Mozambican police have detained 29 youths allegedly travelling to join the militants operating in the gas-rich northern Cabo Delgado province The mostly young people from the districts of Me... Read more

The team of Kenya’s President-elect has barred local media from covering the presidential inauguration, offering exclusive broadcast rights to Multichoice Kenya Ltd, an affiliate of So... Read more

Speculation continues in Burundi about who President Évariste Ndayishimiye was referring to after he warned that “powerful people” in his government were planning a coup. In rema... Read more

A Moroccan parliamentary group has proposed a bill that would see women granted paid menstrual leave days. If made law, the country would be the second in Africa, after Zambia, to grant wome... Read more

At least 35 civilians have been killed by a bomb that hit a convoy of vehicles in the north of Burkina Faso where jihadist militant groups are active, the authorities say. Dozens of others w... Read more

Age: 55 Served as deputy president since 2013 but fell out with boss President Uhuru Kenyatta First attempt at running for president Second-youngest person to win the presidency Has a PhD in... Read more

The president-elect is laying out his vision of a democratic Kenya that is free from intimidation. “This marks the end of the politics of deceit, betrayal and conmanship,” he say... Read more

Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto, whose victory has been upheld by the Supreme Court, has pledged to unite the country and assured dissenting voices that they will not be victimised. Mr... Read more

Kenya’s Supreme Court has ruled that William Ruto was properly elected president, dismissing several petitions seeking to annul the result of the 9 August election. His rival, Raila Od... Read more

The land now called Abuja was originally the southwestern part of the ancient Habe (Hausa) kingdom of Zazzau (Zaria). It was populated for centuries by several semi-independent tribes. The l... Read more

Dr William Samoei Ruto has been declared the 5th President of Kenya. The Kenyan Supreme Court has ruled against candidate Raila Odinga’s challenge to the outcome of last month’s... Read more

Three female soldiers from a group of 49 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali on accusations of being mercenaries have been released, Malian and Togolese diplomatic sources say. The 49 were arr... Read more

Kenya’s Supreme Court is expected to deliver its judgement on the challenge to the outcome of last month’s hotly contested presidential poll. The electoral commission declared Deputy Preside... Read more

The overturning of presidential election results is among options available to Kenya’s Supreme Court judges on Monday, but analysts say it is difficult to predict the court’s ver... Read more