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The Johannesburg High Court ruled on October 9 that the African National Congress unlawfully removed Andile Lungisa from its candidate list for Nelson Mandela Bay, ordering the party to restore him to its internal lis...
Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s medical care has prompted conflicting public accounts about his condition, leaving uncertainty over whether he will take part in upcoming campaign events for the uMkhonto we...
Nigeria’s finance minister, Taiwo Oyedele, rejected calls to restore a blanket petrol subsidy, saying it would cost more than N20 trillion a year and could worsen the economic pressures it is intended to ease.
Ethiopia and Eritrea traded accusations of aggression on Friday as fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and reports of Eritrean troop movements heightened concern about a wider conflict.
Anti-migrant protests turned violent in Durban and Soweto on October 8, with vehicles set alight and shops looted as police responded to clashes.
Patrice Motsepe said African football’s 54 member associations unanimously support Gianni Infantino for re-election as FIFA president, while urging the continent to pursue the World Cup title and invest more in player...
The Arewa Consultative Forum has urged Nigeria’s Federal Government and political officeholders to put security ahead of preparations for the 2027 elections, saying electioneering should give way to action against vio...
Nyesom Wike called for a state burial for late politician Daniel Orbih at a tribute in Abuja, while crediting him with supporting Wike’s successful 2015 bid to become governor of Rivers State.
A Nigerian Air Force helicopter made a precautionary landing on farmland in Makurdi, Benue State, while returning from an operation against suspected kidnappers, the Air Force said.
Atiku Abubakar has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies, saying agricultural trade shifted from a surplus to a deficit between the first halves of 2025 and 2026 as exports declined.
The African Union launched the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) in Port Louis, Mauritius, on Wednesday, October 7, presenting it as an alternative source of assessments for governments, financial institutions and b...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) is preparing candidates and seeking support for Nigeria’s 2027 governorship elections in Adamawa and Nasarawa, with party developments including an announced alliance by New Nigeria P...
Donald Duke, the Peoples Redemption Party’s presidential candidate, said he would try to bring petrol prices in Nigeria to about ₦300 per litre if elected president in 2027.
Twenty prospective National Youth Service Corps members who were abducted in Imo State while travelling from Ibadan to orientation camps have been freed after seven days in captivity, according to reports and confirma...
Two Adigrat residents said they saw dozens of soldiers they identified as Eritrean driving through the northern Ethiopian town on Wednesday, as fighting between Ethiopian federal forces and a Tigrayan armed alliance h...
Rwanda is reported to have reached an agreement to host a Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2030, a move that could bring the championship back to Africa for the first time since 1993.
Nigerian troops repelled an attack on the 101 Special Forces Battalion in Kukawa, Borno State, with support from the military’s Air Component, the military said.
Nigeria’s upstream petroleum regulator has announced a 2026 licensing round offering 40 oil and gas blocks across land, shallow-water and deepwater areas, with new rules planned for disclosing bidders’ ownership and p...
Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives elected Al-Salhin Abdelnabi as its new speaker, replacing Aguila Saleh after 12 years in the post.
Kano State Police have invited Nigeria Democratic Congress candidate Aminu Abdullahi Warkal for questioning over a social-media video that police said appeared to show him displaying a firearm at a political gathering...
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