparations made by Germany for mass killings in its then colony was "not acceptable". German troops killed tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people between 1904 to 1908 in response...

Cameroon's famous side that reached the quarter-finals of the 1990 World Cup in Italy before being defeated 3–2 by England will finally get the houses promised to them by President Paul Biya 30 years ago. Three of the players, Louis...

A Nigerian Born Author, Irenosen Okojie has won the AKO Caine prize for 'Stunning' short story Grace Jones. The Nigerian-British writer won the £10,000 award on Monday afternoon for her short story Grace Jones, following an impersonator of the singer...

The United States Navy has awarded a Nigerian officer, Lieutenant Victor Agunbiade, its medal of commendation for effectively managing its largest cash disbursing office' handling $45 million (N17 billion) in cash transaction. The US Navy said Agunbiade effectively managed its...

An activist in India has become the first person from Siddhi community — a tiny African-origin ethnic group — to become a legislator in the country.

Andrew Mlangeni, the last surviving anti-apartheid activist convicted with Nelson Mandela at South Africa's infamous Rivonia Trial, has died at 95.