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 ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

The ruling political parties of the Central African Republic (CAR) and Russia have signed a partnership agreement to "solidify" ties, officials said, days after a visit by the African nation's leader ...

In a development that reinforces the growing collaboration between Bangui and Moscow, the ruling United Hearts Movement (MCU) ...

says African countries must apply for addition to Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) organisation to fortify a continental union financial base. The ACUC said this in a ...

OTTAWA—Mark Carney, the former Canadian and U.K. central banker, formally declared his interest in succeeding Justin Trudeau as leader of Canada’s Liberal Party and the country’s prime ...