Zambia is considering a proposal to move its capital from fast-developing Lusaka to a nearly uninhabited marshland district in the centre of the country, a minister said Thursday. Lusaka has been the...
Ethiopian opposition politician Yonatan Tesfaye has been found guilty of encouraging terrorism for comments he made on Facebook. He was arrested in December 2015 as a wave of anti-government protests...
A jilted man who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend before smashing her head with bricks and running her over with a car has been arrested, Indian police said on Sunday. Police in the northern...
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has appointed former Defense Minister, Dr. Kwame Addo Kuffuor to chair a 10-member committeewhich will review the party’s participation in the 2016 general...
Congolese President Joseph Kabila named an expanded new government on Tuesday, with almost all his old team retained, as part of power-sharing deal to end a crisis over his wish to remain in power....
India's top court Monday ordered that a key opposition leader and influential former minister stand trial on historic corruption charges that saw him disqualified from parliament. Lalu Prasad Yadav...
Mozambique's opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama on Thursday extended indefinitely a unilateral truce he first announced in December, calling it the "beginning of the end" of the war between his rebels...
Mozambican opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama on Thursday indefinitely extended a truce he first announced unilaterally in December between his rebel Renamo group and the government. "Today I announce...
Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have set up roadblocks and staged demonstrations demanding elections as the country's political and economic crisis deepens. They responded with...
Venezuelan opposition leaders have called for a 'mega protest' after President Nicolas Maduro's announced plans for a new constitution drafted by unelected workers and farmers. Maduro used the May...
Gambian President, Adama Barrow has thanked President Akufo-Addo for his support in restoring democracy in The Gambia. Mr. Barrow is in Ghana for a day’s visit. He will hold talks with President...
Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles has told the BBC that early general elections are the only way to put an end to the country’s crisis. Mr Capriles accused President Nicolas Maduro of...
The Gambian President, Adama Barrow will today pay a day’s visit to Ghana where he is expected to hold bilateral talks with President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Flagstaff house. Director of...
Mr Hichilema has been in custody for more than a fortnight Zambia's presidential spokesman Amos Chanda has denied allegations that President Edgar Lungu is influencing the case against opposition...
A court on Wednesday refused a request to drop treason charges against Zambia's main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema after he allegedly blocked the president's motorcade earlier this month....
Two years after Burundi's president plunged the central African country into turmoil, the regime shows no signs of easing up on a crackdown that has forced hundreds of thousands to flee. The UN...
Prominent Kuwaiti opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak called on Monday for national reconciliation to rescue the oil-rich Gulf state just days after his release from jail. Barrak, 61, was freed...
Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom was the 2016 flagbearer of the PPP “…But the people are tired of listening to and reading about hope when we face senseless deaths on our roads, in our hospitals and homes;...
A liberal blogger, Yameen Rasheed, was stabbed to death in the politically restive Maldivian capital Male, his family members and colleagues said Sunday. He was 29. Rasheed was found in the stairwell...
Prominent Kuwaiti opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak was released from prison Friday after serving a two-year sentence for insulting the emir in public. Barrak, 61, walked out of Kuwait's central...
