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The Nigerian embassy in Guinea-Bissau has granted asylum to the country’s opposition presidential candidate, Fernando Dias da Costa, over alleged...

… as Nigeria, AU, ECOWAS condemn coup Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is safe and has left Guinea-Bissau following Wednesday’s...

Military officers in Guinea-Bissau announced Wednesday they were taking “total control” of the country while suspending its electoral process and...

Singapore is set to introduce mandatory caning as punishment for scammers under a new amendment bill aimed at curbing financial...

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has secured a landslide re-election victory, winning 97.66 percent of the vote, according to official...

A light aircraft carrying 12 people, including foreign tourists, crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff from the Diani...

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, 92, has been re-elected for an eighth term with 53.7 per cent of the votes. This...

Kenya’s long-time opposition leader, Raila Odinga, was buried in a state funeral in the west of the country on Sunday...

Madagascar’s constitutional court has declared President Andry Rajoelina’s seat vacant, announcing Michael Randrianirina, commander of the elite army unit CAPSAT,...

Voting began Sunday as Cameroon holds presidential elections which 92-year-old Paul Biya, the world’s oldest serving head of state, is...