Politics & Governance

ABUJA — Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dismissed his Finance Minister, Olawale Edun, in a sudden cabinet reshuffle that caught many within the government and financial markets off guard, according to official sources confirmed on Tuesday. The sacking represents the most significant change to Tinubu’s economic team since the president assumed office in May […]

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front has re-established administrative control over Ethiopia’s Tigray region following a political agreement that has left many questioning whether the Pretoria peace deal can hold.

South Sudan sets December 27, 2026 for long-delayed elections as fighting continues across multiple regions, testing the fragile 2018 peace agreement.

A landmark study involving researchers from across Africa has identified new genetic variants that increase the risk of chronic kidney disease in continental African populations, marking a major advance in medical genomics and challenging assumptions that have shaped research for decades. The study, conducted by the KidneyGenAfrica consortium and involving more than 26,000 individuals from

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on Tuesday, marking the final chapter of an 11-day apostolic journey that has taken him across Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and now Equatorial Guinea — his most extensive international trip since his election as the first African-American pontiff last year. The visit, described by Vatican officials as both

Three years after a wave of coups across the Sahel redrew West Africa political map, the security architecture of the region has been fundamentally transformed — and not in the direction that Western governments, development partners, or even the United Nations had hoped. By early 2026, the three nations that have defined the new order

Mozambique is accelerating its pivot toward China as it seeks industrial growth. The shift reflects a broader African trend as Western influence on the continent recedes.

South Africa’s Most Polarizing Politician Faces His Darkest Hour Julius Malema, the firebrand commander-in-chief of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has built a political career on confrontation — with the ruling ANC, with the white minority legacy, with capitalism itself. On April 16, 2026, a court in KuGompo City handed him a five-year prison

Ethiopia’s biggest musician Teddy Afro has released a mournful new song taking aim at the government, amassing over 7 million views as the country approaches June elections.

After 137 years away, Zimbabwe welcomes home its iconic soapstone Zimbabwe Bird sculpture, repatriated by South Africa alongside the remains of eight ancestors.

NAIROBI — Kenya political landscape is already shifting toward 2027, with President William Ruto and his estranged former deputy Rigathi Gachagua trading increasingly sharp attacks that political observers say are reshaping the country political fault lines ahead of what promises to be one of the most consequential elections in Kenya recent history. The political breakup