The Somali government’s recent approval of a licence for US-based Starlink to operate in Somalia represents a milestone, as ...

A Court of Appeal in London has upheld a ruling ordering Nigeria to pay oil trading firms Glencore and Vitol, the latest in a ...

West African scammers known as ‘grazers’ – or 419ers in Nigeria – promise huge fortunes after eliciting sympathy from ...

Young West African ‘catfish’ scammers have turned cyber-fraud into a cornerstone of transnational crime by recycling age-old ...

Yakubu has overseen two general elections (2019 and 2023), making him the longest-serving INEC chairman since Nigeria’s ...

With billions lost to smuggling, Ghana’s new Gold Board CEO Sammy Gyamfi says it’s time to put Ghanaian interests first and ...

An Ivory Coast court on Tuesday struck main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam off the nation’s electoral list, closing the door ...

The governor’s open rebellion against Raila Odinga’s political rapprochement with President William Ruto has opened old ...

Tensions in Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State may be easing after weeks of political uncertainty and protests. Behind closed ...

The Mauritanian, who recently stepped down as president of Badea, has launched his campaign for the presidency of the African ...

Denouncing the former president’s ‘proven involvement’ with the M23 rebels and their Rwandan backers, the Congolese ...

As it finalises the sale of its Olam Agri subsidiary to Saudi group Salic, the Singapore-based commodities giant is moving ...