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Nigerian Footballer Reveals Plot Against TB Joshua

Dec 5, 2019

Sani Emmanuel, the former Nigerian football starlet whose recent social media ...

Protests erupted in Benin after parliamentary elections were held in April without a single opposition candidate taking part. By Yanick Folly (AFP)

Benin orders EU envoy out for 'subversive' activit...

Nov 27, 2019

The government of Benin on Wednesday accused EU Ambassador Oliver Netten of invo ...

The UN mission MONUSCO has also been a target of popular anger over the ADF militia attacks. By Alain WANDIMOYI (AFP)

DR Congo police fire live rounds to break up prote...

Nov 22, 2019

DR Congo police and soldiers fired live ammunition on Friday to disperse demonst ...

Demonstrators are seen outside the Department of State Services headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 12, 2019. Police fired on and attacked journalists covering that demonstration. (AFP/Kola Sulaimon)

Nigerian security forces fire on journalists, prot...

Nov 16, 2019

Abuja, November 15, 2019 ndash; Nigerian authorities should investigate ...

Benin's former leader Thomas Boni Yayi (in white) 2nd L, white)after arriving in in Cotonou on Wednesday. By Yanick Folly (AFP)

Former Benin leader returns from exile amid crisis

Nov 20, 2019

Benin's former leader Thomas Boni Yayi flew home Wednesday but hopes of an immed ...

UN forces have become the focus of angry protests over the perceived failure to stop militia attacks. By ALEXIS HUGUET (AFP/File)

Crowd in DR Congo lynches two people as UN envoy v...

Dec 1, 2019

A crowd in eastern DR Congo on Saturday lynched two people they suspected of bei ...

Violence in Burkina Faso. By Maryam EL HAMOUCHI (AFP)

14 killed in Burkina Faso church attack: regional ...

Dec 1, 2019

Fourteen people were killed in an attack Sunday on a church in eastern Burkina F ...

Equatorial Guinea is located on the southern rim of the Gulf of Guinea, one of the world's hotspots for maritime piracy. By Thomas SAINT-CRICQ (AFP)

Equatorial Guinea says seven seamen seized in ship...

Nov 22, 2019

Seven crew aboard a supply ship for the oil industry in Equatorial Guinea were k ...

Drilling Down Oil And Gas In West Africa: Building...

Nov 14, 2019

Penplusbytes a leader in enhancing the capacity of journalists in various ...

More than 3,000 workers are expected to take part in the strike. By BRUCE BENNETT (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File)

South African Airways cancels all flights after st...

Nov 14, 2019

South African Airways (SAA) said it was cancelling 200-odd flights on Friday and ...

Time for change? The CFA franc is under fire over its link to France -- an association that critics say is a reminder of the colonial era that ended 60 years ago. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP)

Central African summit calls for reflection on CFA...

Nov 22, 2019

Leaders from six central African countries on Friday called for in-depth thinki ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) meets with Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord in Istanbul on November 27, 2019. By Mustafa Kamaci (TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/AFP/File)

Greece expels Libyan envoy over Turkey maritime de...

Dec 7, 2019

Greece's foreign ministry on Friday said it was expelling the Libyan ambassador ...

UK Condemned For Ignoring UN Deadline To Hand Chag...

Dec 5, 2019

The UK has defied an order given by the UN after failing to return control of ...

CFA banknotes issued by the Central Bank of West African States -- but the currency's pegging to the euro is controversial and politically sensitive, prompting moves to introduce a new currency, the eco. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP/File)

Many pitfalls in reform of Africa's CFA franc

Nov 17, 2019

Calls to overhaul the West African CFA franc, a currency tied to the euro and hi ...

Zambia president Edgar Chagwa Lungu (pictured September 2019) is allegedly

Zambian president allegedly involved in illegal ti...

Dec 7, 2019

Zambia's President Edgar Lungu and other senior government officials have been a ...

A worker at the Chinese-built Bole Lemi Industrial Park in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, April 6, 2017. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

Chinese engagement helps Africa’s industrializatio...

Nov 23, 2019

Speaking to Xinhua on Wednesday, November 20, Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Direct ...

Nigerian journalists attacked and threatened while...

Nov 20, 2019

Nigerian authorities should investigate and hold accountable those responsibl ...