Akinwumi A. Adesina has been re-elected to another five-year term as president of the African Development Bank, during a board vote that came on the last day of the AfDB annual meeting. Adesina received the unanimous vote of all regional and non-regional AfDB members, despite questions about his leadership raised…
In Zimbabwe, friends and supporters of political activist Patson Dzamara are mourning the news that Dzamara has died while awaiting medical treatment. Dzamara, 34, was a human rights defender who opposed the ruling Zanu PF party and was active in calling for change during the end of former president Robert…
Africans celebrated the end of wild poliovirus on the continent on Tuesday, making good on an international promise that dates to 1996 and the Nelson Mandela era. “This is a momentous milestone for Africa. Now future generations of African children can live free of wild polio,” said Dr Matshidiso Moeti,…
Although Khalifa Haftar and his eastern Libyan forces have rejected the call for a ceasefire…
Opposition leader Martin Fayulu made his return to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday,…
The Economic Community of West African States plans to send another delegation to Mali to…
Dozens of African migrants were rescued this week from what international migration agencies say is…
All eyes are on Mali as President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta announced his resignation late Tuesday,…
