The South Sudan Media Authority has banned at least 20 foreign journalists from media coverage in the country for what it termed as "unsubstantiated and unrealistic stories." Elijah Alier, managing...
Many African political pessimists had retreats of thought, when Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) assisted in ending the iron-fisted rule of Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh of...
Police in Mozambique has warned that bald people could be the targets of ritual attacks, after the brutal killing of two men whose body parts were thought to have been used in witchcraft. The two...
Police in Mozambique Tuesday warned that bald people could be the targets of ritual attacks, after the brutal killing of two men whose body parts were to be used in witchcraft. The two bald men, one...
Police in Mozambique have warned that bald people could be the targets of ritual attacks, after the brutal killing of two men whose body parts were thought to have been used in witchcraft. Two bald...
Dozens of Syrian refugees remained stranded in no-man's land between Morocco and Algeria on Tuesday, non-governmental groups said, despite an Algerian offer to help. Algiers said last week it would...
West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco's membership application despite the country being in North Africa. But Ecowas leaders meeting in Liberia said the implications of...
The EU is giving 50 million euros to set up a joint African military force in the Sahel region to fight jihadists, the bloc's foreign affairs chief said Monday. The funds will help pay for the troops...
West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco’s membership application despite the country being in North Africa. But Ecowas leaders meeting in Liberia said the implications...
Foreign observers on Monday described Lesotho's weekend election as "largely peaceful" despite the shock deployment of armed soldiers at polling stations on voting day. Counting was underway Monday...
West African regional group Ecowas has in principle approved Morocco’s membership application despite it being in North Africa, sources tell the BBC. But Ecowas leaders meeting in Liberia said the...
Former German president Horst Koehler will be appointed new UN envoy for Western Sahara, tasked with restarting talks between Morocco and the Polisario Front independence movement, according to a...
The 2008 electioneering campaign saw for the first time concrete and bold policy initiatives espoused by the two main political parties to bridge the development gap in the northern part of the...
The technical committee of the Ghana-Cote D’Ivoire Joint Co-operation on Cocoa as begun a two-day meeting in Accra to discuss how to enhance farm level productivity, marketing and issues of...
The United States and key world powers on Thursday urged Khartoum and a rebel group to end a renewed bout of fighting that has erupted in Sudan's war-torn Darfur after months of relative calm. The...
At least 44 migrants, including women and babies, were found dead after their vehicle broke down in the desert of northern Niger while on the way to Libya, local officials said Thursday. "The number...
A surgeon, who is the only permanent doctor for 750,000 people, has been honoured for performing more than 1,000 operations a year in Sudan. Dr Tom Catena, 53, a Catholic missionary from New York,...
Paa Kwesi’s boys failed to the clinch the 2017 U17 Cup of Nations title after losing 1-0 to the Malians, who came to the tournament as champions of the last edition. They go into the history...
So-called Islamic State (IS) has claimed it was behind an attack on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt that killed at least 29 people and wounded about 25 others on Friday. Masked men boarded...
West Africa’s dire travel situation remains a major impediment to the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) attempts at economic integration within the sub-region, the BBC’s West...
