Five years after a bloody vote left dozens dead, Uganda’s 2026 campaign season has been eerily calm. But some say the silence is carefully staged and hotspots have already been defused.

Elites from the ruling ZANU-PF court honourary PhDs as Zimbabwean universities confer titles – critics say it props up power.

US President Trump’s warning to go ‘guns-a-blazing’ against jihadists over Christian killings in Africa’s most populous nation has left Nigerian President Tinubu scrambling to contain fallout at home ...

After Raila Odinga’s death, Kenya’s most enduring political dynasty faces the ultimate test: holding together his Orange Democratic Movement and safeguarding his half-century legacy of resistance, ...

More than 1,200 financial leaders and public officials gather in Casablanca for two days of debate on a decisive question: ...

A broader push for African sovereignty kicks against the greenback, but it is not the end of dollar dominance.

From Lagos’s financial ambitions to Nigeria’s youth dividend, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede argues that prosperity depends on conducting three forces in harmony: knowledge, culture, and capital.

Back from the brink and backed by a powerful network of economists, technocrats and political kingmakers, Asiama is reshaping monetary policy and his own legacy.

Nigeria’s second-richest man runs one of Africa’s most opaque conglomerates – a web of telecoms, banking, oil and ...

For now, Tate has given Nigeria’s cultural moment a museum-scale frame — and committed to keeping part of that story on the ...

When the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized the capital of North Darfur, they didn’t just win a city, they may have ...

The Salafist jihadists JNIM have claimed an attack in northern Nigeria, on the border with Benin. It is the first time the al ...