President Biya of the Cameroun Republic made his New Year wishes to his people promising to deal severely with the uprisings in the Southern Cameroons, AKA Ambazonia. His message came almost three...
Here are five African inventions which may take off in 2017. Problem: A total of 1.3 billion people worldwide currently don’t have electricity, according to Yale Environment 360. Getting people in...
The Ivory Coast government has just thumbed its nose at the efforts by the U. S. to expand its role in assisting in the development of the Ivory Coast infrastructure. Over the last several years the...
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video on Thursday to dispute a claim by the Nigerian president and the army that the armed group had been routed from its last stronghold of...
Whether mourning the death of a musical giant, teasing presidents or launching protest movements, Africans took to social media in greater numbers than ever before in 2016. Here's a look back at some...
After the Nigerian army claimed victory over Boko Haram in the armed group's forest stronghold, a commander at the forefront of the battle says the search is still on for the missing Chibok girls....
Ibrahim Tanko is likely to be a replacement for David Duncan. Kotoko are in talks with former Ghana international Ibrahim Tanko to take up the coaching role at the club, according to reports in the...
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang leads the cast for Gabon as the hosts became the first team to name their final 2017 Africa Cup of Nations squad. The team captain and Borussia Dortmund star will lead the...
Africa has contributed its fair share of captivating headlines this year, but submerged in the coverage of migrations and mass killings, Nigerian novelist and journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani picks...
Cameroon soccer star, Rigobert Song has recovered from the stroke which he suffered from at the beginning of October. Song was in a coma for two days after suffering from a stroke in his home at the...
It is no secret that the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) does not have the international appeal of its European or South American equivalents, for football fans all over the world, and particular in...
A suicide bomber in the northern Cameroon town of Mora killed a young student and a woman in an attack on a market full of Christmas shoppers, an aide to the governor of Far North region said Sunday....
Central African leaders have refused to devalue the CFA franc during an extraordinary CEMAC summit which ended Friday in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde. The summit was held in the presence of IMF...
The Nigerian army has driven Boko Haram militants from the last camp in their Sambisa forest stronghold, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. “The terrorists are on the run and no longer have a...
Outgoing Sport Minister, Nii Lante Vanderpuije handed a sum of hundred Ghana Cedis to each member of the protesting senior national women’s team, the Black Queens on Thursday. The Black Queens in...
Ghana’s senior female football team, the Black Queens Thursday marched on the streets of Accra to Parliament and the Sports Ministry over match and camp bonuses owed the team. According to the...
Ghana Black Queens have followed the example of their Nigerian counterparts and embarked on a public demonstration in a bid to force the payment of their outstanding bonuses by the Ministry of Youth...
Ghana’s Black Queens are currently at the Ministry of Youth and Sports to meet the Sports Minister, Nii Lante Vanderpuye, over unpaid bonuses after the 2016 African Women’s Cup of Nations. Ghana...
Liverpool’s Joel Matip is one of seven Cameroon players who have said they do not want to go to the Africa Cup of Nations, which begins on 14 January. The defender cited a “bad experience” with...
German-born Joel Matip (right) has not featured for Cameroon since the 2014 World Cup Liverpool's Joel Matip is one of seven Cameroon players who have said they do not want to go to the Africa Cup of...
