38 countries have ratified the agreement establishing the Africa Free Trade Agreement AfCFTA.

Saudi Arabia has placed travel restrictions on Nigeria and other countries from performing 2021 Hajj over coronavirus concerns.

West African leaders present at a summit in Ghana on Saturday agreed a new road map to launch a single currency in 2027. 

Nuhu Ribadu, the pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and other global anti-graft advocates have called for the creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC).

Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that Mali must return to civil rule, urging West African leaders to mount pressure on the military leadership.

French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face on an official visit to the south-east of France.

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, has died aged 97.

The US government has recovered millions of dollars in cryptocurrency paid in ransom to cybercriminals whose attack prompted the shutdown of the country's largest fuel pipeline and gas shortages across the southeastern U.S. last month.