The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Here are the key takeaways from the investigation into Southern Africa’s biggest gold and money laundering operations.

Poverty alleviation in the economically weakest parts of the world will require giving the poor a real seat at the table—which the World Bank has…

The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, recently called on Africa to "save the world from homosexuality", suggesting he would sign into law a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed by parliament last month. In Uganda and abroad, activists are mounting last-ditch efforts to try and stop the legislation.

April 6-13, 2023

The hit ITV series normally comes from Australia but for one year only there will be an extra show recorded in South Africa featuring some of the most popular and memorable contestants of the past

Human evolution is tightly connected to the environment and landscape of Africa, where our ancestors first emerged.

She has been called Africa's premiere diva, one of the most inspiring women in the world and the most powerful celebrity in Africa. With more than 16 million albums sold, multi Grammy Award-winning Beninese singer-songwriter, global activist and educator Angélique Kidjo is now a laureate of the 2023 Polar Music…

600,000 die every year from the disease, mostly children in Africa

Retired New York Giants DE Osi Umenyiora has helped expand NFL Africa into Kenya with an NFL Flag football showcase.

Breakthrough hailed as highly effective R21 vaccine is cleared by west African country but questions remain over funding

Stephen Buoro’s tale of a teenager in Nigeria, hanging with his friends and hankering after white girls, ticks all the boxes of a literary blockbuster