The US is investigating South Africa’s ties with Iran – a move that could trigger sanctions against some of the country’s top leaders.

Uganda’s opposition politicians are tapping into voters’ frustrations over low coffee prices as coffee growers – primarily Bugandans – think twice on who to vote for in January’s presidential election ...

After the failed 15 May 1979 mutiny, Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings’ fiery words in court wrote his destiny as Ghana’s ...

The Algerian state-owned petroleum giant has embarked on a bold but fraught gamble to expand beyond its borders. But has it ...

As AGOA heads for ‘expiry’, Kenya’s trade team are in Washington on a diplomatic push, while Nairobi has inked a $1.2m ...

The Ivorian president announced at the end of July that he would run for a fourth term, while the main opposition leaders, ...

As billionaire Strive Masiyiwa appears to be slowly easing his way out of the spotlight, his daughters are moving in.

Japanese firms in Africa expand slowly, but a Japan External Trade Organization survey shows those present are increasingly ...

The deputy director for Africa at the Japan International Cooperation Agency says this year’s TICAD summit aims to boost ...

In 2005, as uranium prices surged, President Mamadou Tandja began negotiations with Areva (formerly Orano) in an attempt to ...

Should Ethiopia regain Assab it would reunite the Ethiopian and Eritrean Afar lands. Some from the ethnic group support ...

The speed and sophistication of jihadist attacks has shocked Nigerian and Chadian soldiers on the ground, sparking fears that ...