As opposition leader, Odinga ran unsuccessfully for the presidency five times. Champion of democracy in his early years.

Nigeria’s currency has found a measure of stability over the past year after losing about 70% of its value against the dollar ...

As the chief executive of Wogagen Capital Investment Bank, Ethiopia ’s first private investment bank with about $385m in ...

Barely three months before campaigns began, President Yoweri Museveni has disbursed an estimated $20m nationwide in a ...

Former Congolese president Joseph Kabila, sentenced to death in absentia on 30 September, has convened a political conclave ...

Murder and unemployment are back to highs last seen at the end of apartheid, international criminal cartels have infiltrated ...

From hydrocarbons and pharmaceuticals to construction and agriculture, Indian firms have moved into every corner of Africa’s ...

After long hours of waiting, opposition leader and ex-minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary finally did what his supporters expected ...

As street protests tipped into an armed uprising, several officers moved to the fore. Here is what is known about the new strongmen inside Madagascar’s security apparatus.

In Zimbabwe, politicians slinging corruption accusations at each other are using these as political weapons to fight ...

The Dangote Refinery, under David Bird’s leadership since July, has frequently clashed with the Nigerian National Petroleum ...

Kenyan lenders are contending with a rise in corporate loan delinquencies, eroding the long-held view that large companies ...