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Gold boom pushes Ghana’s export earnings to record $18.2bn in first half of 2026

Ghana’s export earnings have surged to a record $18.2 billion for the first six months of 2026, driven largely by

Africa’s top public health agency is urging the United States to lift travel restrictions on Uganda, arguing the country has

Welcomed as a victory by Macky Sall’s supporters, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s decision to back his predecessor’s bid for

South Africa has secured a $1.5 billion World Bank loan to support reforms aimed modernising its infrastructure and creating hundreds

A lawyer for six local opposition party officials jailed last year said they were freed on Monday following a hearing

Conflicts and disruptions to global energy markets could push millions more people into hunger by driving up fuel, fertiliser and

Pressure is mounting on France to address the detention of Gabonese opposition figure and former Prime Minister Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze as

The President of São Tomé and Príncipe, Carlos Vila Nova, has been re-elected to a second five-year term, preliminary results

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced plans to challenge the conviction and sentencing of its Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard

A Nigerian court Friday dismissed a lawsuit by a traditional monarch in the oil-rich delta region seeking to halt Shell’s