Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s bulldozers are destroying the cobbled streets and old buildings to turn the capital into an East African Dubai

She was convicted for ‘spraying’ bank notes into the air but even her detractors believe she is being punished for defying the country’s conservatism regarding gender and sexuality

The conflict has raged between rebels of the March 23 Movement and Congolese armed forces since late 2021

The lake has been swelling since late February, disrupting the country’s tourism industry

Bernard Ntaganda, a fierce critic of President Paul Kagame, had petitioned the high court in a bid to set aside convictions dating back more than a decade

If the biggest-ever media deal in Africa is successful, a French billionaire with a track record of buying media to promote far-right ideologies will have access to tens of millions of African homes

In order to effectively tackle the issues of ICT proficiency and election oversight in Africa, it is critical to concentrate on confronting the obstacles to implementation, closing the digital gap and strengthening cybersecurity protocols.

With the change in leadership of Frelimo, the country is likely to have a new president after the elections on 9 October

The worst floods in 30 years took the country by surprise

South Africa was an early adopter of unmanned aerial vehicles and the military pushed drone development from 1970

The pandemic is still claiming lives in the Indian Ocean country due to lack of HIV prevention and treatment services

Crocodile hunting was once lucrative, with its skin sought after for its power to protect people against evil spirits, and for use in the fashion industry

Long before the political crisis in the country, food production decreased because of environmental problems

More foreign news outlets are gagged over massacre reports accusing soldiers of killing at least 223 people in revenge attacks in February

Chad’s Mahamat Déby is determined to fill his father Idriss Déby’s shoes — and not just with the blood of his enemies

Allowing independent candidates to contest the next general election in South Africa is a boon for democracy. Prof. Colin Thakur asks if it is time to move to an electronic voting system?

Photographer Ala Kheir was using his camera to document the scars of Sudan’s old wars. Then came the new war.

Elections are being held in 19 countries across the African continent in 2024. Tom Mboya considers the rise in foreign disinformation campaigns.

Social media has changed the status quo in politics. In an election cycle, interaction between politicians and the electorate has evolved to near-real-time communication.

Only four of the 25 ministers are women and, by law, men are the supreme heads of the family

Efforts to modernise the capital Cairo’s infrastructure are running up against, and sometimes through, the city’s long history