Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has nominated Johnson Asiamah as the West African country's next central bank governor pending approval by the Council of State, the presidency said on Friday.

South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

One lesson I have learned is that no one can go ahead of the Lord’s timing," said a Latter-day Saint pioneer in Tanzania ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

This is evidenced by the pattern of electoral outcomes, progress in intra-Africa trade, and Africa’s enhanced Africa’s voice in the global arena. Building on these gains through sustained collective ...

Thirty African Heads of State and governments today committed to concrete reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to power economic growth, improve ...

Vladimir Putin grabbed Donbas, an eastern region of Ukraine, and pretended he had not. As a figleaf he used local separatist ...

France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But ...

M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.

An African country that's the 11th largest in the world also shares its border with a staggering nine other countries.