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Senegal’s Supreme Court on Thursday is due to rule on a six-month suspended sentence handed to jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko for defamation, a decision which could jeopardise his chances …

The Economic Community of West African States has secued a get-out-of-jail-free card for former Sierra Leone president Ernest Bai Koroma, who is facing charges of treason and harbouring linked to …

The Department of Health has implemented screening measures for people entering South Africa from Zimbabwe through the Beitbridge Port of Entry following an outbreak of cholera in the neighbouring country.

Scott Siefers, Piper Sandler bank analyst, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss bank stocks ahead of the sector’s earnings season next week.

The African Union called for calm in the Horn of Africa after regional tensions soared following a contested deal between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland.

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered his condolences Thursday over twin bomb blasts in close ally Iran, telling his counterpart Ebrahim Raisi that he was “shocked” by the incidents that left …

South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung, who was stabbed in the neck, is recovering well but still needs close monitoring to avoid complications, a Seoul National University Hospital doctor …

China showcased on Thursday fighter jets firing missiles in the South China Sea, as it held rival military exercises with the United States in the hotly contested waters. The post …

By 1 p.m. London time on Thursday, the average FTSE 100 CEO will have earned more this year than the median full-time worker’s annual salary.

Beijing on Thursday voiced “strong dissatisfaction” that fighting in neighbouring Myanmar had caused Chinese casualties and said it would take “all necessary measures” to protect its citizens, following reports an …