The Latest Breaking News from Africa

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the young man bicycling across several African countries. There’s a poem from Helmut Matt, “The Listener’s Corner”, and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan”. All that and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the…

African Americans who have ‘come home’ have set up thriving businesses in Nairobi

The U.N. food agency’s regional head says Nigeria is facing “an unprecedented hunger crisis,” and the need for food is rising across west and central Africa while funds are shrinking

Own. app, a decentralized social media platform focused on creator monetization, on Thursday announced it has partnered with Ubuntu Tribe to integrate GIFT Gold, a gold-backed stablecoin, into its ecosystem.

Whatever the outcome of the Women’s African Cup of Nations (Wafcon) final on Saturday in which Nigeria faces Morocco, the days of the west African nation’s sole dominance of women’s football in Africa has ended.

A new book called African Climate Futures explores how African science fiction is addressing climate change.

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Language technologies like generative artificial intelligence (AI) hold significant potential for public health. From outbreak detection systems that scan global news in real time, to chatbots providing mental health support and conversational diagnostic tools improving access to primary care, these innovations are helping address health challenges.

Clinicians in parts of Africa had long suspected that some children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes did not quite fit the standard profile