People & Politics

At least three Nigerian-American women are on the ballot for Tuesday’s general elections in the United States,

The electoral commission in Ivory Coast says President Alassane Ouattara has won a third term in office, after a bitter election that sparked deadly violence and was boycotted by opposition voters. The electoral commission in Ivory Coast says President Alassane...

Way Maker, the critically-acclaimed song written by Nigeria's own Sinach has won the song of the year at Dove Awards 2020 in the United States. Way maker was originally released by Sinach in 2015, but it re-gained popularity in the...

Tanzania’s president John Magufuli has won re-election, the national electoral commission said on Friday, after a contest that has been dismissed by the opposition as a “travesty” due to widespread irregularities.Magufuli received 12.5m votes in Wednesday’s presidential ballot, while...

Sindika Dokolo, the husband of Africa's richest woman, Angolan Isabel dos Santos, has died at the age of 48.Mr Dokolo's family confirmed that he had died in Dubai on Thursday.Friends said he had been involved in a scuba diving...

The appointment of Nigeria's ex-finance minister to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been thrown into uncertainty after the US opposed the move. On Wednesday, a WTO nominations committee recommended the group's 164 members appoint Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. She would be...

Sites, including WhatsApp and Twitter, are being restricted in Tanzania as millions of people vote in the general election.There have also been reports of violence and that police arrested an opposition leader in the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar.Voters have...

Seychelles opposition candidate Wavel Ramkalawan has won the archipelago’s presidential election with 54.9 percent of valid votes cast, upsetting incumbent President Danny Faure. The ruling party has been knocked from power for the first time since 1977. Opposition leader Ramkalawan,...

Mali's new president Bah Ndaw has been sworn into office, five weeks after the overthrow of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. Former Defence Minister Bah Ndaw, 70, was picked by the coup leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, to head a transitional government until...

A leading university in China — Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) — has started to offer Ethiopia's widely spoken Amharic language as a full course at degree level, in the latest effort to improve ties between the two countries. The...