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Government under pressure as provincial police commissioner claims country’s police chief colluded with criminal gangs.

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The appointment of Wale Adeniyi as the Comptroller-General of Customs (CCG) by President Bola Tinubu in June 2023 has ...

South Sudan celebrated its 14th Independence Day on Wednesday without official fanfare, reflecting the mounting political and economic problems for the country since 2011.

The Zambian government has won a last-minute court order stopping the private burial of former President Edgar Lungu ...

Judy Sandison is an award-winning broadcast journalist and editor. She founded the SABC’s new media unit, and has worked as parliamentary reporter, managing editor and regional editor, with a stint as ...

In Zambia, two men are on trial for allegedly practicing witchcraft and possessing charms intended to harm President Hakainde ...

After the US Agency for International Development abruptly terminated billions of dollars’ worth of overseas aid grants, the ...

Africa has seen major healthcare gains, yet many of its presidents continued to seek medical care abroad despite once ...

Crisis Group expert Arrey E. Ntui assesses President Paul Biya's determination to stay in office and its implications for the October poll.

Never in African and world history has a man been revered and acclaimed like the late Nelson Mandela first black president of a democratic ...