Africa

The African Union on Friday congratulated anti-establishment opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his victory in Senegal's presidential election and hailed the "unanimous acceptance of the results".

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his condolences on Friday over a bus crash just before Easter that killed 45 of the 46 people on board.

The British Council in collaboration with the European Union (EU) has empowered 273 Civil Society Organisation (CSO) on capacity building and sustainable development.

A slow-moving cyclone that unexpectedly turned towards Madagascar has killed 11 people on the island nation as high winds ripped down trees and torrents of water rushed through villages, washing away houses, officials said.

Seven months after bringing the curtain down on the 55-year Bongo dynasty, Gabon's transitional president launches a national dialogue Tuesday touted as paving the way for elections next year.

Niger said Wednesday that the United States will shortly submit a proposal for its soldiers to "disengage" from the West African country after the military regime in Niamey said it was withdrawing from a 2012 cooperation agreement with Washington.

Ethiopia's main bank issued a "last warning" on Wednesday to more than 5,000 customers accused of taking advantage of a technical glitch to fraudulently withdraw millions. About $19.5 million was taken when the bank was updating a computer system in the East African country, meaning ATM and online transactions were not reflected in affected accounts…

The United States on Wednesday launched a new initiative to boost imports of African foods -- specialties like seafood, nuts and herbs -- seeing untapped potential in items that benefit small-scale farmers. The new Africa Trade Desk aims to increase imports of African specialty foods into the United States by $300 million over the next…

To commemorate 25 years of building brands across West & Central Africa region, mediaReach OMD has unveiled their OMD Consumer Intelligence (OCI) initiative to raise the bar of data analysis in media marketing. According to a statement by the company’s Managing Director, Stephen Oluwatoyin Onaivi, the initiative symbolises the organisation’s relentless pursuit of innovation and…

Four people were condemned to death and two sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after a decade-long investigation into the 2013 killing of Tunisian secular opposition leader Chokri Belaid. Tunisia still hands down death sentences, particularly in "terrorism" cases, even though a de facto moratorium in effect since 1991 means they are effectively commuted…

The son of a former president of Guinea-Bissau was sentenced to more than six and a half years in prison for involvement in a transnational heroin trafficking conspiracy, the US Justice Department announced Tuesday. Malam Bacai Sanha Jr, 52, planned to use the proceeds to finance a coup in the West African country that would…

A new report released yesterday by the United Nations International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and launched by the African Union Commission (AUC) has shown alarming trends in migrant deaths and disappearances over the past decade