The Latest Breaking News from Africa

While Blinken has said the US would like to offer equipment, technology, intelligence sharing, and technical support, this may not be sufficient to ensure security and long-term stability.

Moussa Faki welcomes Giorgia Meloni’s plan to strengthen relations but says ‘we are not beggars’

Scheme to help African economies aimed at curbing illegal migration from continent

African Parks examines alleged atrocities against Indigenous people by its Congo Republic guards after ‘decade of alerts’ from Survival International

The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced Sunday their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS, saying it has become a threat to member states.

Forty years on from beating the Super Eagles to win their first Africa Cup of Nations, the rivals meet again in Abidjan in the last 16

Energy deals in return for stopping migration. Prime Minister Meloni, who came to power in 2022 on an anti-migrant ticket, hopes to posit Italy as a key bridge between Africa and Europe, funnelling energy north while exchanging investment in the south for deals aimed at preventing migration.

UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis really wants the Israel Adesanya fight to happen in Africa.

His tour comes amid multiple political upheavals in West Africa and as governments reassess relationships with the West.