Theophilus Peculiar

Former president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo launched a new political party on Sunday, the African People's Party's Congress (PPA-CI), marking his comeback to the political forefront after a decade-long absence. Gbagbo was elected president of the PPA-CI on Saturday...

The "Conakry Express" train, which links Guinea's capital with its suburbs, began operations this week after a ten-month break, an AFP journalist and the national railway company said. According to the AFP journalist, thousands of people boarded the train on...

Kenyan runner Agnes Tirop, a two-time world championships bronze medalist, has died. The country's track federation announced on Wednesday. The 25 year old athlete been found dead at her home in Iten in western kenya a town renowned as a training...

The Court of Appeal in Botswana started hearing a government attempt at overturning a landmark ruling that decriminalised homosexuality. In 2019 Botswana's High Court declared prison sentences for same-sex relationships as unconstitutional. The government wants the ruling overturned because it believes...

Djibouti Djibouti have shipped 18 goals and currently have a -16 goal difference after their defeat in all four of their group stage games. Their low point was an 8-0 hammering by Algeria, although they did score two against Niger in...

A joint military and police force have been deployed throughout Eswatini, where students have been protesting for weeks calling for political reforms, pro-democracy groups said Monday. For the last month, primary and high school students in Africa's last absolute monarchy, previously known...

Former interior minister Fathi Bashagha, the only Libyan to officially declare his candidacy for president in the December 24 elections, has emphasized "security and economic reform" in his pitch. The polls will bring an end to a difficult year for...

Halouné Traoré, a longtime comrade of pan-African hero and former Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara, describes how he was the only survivor of the 1987 coup in which Sankara and 12 others were assassinated. After 34 years, the culprits...

Fourteen men, including former president, Blaise Compaore will go on trial in Burkina Faso over the assassination in 1987 of Thomas Sankara, the country's revolutionary leader and a pan-African icon. The trial of the alleged perpetrators of the assassination, including...

Algeria has been ranked first in both mobile and broadband speed growth by Surfshark, a provider of Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and other cybersecurity services in its 2021 global index. The north African country was also among the best...