Africa Standard

A close aide to Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traoré has told The Africa Standard that he was offered five million US dollars to assassinate the president while he knelt …

The Government of Gabon has launched a landmark digital inclusion initiative that will see 10,000 computers distributed to students across the country as part of a major youth empowerment drive. …

The International Monetary Fund has commended Zimbabwe for its disciplined monetary and fiscal policies, crediting the government’s reforms for curbing inflation, stabilising the exchange rate, and improving economic performance. The …

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has reignited Liberia’s long-stalled oil sector by submitting eight offshore production-sharing contracts to the National Legislature for ratification. The move marks the country’s first major petroleum …

Constitutional law expert Professor Lovemore Madhuku has dismissed Zanu PF’s growing campaign to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule beyond the constitutional limit, calling the move illegal and impossible under Zimbabwe’s …

Afreximbank President and Board Chairman Professor Benedict Oramah has urged Africans and the global diaspora to transform their shared cultural heritage into a foundation for economic power and global influence. …

The Council of Governors (CoG) has called for an emergency meeting following the explosive remarks made by Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga about the death of opposition leader Raila Odinga. In …

The Mental Health Society of Ghana (MEHSOG) has renewed its call for the inclusion of mental health care in the country’s disaster response systems to ensure survivors and first responders …

A fresh legal battle has emerged in Kenya as gospel artist and activist Reuben Kigame joins forces with the Kenya Human Rights Commission to challenge the recently enacted Computer Misuse …

More than a decade after civil war tore through South Sudan, the country is at a turning point. The temporary shelters that once saved lives during the height of violence …