The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Around the world, borders between countries are getting tougher. Governments are making it more difficult to move, especially for certain groups of vulnerable people. This comes with a message, subtle or not: that people are moving to higher-income countries to take advantage of the welfare system, or the jobs of…

A continent away from the Kremlin, a host of African strongmen are now waiting for the chips to fall in Moscow. Russia's foreign minister took to the airwaves on Monday to immediately insist that it's business as usual for the Wagner Group's ties to the continent. Why the haste? It…

In tonight's edition: Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio is reelected for a second term with over 56 percent of Saturday's vote, but the opposition is crying foul. Also, Kenya's main opposition leader Raila Odinga calls for disobedience from his followers over the government's latest raft of tax hikes. Plus…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday said that Wagner group troops would continue to operate in Mali and the Central African Republic following the rebellion led by their commander Yevgeny Prigozhin last weekend. Lavrov’s words came amid questions over the private militia’s role in Africa after more than five…

A leading music executive answers questions on the essence and evolution of the trendy music genre Afrobeats.

The Russian mercenary group that briefly rebelled against President Vladimir Putin’s authority has for years been a ruthless force-for-hire across Africa, protecting rulers at the expense of the masses

The man had returned from a work trip to Africa when he came across the 10cm-wide huntsman spider at his home in Edinburgh, before capturing the creature in a plastic tub

The African continent currently leads the world in the number of women chief justices and presidents of constitutional courts. Several countries across the continent have almost equal numbers of women and men at the bar.

DNA analysis indicates the world's most common bee originated in northern Europe around 780,000 years ago, before spreading into East Africa and Arabia around 120,000 years later.