The proposed law changes seek to extend presidential and parliamentary terms, and potentially shift the election of the president from direct voting to parliamentary voting
The report finds that heavy social media use—defined as more than five hours a day—is consistently associated with higher stress levels, increased depressive symptoms.
The government said the renewed push is part of broader efforts to encourage displaced Sudanese to return and participate in national recovery.
African governments have imposed sharp fuel price increases as the Iran war sends global oil prices surging and threatens to spark inflation across the continent.
Rwanda, Uganda, and Ghana are among a dozen countries that EU nations are scouting as potential partners to host so-called "return hubs" for rejected asylum-seekers.
South African soldiers moved into Cape Town townships on Wednesday after two people were killed, nearly 50 days after the president ordered the deployment.
The move comes days after Somali troops took control of the state capital, prompting the resignation of the regional President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagaren.
Rwandan Finance Minister Yusuf Murangwa said if the government does not intervene, prices could rise sharply.
A joint session of Cameroon’s National Assembly and Senate on Thursday began examining a constitutional amendment bill that would reintroduce the post of vice-president to complete a president's mandate in case of an eve
Forty-three people were killed in a terrorist attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday, the army said in a statement.
Analysts say the growing continental trend aligns with the goals of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the African Continental Free Trade Area.
The African bloc says the five-point peace plan offers ‘timely’ path to diplomacy amid escalating conflict
An army colonel and 12 other suspects are facing charges of planning to kill President Michael Randrianirina.
The talks with DR Congo have not yet resulted in an agreement and key details remain unresolved, Reuters news agency reports.
Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said that he had already cancelled his own planned trips to Niger, Spain and France.
Sudanese police said the explosion was caused by a landmine, a remnant of the war, which detonated after "some residents set fire to waste" in the area.
The country's largest independent oil and gas producer, Seplat Energy, has issued written commitments on pay rises, the workers union said.
Somalia's intelligence agency said those killed included Abdifitah Mohamed Hassan, the chief mechanic in charge of preparing car bombs.
Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop tells diplomats that the government "does not envisage any dialogue" with the groups he blamed for the recent assaults.
Veteran opposition figure Martin Fayulu vows do everything to prevent President Felix Tshisekedi "from serving a third term"
Parliament approves a bill that stipulates that the vice-president will automatically assume the presidency if President Paul Biya dies, resigns, or becomes incapacitated.
President William Ruto has accepted the resignation of the executives and a formal investigation has been launched into the alleged irregularities.
DRC will receive third-country nationals deported from the US under a new deal with the Trump administration, the DRC government said on Sunday.
Terrorists raided a police station in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, killing four policemen, and also targeted a camp for displaced persons, authorities said.
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