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Incumbent leader Paul Kagame swept to a landslide victory in Rwanda’s presidential election, securing a third term in office and extending his 17 years in power, final results showed on Saturday.

Kagame has won international praise for presiding over a …

Tunisia’s parliament has approved a bill aimed at ending “all violence against women” in a move welcomed by rights groups.

The new law, which is expected to enter into force next year, defines violence against women as “any physical, moral, …

Rwandans go to the polls to elect a new president for a seven-year term. The August 4 presidential election is seen as a walk in the park for incumbent Paul Kagame.

The 59-year-old Kagame has been in charge since 2000 …

East African giants Kenya and Tanzania have ended months of trade restrictions which were a contravention of the East African Community trade protocol.

Kenya enforced a ban on the importation of cooking gas from Tanzania in April after it had …

Ghana’ president Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday said the country will not extend its three-year aid programme with the International Monetary Fund beyond April 2018. The IMF had urged it to do so to give it time to complete the programme’s …

Benin and Liberia were ranked highest among the 40 African countries that participated in the just ended FIRST Global Challenge robotics competition held in the United States capital, Washington DC.

The six-round maiden international robotics event saw 163 national teams…

Kenya’s electoral body says it is facing more than 300 court cases from candidates, parties and civil society groups before elections on Aug. 8, raising concern about whether the disputes can be resolved in time.

President Uhuru Kenyatta will once …

Nigeria must not borrow more to fund its budget and should instead raise money it needs by other means, the country’s finance minister said on Tuesday, calling into question planned foreign loans of $2 billion from lenders like the World …