The president of Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation. Earlier this year, Germany’s environment ministry suggested there should...
Nigerian music star Davido has instructed his lawyers to sue over an April Fool’s joke that has spectacularly backfired. The prank story alleged that the Afrobeats singer...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was in Dakar for the April 2 swearing-in of new president Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Almost all leaders from the West African...
Maryse Condé the French-Guadeloupean author, who wrote about slavery, colonialism, sexuality and African dictatorships in more than 20 novels, plays and essays, has died aged 90....
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s fifth president, has been sworn into office at a ceremony in the capital, Dakar. Last month, 44-year-old Mr Faye won the delayed...
“I have never been arrested by anyone for any crime in any country in the world,” Davido has told fans on social media. It followed speculation...
Senegal’s new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye will formally take office today (April 2) in the city of Diamniadio, according to the presidency. He will officially become...
Growing up in Nigeria, Valerie Lomari’s grandmother was the only person who had ever shown her love. Aged 16, she was taken by an elderly woman...
It is every parent’s worst nightmare: armed criminals attacking their child’s school, and kidnapping students and teachers. In some parts of Nigeria, this scenario is not...
Ivory Coast’s president, Alasaane Ouattara, will increase the official cocoa farmgate price to 1,500 CFA francs, an equivalent of $2.47 per kg from Tuesday, April 2,...