Chandler Good Government Index 2025: Africa’s top governments revealed

The 2025 Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) has identified Mauritius as the leading government in Africa,…

France returns three colonial-era human skulls to Madagascar

France on Tuesday returned three colonial-era skulls held in a Paris museum to Madagascar 128 years…

Nigerian president urges quick return for Brazil’s Petrobras

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras, which left Nigeria five years ago, should be able to return…

Eswatini gov’t faces court challenge for accepting US deportees

Human rights lawyers and activists have sued the government of Eswatini for making a secretive deal…

Mahama urges global investors to choose Ghana as gateway to Africa

President John Dramani Mahama has urged international investors to recognise Africa as the “world’s most dynamic…

African health ministers open 75th WHO Regional Committee session in Lusaka

African ministers of health gathering in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, yesterday opened the 75th session of…

Mahama reaffirms Africa’s readiness for business

President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed Africa’s readiness for business by highlighting the importance of a…

The US teenagers wowed by African prom dresses

High-school proms in the US are a rite of passage - long-idealised in countless coming-of-age movies…

Nigerian firm develops bionic arms for amputees

Nigeria has no precise data on how many citizens use prosthetics. But prosthetics have been inaccessible…

Gunmen in Nigeria kill Muslim worshippers in ‘reprisal attack’

Gunmen in north-west Nigeria have stormed a mosque, killing Muslim worshippers in what the local government…