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The billionaire daughter of Angola's ex-president, Isabel dos Santos (pictured), has said she would consider running for president in the next election in 2022. That's despite an asset freeze and accusations of diverting more than a billion dollars of state money, which she denies. In an interview with the Portuguese

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have reached an initial agreement on the filling and operation of a mega dam being built on the River Nile. A joint statement by the three countries, along with the US and the World Bank says negotiators had agreed to fill the reservoir of the Grand

Sudan's army has quelled a rebellion by former elite troops loyal to ousted leader Omar al-Bashir. Shooting broke out on Tuesday in the capital Khartoum and the city's airport was briefly closed amid the clashes. The violence was sparked by a row over severance pay for officers in a much-feared

The Russian government is to resign, hours after President Vladimir Putin proposed constitutional changes that could prolong his stay in power, BBC reports. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the president's proposals would significantly change Russia's balance of power. Mr Putin has asked him to become deputy head of the National

The Board of Directors of African Development Bank Group has approved an €8 million (Shs32.7bn) grant drawn from the European Union’s Africa Investment Platform (EU-AIP) to support the preparation of the Ruzizi IV Hydropower Project. The plant will be situated on the Ruzizi River between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic

China’s foreign minister has called for EU and US sanctions against Zimbabwe to be removed, saying they have no basis under international law. Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the comment on his visit to Zimbabwe. "The unilateral sanctions imposed by some countries and organisations on Zimbabwe have no basis in

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has responded after US President Donald Trump appeared to take credit for Mr Abiy's Nobel Peace Prize. Mr Abiy said he did not have "any clue about the criteria, how the Nobel Committee select an individual for the prize". So he said that if Mr

Sudan has seized the assets of ousted President Omar al-Bashir’s now dissolved party, a senior member of the country’s ruling sovereign council said. The National Congress Party’s (NCP) assets were seized under a law that was passed in November and ordered the party’s dissolution. The law’s implementation is widely seen