The defence team of former rebel leader Dominic Ongwen is contesting the sum, arguing that the victim count has been overestimated. But the victims' lawyers have rejected these arguments and support ...

The European Union is set to send humanitarian aid to Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria which was struck by devastating floods after a dam broke on 11 September following unusually heavy rains.

Retired major general Athmane Tartag, also known as Bachir, the former head of the DRS intelligence and security agency, has been placed under house arrest in the west Algerian city of Oran, where he ...

Angola's Force Petroleum is no longer a shareholder in the onshore block Cabinda South, located in Angola's oil-rich Cabinda province, the exclave wedged between the Republic of Congo and the DRC. The ...

The minister, who is close to Russia, seems to be falling out of favour with President Touadéra. Earlier this month, he was prevented from leaving the country to receive medical treatment. Livestock ...

As president of the Council of the European Union from July to December, Hungary's leader Viktor Orbán wants to put the Sahel on the Brussels agenda. To this end, his foreign minister Péter Szijjártó ...

France and the Ivory Coast have come to a reciprocal agreement exempting Ivorian diplomatic passport holders from needing a visa. This decision puts an end to several months of intense negotiations ...

Several players in the new information technologies sector are in the running to win two contracts to develop digital governance and identity management in Madagascar. By the end of the month, the ...

Tankers are still making their way to the ports of eastern Libya, despite the oil blockages in the country. The Turkish vessel Haci Kemal, on its way from the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, ...

A meeting between African ambassadors to the European Union, the Africa directorate of the European External Action Service and the Directorate-General for International Partnerships is due to take ...

The draft reform of the Mining and Energy Code drawn up by Mines and Petroleum Minister Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly is causing concern among members of the Groupement Professionnel des Miniers de Côte ...

Entic Madagascar, whose general manager is the son of the prominent entrepreneur, has teamed up with a German firm to bid for two contracts for a major government digitalisation project. But they are ...