COTONOU, Benin (AP) — The polls have closed in Benin where voters cast their ballots on Sunday to choose a successor to President Patrice Talon, who is stepping down after a decade in power, leaving a ...

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Cotonou, the commercial capital of Benin Republic, to represent President Bola ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has emerged as an early frontrunner in the presidential primary of the African Democratic ...

As President Bola Tinubu on Sunday received the All Progressives Congress Certificate of Return and flag as the party’s ...

The leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sued for peace as members staged a peaceful protest over alleged ...

Africa has witnessed a significant decline in democratic governance, evidenced by the increasing frequency of military ...

Kenya's Finance Bill 2026 proposes a 35% excise duty on glass bottles imported from East African Community states The plan landed barely two weeks after Kenya and Tanzania vowed to scrap all ...

Headline inflation rose to 11.7% in April 2026 from 9.4% in March, ending a brief return to single digits The rebound stress-tests the July 2024 reform that floated the birr, which has since lost well ...

US House passes war powers resolution to stop Trump’s Iran military action Mary Njoku says Christians can’t pray away bandits ...

The internal crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worsened on Friday as two warring factions drew battlelines over a planned special convention to ratify former President Goodluck ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential primary witnessed a huge turnout in Anambra State on Saturday. The chairman of the APC in Anambra state, Senator Emmanuel Anosike, described the crowd ...

Haiti’s prime minister said Monday his country is too unstable to hold presidential elections as scheduled in August, which would be Haiti’s first election in nearly 10 years. Haiti has had no ...