Guinea-Bissau has scrapped plans for a hepatitis B vaccine trial involving newborns after international criticism that the research would be unethical and potentially exploitative. The US funded the proposed study under Health…
Lagos has become a meeting point for Africa’s creative economy, as artists, investors, policymakers and industry leaders from across the continent gather…
With ballots still being tallied, the African National Congress is facing an increasingly bleak result—not only in the cities, but across much…
Two more Ebola vaccine candidates are set to enter clinical trials in the Democratic Republic of Congo, offering a potential new line…
Atiku Abubakar’s bid for the presidency in the 2027 election has been thrown into uncertainty after the Federal High Court in Abuja…
Doris Adu Gyamfi has travelled from Ghana to the United States after President Donald Trump granted her an emergency visa to seek…
President Bola Tinubu has requested Senate approval for $7.7 billion in external borrowing to help close the Federal Government’s 2026 budget deficit.…
Journalist Guillaume Munguakonkwa was forced into hiding after militia members in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo allegedly targeted him over broadcasts about…
At polling stations across the country, election officials are tallying ballots under the scrutiny of party representatives and observers. Once counted, the…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on Burkina Faso to do more to protect vulnerable communities, investigate alleged abuses and “fairly prosecute”…
Few government decisions affect daily life as directly as those made by municipal councils, whose representatives are chosen in Local Government Elections…
