The party of former president Laurent Gbagbo, the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), will participate in the October 2020 presidential election, the chairman of the electoral committee of the FPI, Tapé Kipré, has announced.

What may appear elitist and impossible for the man on the street became a reality when Mercy Adu Gyamfi, a hairdresser, was voted as Member of Parliament to represent the people of Akwatia.

Ivory Coast has become one of the first African countries to reopen schools to allow children in for lessons after months of shutdown.

Some of the biggest names in Africa's music scene, including Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour and Grammy-winner Angelique Kidjo, have taken part in a virtual concert to raise awareness about the coronavirus pandemic.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that places of worship will be reopened on 1 June with strict guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

These are challenging times for Africa and the rest of our global village.

Odion Ighalo is set to leave Manchester United this week unless there is a last-minute breakthrough in negotiations with his parent club Shanghai Shenhua.

Teachers in South Africa want the planned reopening of schools on 1 June halted, Independent Online news website reports.

Human rights activists in Egypt have criticised the pardon given by President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to a former police officer convicted of killing a Lebanese singer in Dubai in 2008.