Back from the brink and backed by a powerful network of economists, technocrats and political kingmakers, Asiama is reshaping monetary policy and his own legacy.

When the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized the capital of North Darfur, they didn’t just win a city, they may have ...

The Salafist jihadists JNIM have claimed an attack in northern Nigeria, on the border with Benin. It is the first time the al ...

Addis Ababa’s renewed bid for maritime access is reshaping alliances across the Horn, pushing Cairo and Asmara into rare ...

Tanzania’s army chiefs appear rattled, and fingers are pointed at President Samia’s son Abdul Halim Hafidh Ameir, accused of ...

Special prosecutor moves to extradite Ken Ofori-Atta over alleged corruption in a revenue-assurance deal as former president ...

For now, Tate has given Nigeria’s cultural moment a museum-scale frame — and committed to keeping part of that story on the walls for decades. If the promise of Zaria and the reinventions of Nsukka ...

Nigeria and WAEMU have imposed strict timetables on their banks to increase their share capital. In response, dozens of ...

Artificial intelligence, a cross-border payments platform, structural reorganisation… Africa’s most pan-continental bank has ...

Regional bodies have come under fire for not speaking out against the deteriorating human rights situation in Tanzania ahead ...

Kidnapped in late September in Bamako, the three hostages were freed by their captors in Gao, in the north, in return for a ...

Nearly nine years after fleeing into exile in Equatorial Guinea, the former dictator says he’s returning home – a defiant ...