The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Senegal’s Sadio Mané and Egypt’s Mo Salah are among 10 players nominated for the African Footballer of the Year prize at this year’s Caf Awards held by the Confederation of African Football in Rabat, Morocco.

South Africa moved into the final at the Africa Cup of Nations for the second tournament in a row on Monday following a last-gasp 1-0 win over Zambia.

Defending champions Nigeria face a test of their mettle on Thursday night in Rabat when they take on Botswana in their second pool match at the women's Africa Cup of Nations.

A group of Nigerian scientists, in conjunction with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, established the Noncommunicable Diseases Genetic Heritage Study consortium in February 2020. The aim is to produce a comprehensive catalogue of human genetic variation in Nigeria and assess the burden of noncommunicable diseases in 100,000…

The African Football Confederation have moved the dates of the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations tournament to January 2024.

South Africans are struggling in the dark to cope with increased power cuts that have hit households and businesses across the country

Eskom has struggled to meet electricity demand in Africa’s most industrialised economy for at least a decade.

In an effort to even the playing field in terms of vaccine delivery and production, a collaboration between South African-based consortium Afrigen Biologics and Belgium-based Univercells Group was signed on Tuesday. The partnership will pave the way for the development of the first African-owned Covid-19 vaccine.

African football bosses on Monday unveiled the poster to be displayed around cities in Morocco for the 2022 women's Africa Cup of Nations which starts on 2 July.