President Goodluck Jonathan and several other ministers congratulated incumbent Governor Olusegun Mimiko on his re-election - the first candidate to be re-elected in the state ... Read more »

African football stars and heads of state have joined United Against Malaria in the distribution of life-saving malaria prevention and treatment messages throughout the tournament. Read more »

The political crisis in the country continues after a vote of no-confidence in the Swazi Government was passed and then reversed 12 days later, with accusations that some members ... Read more »

As part of austerity measures for a debt relief package under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, the government is proposing a raise for civil servants far ... Read more »

The Pension Reform Task Team says an unauthorised N3.3 trillion has been deducted from the Local Government pension funds from 1976 to date. Read more »

Ongoing conflict in eastern Congo can best be resolved by African leaders, without outside interference, Rwanda's Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said in an AllAfrica interview ... Read more »

President Mohamed Mursi has made appeals to the Syrian regime to stop the fighting as Eid al-Adha approaches, adding that it could be the beginning of putting an end to the ... Read more »

As Sierra Leone approaches November presidential, parliamentary and local council elections, it is often depicted as a country unrecognizable from a quarter of a century ago. But ... Read more »

The Labour Party candidate Olusegun Mimiko has polled the highest votes in the election. Read more »

Members of the separatist group, the Mombasa Republican Council, have been granted bail as they await to answer charges of belonging to an illegal group, inciting violence and ... Read more »