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Gotabaya Rajapaksa, president of Sri Lanka, says he would step down from office on July 13. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, speaker of the parliament, said the president informed him of his...

Paul Kagame, the Rwandan president, has hinted at seeking a fourth term office in 2024. Kagame has been the leader of Rwanda since 1994 after his Patriotic Front Party helped...

Shinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister, is dead. He was shot while giving a speech at a political rally. Abe was in the city of Nara on Friday giving the...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, was conferred with ‘The Order of the Eagle of Zambia’ — first division. Other recipients of the honour, which is Zambia’s highest for civilians,...

African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has approved a $1.13 billion fund for 24 African countries to ensure food security.  The approval comes on the heels of the rising food prices...

The African Union (AU) has launched a digital platform designed to ease the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The digital platform — www.afcfta.app — was unveiled...

he Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed the country’s first-ever outbreak of the Marburg virus disease. The development was announced in a statement issued on Sunday. According to the statement,...