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By Enyichukwu Enemanna A Senegalese court has ordered that jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko be restored on the electoral register, clearing the legal impediment for him to contest the country's presidential election February next year. Sonko,...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A military court in Haiti has imposed a suspended jail term on prominent activist, Chaima Issa for allegedly "insulting" the country's President, Kais Saied. The court on Wednesday handed Issa a one-year suspended...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Government of Somalia has held a celebration in the country's capital, Mogadishu, in response to a debt relief amounting to $4.5bn granted in favour of the debt-ridden nation by the International Monetary...

By John Ikani The curtain drew on the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) on Wednesday, culminating in an agreement that marks a decisive shift away from the fossil fuel era. The accord lays the foundation...

By Olusegun Adeniyi During the crisis that followed late President Umaru Yar’Adua’s medical trip to Saudi Arabia in 2009, a number of prominent Nigerians advocated that the proper thing was for him to resign from office....

By Ebi Kesiena Cameroonian troops have successfully rescued eight students who were abducted by "armed terrorists" from a government school in the conflict-ridden English-speaking region of Northwest, as confirmed by an official statement on Wednesday. According...