The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Algeria’s Tassili N’Ajjer plateau is Africa’s largest national park. Among its vast sandstone formations is perhaps the world’s largest art museum. Over 15,000 etchings and paintings are exhibited there, some as much as 11,000 years old according to scientific dating techniques, representing a unique ethnological and climatological record of the…

Dec. 8-14, 2023

Fatalities rose by 17% in a decade on the continent, despite falling globally, with campaigners calling for stricter safety standards on motorcycle helmets

This powerful tale of an enslaved woman’s journey through the deep south draws on Dante and African spirit mythology

In a year when headlines have been dominated by conflict in Europe and the Middle East, and geo-economic tensions between China and the West, China-Africa relations were, in comparison, a steady and stable norm.

Cast your eyes over the statistics in a new report I helped author on staying cool in a warming climate and the urgency becomes clear: 1 billion people, mostly in Africa and Asia, are at high risk from extreme heat because they lack access to cooling, while a further 2.9…

The 'Akoje Gallery', launched with co-founder Khalil Akar, is years in the making and opens on Wednesday

On Monday, 10 U.S.-listed stocks traded at 52-week lows. One of the names on the list was IHS Holding, a UK-based owner of cell towers in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. These are all emerging markets with huge potential but also significant risks.

Unique, prehistoric rock art drawings have been discovered in the Andriamamelo Cave in western Madagascar.