The pan-continental body of 55 member states will elect a successor to Moussa Faki Mahamat, the head of its executive ... up as frontrunners in the race to lead Africa's most important grouping.

Cameroonian President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, turns 92 on Thursday. Biya is the world's longest-serving national leader and Africa's ... He was the race's sole candidate ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa defended his land reform policy on Monday against an attack by Donald Trump that laid bare deep divisions within South Africa over racial disparities in ...