A grenade attack against French forces late Monday in capital Ouagadougou left three civilians wounded shortly before visiting French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the West African country, reports say. Two hooded men on a motorbike threw...

President Mnangagwa has dissolved government but appointed two top officials of Mugabe area as acting finance and foreign affairs ministers before unveiling much-awaited new cabinet to bring change to the Southern African country. The new leader according...

King Mohamed VI of Morocco touched down Sunday in Abidjan for a state visit in the build-up to the European Union-Africa summit to take place in Abidjan late this month. The trip comes on top of several...

French President Emmanuel Macron has chosen Burkina Faso as the starting point of his first African tour since taking power. The French leader is expected today Monday in Burkina Faso, the first visit by a French top...

Sacked Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as president at the revelations about Robert Mugabe’s Tuesday resignation emerge. Mnangagwa has officially become Friday the second President of Zimbabwe after former President Robert Mugabe stepped down...

President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz unveiled Thursday north of capital Nouakchott a solar energy plant capable of producing 50 MW. The project has been funded by the Mauritanian government and the Arabic Fund for Economic and Social Development...

Country’s foreign minister Louise Mushikiwabo announced Wednesday Kigali’s eagerness to welcome up to 30,000 African migrants stranded in Libya following CNN report on the existence in the North African country of slave markets. Mushikiwabo indicated that her...

Emmerson Mnangagwa will be inaugurated as country’s President on Friday according state broadcaster ZBC after being sacked two weeks ago by former President Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa is coming from behind after being sidelined in succession of the...

Nigerian billionaire and richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote will inaugurate Thursday his first cement factory in the country already housing four producers. $300 million have been invested to erect the Mfila-based factory. The plant has been...

Former Senegal top diplomat and presidential hopeful Cheikh Tidiane Gadio has been arrested in New York on graft charges after serving as lobbyist in the acquisition of oil contracts by a Chinese company in Chad a bank...