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The dispute between Rwanda and Britain over a scrapped refugee resettlement programme on Wednesday reached the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. Kigali told a panel of international judges that London is $115 million dollars in arrears, saying London torpedoed the deal with any notice.

Nigeria's Vice President Kashim Shettima flew to Maiduguri on Wednesday, pledging to restore "full peace" after a triple suicide bombing killed 23 people in one of the deadliest attacks on the Borno state capital in years.

Patrice Motsepe said the different conclusions reached by CAF’s internal bodies reflects the independence of its judicial processes.

A thunderstorm with strong winds hit Karachi overnight on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people, according to local rescue services.

Iranian missile fire damaged a Tel Aviv residential block and hit multiple sites nearby, as soaring violence across the region has killed over 2,000 people.

The military has blamed militant group Boko Haram for the attacks in which at least 23 people died and 108 were injured.

The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria reflected on the country's economic journey at the Africa Capital Forum in London.

For decades, there has been little to celebrate about Nigeria's tax system. The multiplicity of taxes, high corporate tax burden, archaic laws, and ambiguous provisions all made for one of the lowest tax-to-GDP ratios in Africa. All this is set to change as the sweeping reforms in the new tax regime announced in January start to kick in. Taiwo Oyedele (right), chair of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, is in conversation with Michael Nwadike.

Two months after Senegal's AFCON triumph, CAF have revoked their title and handed the win to Morocco. Ben Payton surveys the farce.

Security cooperation with Moscow has already begun and other targeted sectors include agriculture and mining.