Military aircraft are to escort passenger trains along the vital rail link between Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and the northern city of Kaduna. The announcement by Transport Minister Rotimi Am... Read more

In a huge blow to President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s judges have once again blocked a government-backed plan to make fundamental changes to the constitution. Supreme Court judges said t... Read more

Gunmen in Nigeria are reported to have abducted an unknown number of passengers from a train in the northern Kaduna state. The gang mined the track between the capital, Abuja, and Kaduna cit... Read more

Guinean military authorities have destroyed the private residence of former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo. The junta, which said it was targeting irregularly acquired state property an... Read more

The governments of Kenya and Jersey have signed a landmark deal which will see millions of dollars of public funds allegedly stolen by two of Kenya’s richest men returned to the countr... Read more

A summit bringing Israel together with Egypt, Morocco and two other Arab countries is taking place in the Negev desert in Israel. The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is also taking part... Read more

Independent election observers say the just ended Zimbabwe by-elections were marred by intimidation and vote-buying. Results from the polls suggest the new opposition party Citizens Coalitio... Read more

Burkina Faso’s security forces have arrested the former speaker, days after he called for the immediate release of ousted President Roch Kaboré. Alassane Bala Sakandé, who is also the... Read more

Heads of state from the West African regional group Ecowas are due to meet in Ghana on Friday to discuss the political situation in Mali following last year’s coup. Mali’s interi... Read more

Tanzania has explained why it is not taking sides in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and is calling for peace talks to bring the war to an end. It comes a day after a delegation of Europ... Read more

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked the country’s health minister, according to a decree announced by state media on Wednesday night. No reasons were given for the firing of... Read more

Egypt has asked for help from the IMF as the government struggles to deal with the impact of the war in Ukraine. As the world’s biggest importer of wheat, Egypt relies heavily on grain... Read more

Former Zambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji has been arrested for alleged money-laundering activities. The authorities said Mr Malanji was arrested for owning a hotel suspe... Read more

Nigerian politician Atiku Abubakar has formally declared his intention to contest next February’s presidential election. The former vice-president is the first person to make a formal declar... Read more