The Latest Breaking News from Africa

The state of Florida ignited a controversy when it released a set of 2023 academic standards that require fifth graders to be taught that enslaved Black people in the U.S. “developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their benefit.”

South Africa's official unemployment rate of 33% is the highest in the world, outstripping those of Gaza and the West Bank, Djibouti and Kosovo

Other African states are saying that it is they who must decide the continent’s fate, not strategists in Moscow and Washington, writes Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Like many African nations, Ghana has been enduring hot temperatures and irregular rain patterns that are affecting agriculture. The government is aiming to achieve 10 percent renewable energy in the power mix by 2030 as part of efforts to slash carbon emissions.

Belagavi farm modernised: Exotic fruits, medicinal plants planted; farmers trained to diversify crops, ensure steady income. Govt farm in Shedegali has saplings of 30+ fruit trees from India, Africa, Europe, Australia & East Asia. Farm has older plantations of sapota, jackfruit, mangoes, cashew & coconut. Farmers taken on tours, experts…

There are several parallel projects running across the world to save the northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum), one of Africa’s captivating and iconic wildlife species. With the death of last male in 2018 and with only two females alive, the species is functionally extinct.

Poland’s ruling party wants to ask voters in a referendum if they support accepting “thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa” as part of a European Union relocation plan

The Duke of Sussex saddled up to take part in the sporting event for his charity Sentebale in Singapore

Water scarcity threatening agriculture faster than expected, warns Cop15 desertification president

Slightly more than two years after Niger’s first peaceful handover of power from one civilian president to another, the military seized power in July 2023. The coup – the fourth in Nigerien history – follows on the heels of recent military interventions in Africa. Mali (August 2020 and May 2021),…

The North African wildcat was the right species in the right place at the right time