The opposition and the civil society have rejected the announcement by the national electoral commission to hold long waited presidential election in December 2018, allowing therefore incumbent and disputed President Joseph Kabila to exceed December 31, 2017...

Sources within the Malian army have indicated that 11 soldiers who have been held captive by Jama’ah Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) were likely killed in a French raid late October. A senior officer in the Malian defense...

Africa’s richest woman and daughter of Angola’s ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos is the only African to have made Forbes magazine’s ranking of the top 100 women for 2017. The 44-year-old is the 74th most powerful woman...

The South African banking institution has been crowned in London country’s best private bank, winning the title for fifth time in a row. Investec Private Banking and Wealth & Investment won the award at the Global Private...

American but Senegal-born pop star Akon will co-host Africa’s greatest music award All Africa Awards (AFRIMA) Sunday in Lagos, Nigeria. Akon, talented, multi-award winner, singer and song writer and now philanthropist will emcee the 4th annual AFRIMA...

The African Union (AU) and the West African regional block (ECOWAS) Wednesday asked President Ellen Jonson Sirleaf to stay away from the electoral process and the dispute that has emerged following October 10 elections over fraud and...

The opposition in Eritrea has accused the regime of President Isaias Afwerki of the killing of at least 28 people in Tuesday demonstrations in capital Asmara. The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization on its facebook account noted...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Tuesday debunked Reuters report indicating that the African lending institution was redirecting $400-million loan requested by the Nigerian Federal government to shore up it 2017 deficit budget. “The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org)...

The charity has finger-pointed army Brigadier-general Étienne Mbunsu Bindu based in Northern Kivu in illicit earning transactions related to gold mining in the region. The military high ranking officer according to the NGO which investigates illegal exploitation...

Abuja and Moscow have agreed to let Russian state-run company Rosatom to build and run Nigeria’s first nuclear plant to help relatively meet country’s local demand for energy, reports say. The agreement signed between representatives of the...