International

Rwanda’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) has rejected the candidacy of 35-year-old Diane Shima Rwigara for not meeting filing requirements.She and four other candidates fell...

Zimbabwe is phasing out its local currency, the central bank says, formalising a multi-currency system introduced during hyper-inflation. Foreign currencies like the US dollar and...

Media titan Roger Ailes, who resigned from his positions as chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network amid sexual harassment...

President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbe, has reiterated his call for the opposition to accept dialogue as the government presses for an end to a...

People are voting in Kenya's general election amid fears that the result could trigger communal violence. On the eve of the vote, President Uhuru Kenyatta...

The Italian government has blocked the export of an Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine shipment to Australia.The decision affects 250,000 doses of the vaccine produced at an...

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is in the last days of her reign as Africa’s first democratically elected female president. She has, however, set a political...

The Nigerian president has ordered 20 former military chiefs and officers to be investigated over alleged arms procurement fraud. Among them are the chiefs of...

The death toll from a gun and bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State group in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has risen to seven, the...

A worker at The Gambia's main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they are "afraid...