The man who won The Gambia's disputed election says he will be sworn in as president at the country's embassy in neighbouring Senegal. The message, posted on Adama Barrow's social media accounts,...
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is refusing to step down despite efforts to persuade him to leave office ahead of a deadline set by Senegal. Adama Barrow is due to be inaugurated as the new president...
President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who doubles as the Commander In Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, has approved and authorized the deployment of a combat team of Two Hundred and Five...
The Gambia's parliament has extended President Yahya Jammeh's term, which is due to end on Thursday following his defeat in elections, by 90 days. It also approved his decision to declare a 90-day...
Senegalese troops have been seen moving towards the Gambian border in a show of force to pressure President Yahya Jammeh to stand down. Senegal gave him a midnight GMT deadline to quit and Nigeria...
A worker at The Gambia’s main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they are “afraid of war”. “People are in chaos, people are leaving” as they...
A worker at The Gambia’s main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they are “afraid of war”. “People are in chaos, people are leaving” as they...
I was listening to BBC at dawn of Monday, 13th October, 2014, when a news item chronicling the exploits of the son of Equatorial Guinea's president. The story was about amount of properties he has...
Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines will add Antananarivo, Madagascar to its network on 28 March 2017. Madagascar will join the ever expanding Ethiopian network of 95 worldwide...
Over the last several years along the Indian Ocean coast in East Africa substantial finds of oil and natural gas resources have been under development. A British exploration corporation, Tullow Oil...
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...
I was listening to an interview of Madereka Nyerere, son of late President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, on Voice of America TV programme, hosted by Salim Amin in Dar es Salaam on Sunday, 25th December...
Irregular rain has ruined crops, and the country is experiencing both droughts and floods Sudan's ecosystems and natural resources are deteriorating. Temperatures are rising, water supplies are...
A resolution is being presented to the UN General Assembly asking for a special investigator to look into the 1961 plane crash that killed then UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. The plane went...
The president of the South Sudan Football Association (SSFA), Chabur Goc Alei, says he is determined to clear his name after he was suspended by the FA’s board of directors. The board decided...
Some 3.6 million people in South Sudan face severe food shortages - the highest levels ever experienced at harvest time - and the crisis is likely to worsen when food from the current harvest runs...
...Summary: “While Khartoum’s geopolitical impacts are felt across Africa; it must review and make the same of its social and economic role in the continent.” ...Summary: “While...
For more than 25 years the people of South Sudan fought their powerful common enemy to a standstill. The enslaving Arab Islamist forces of north Sudan were matched fire for fire until the northerners...
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) has commended West African States for demonstrating commitment to promote human rights in the sub-region. 'As at October 2016, only seven of...
Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and the largest African Airline, has started a thrice-weekly services to Moroni, Comoros with the latest B737-800 New Generation with Sky Interior. Moroni is...
