The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has defended his country's decision not to sign the continental free trade deal just yet despite participating in earlier discussions.
44 African leaders on Wednesday signed onto the world’s largest free trade area at a gathering in Rwanda with countries like Nigeria and Uganda missing out for the mean time.
Africa's leaders will gather in Rwanda on Wednesday, March 21 to launch what they say will be the world's largest free trade area but leaders of Nigeria and Uganda are reported to have pulled out, highlighting the challenge in getting the continent to sign up.
The African Union (AU) has announced that it has started working together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to evacuate thousands of African migrants held in detention centers in Libya.
Pressure is mounting on Liberia to resolve its current political crisis after the Supreme Court ordered the country’s electoral commission to investigate claims of electoral fraud raised by an opposition political party.
There have been several reactions to the military takeover in Zimbabwe which has led to the detention of the country's President Robert Mugabe and the arrest of some of his cabinet ministers.
The Gambia has joined the opposition in Togo to call on Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe to resign as agitations continue in the West African nation for an end to the Gnassingbe dynasty which has lasted for 50 years.
Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers.
The apartments have been constructed to...
Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered.
The significant number of recoveries means the country now...
Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million.
Moyo is accused of illegally...
