Long-time President of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Issa Hayatou has lost his eighth term re-election bid to Malagasy Ahmad Ahmad. Hayatou lost by 10 votes to the President of the...
Following a hard-fought civil society campaign, South Africa’s reversal of steps towards withdrawing from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and revoking of a bill to repeal...
President of the Madagascar Football Association Ahmad Ahmad will be the latest to attempt to topple long-term President of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Issa Hayatou in elections...
The African Centre for International Law & Accountability hosted a roundtable discussion (RTD) on 8 March 2017 to discuss the African leaders’ strategy for the collective withdrawal from the ICC...
The Super Falcons of Nigeria won the last edition The Confederations of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that the preliminary qualifiers for the 11th edition of the Total Women’s AWCON is...
The Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) has entreated the African Development Bank (AfDB) to refocus its intervention in the continent towards the empowerment of entrepreneurs. Tony Elumelu said...
Chad's former foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat assumed office as head of the African Union Commission on Tuesday, pledging to reform the institution and tackle the continent's many crises. Faki...
King of ‘Kologo’ music; King Ayisoba, will on 24th of March, 2017 embark on an international tour to promote Ghanaian music through live musical performances in some European countries. King...
South Africa says it will launch an "early warning" system with Nigeria to track and deter xenophobic attacks following a surge in violence in the rainbow nation. South Africa's Foreign Minister...
The UN Security Council on Monday said it was disturbed by reports of torture and forced disappearances in Burundi but ignored calls from rights groups for sanctions. A French-drafted statement was...
South Africa and Nigeria on Monday said they would launch a jointly run "early warning" system to track and deter xenophobic attacks against Nigerian migrants. South African foreign minister Maite...
Ghana has been asked to clearly state whether or not it will remain a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) following threats by the African Union (AU) to withdraw from that court The AU...
President Nana Akufo Addo in his speech during Ghana’s 60th independence anniversary on 6 March, 2017 opined that UGCC “met to demand independence from the British and 70 years after that event,...
Gabonese President Ali Bongo has offered to hold talks with opposition parties in an apparent bid to ease tensions over his contested re-election last year, but his main political rival swiftly...
Hip Hip Hip - Hurray!!! Champagnes popping, firecrackers going wild, merry making and excitement all around the country. Indeed, we have a cause to celebrate. Ghana is 60 years. 60 great years of...
Africa now has the unique web address .africa, equivalent to the more familiar .com, following its official launch by the African Union. AU commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma hailed its...
It has been an exciting time for Ghanaian broadcast journalist, Peace Hyde as she consistently breaks boundaries whilst putting Ghana on the Global map! From launching her flagship talk show ‘My...
President Buhari returns to Nigeria, 50 days after he left on a medical vacation; bringing to an abrupt end, the myriad of rumours, claims and speculations that have been rife in the country!...
In the beginning was .com, followed by a host of other .somethings, but on Friday, 32 years after the world's first domain name was registered, the African Union has launched .africa for the...
The Africa Union (AU) is not doing enough for Africans, a former boss of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has said. His comments come on the...
