Africa

Why is Burkina Faso’s Traoré seen as a ‘different’ leader?

Burkina Faso's youthful leader has raised the stakes in his defiance of Western expectations by cons

South Africa's Ramaphosa to charm Trump with 'trade deal offer'

The stakes are high for South Africa. The United States is its second-biggest trading partner after

US deports Asian immigrants to South Sudan

Attorneys say the two men, originally from Myanmar and Vietnam, were sent to a war-torn African nati

Access to X blocked in Tanzania - monitor

The restricted access comes a day after social media accounts of major government institutions were

Uganda passes law to restore military prosecutions of civilians

Uganda's parliament has passed an amended law that permits military tribunals to try civilians, prom

DRC sentences former prime minister to 10 years of hard labour over corruption

DRC's former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo has been sentenced to a decade of forced labour fo