AFRICA

General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema was declared, Wednesday (Aug. 30) head of the military junta that seized power from Ali Bongo, shortly after his...

A fire engulfed a five-storey building in central Johannesburg overnight, killing dozens of people and leaving many more injured, officials in South Africa’s biggest...

From its independence in 1960 to Wednesday's coup d'état against outgoing president Ali Bongo, who has been in power for 14 years, here are...

Gabon's deposed president, Ali Bongo Ondimba has called on his "friends all over the world to make noise" while under house arrest following a...

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) is climbing down from the initial peak of military intervention in Niger, seeing instead a possibility...

Russia enjoys the trust of most African nations in stark contrast to their former Western colonial masters, Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeyev has claimed, speaking...

The military government of Niger on Friday gave French Ambassador Sylvain Itte 48 hours to leave the country. The Nigerien Foreign Ministry justified the...

The transitional government believes that France is part of the security problem that Burkina Faso has been experiencing for the past 8 years, according...

Six nations will become full-fledged members of the BRICS group of nations starting January 2024, after their candidacies were approved by leaders of the...

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has appeared in his first video address since his failed mutiny in Russia, which suggests he is in Africa. The BBC...