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Mauritius says the UK's handing over of the long-contested Chagos Islands draws an important line under the archipelago's colonial history. The remote Indian Ocean islands were Britain's last African colony. The UK severed the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 and up to 2,000 Chagossians were expelled to make way…

Tragic incident in Red Sea as dozens of African migrants go missing after being forced off boats from Yemen. Search and rescue operation underway.

RIGHT-WING politicians have been left fuming at the UK Government’s announcement it is handing over control of islands said to have been…

Rescuers are searching for dozens of migrants from Africa still missing after smugglers apparently forced them out of two boats in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti earlier this week

President Emmanuel Macron hosts the "Francophonie" summit this week in a bid to bolster French clout in a conflict-ridden world, in particular Africa. Chad President Mahamat Idriss Deby, an ally of France and regular visitor to Paris, will be a prominent guest, as will Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Frantz Fanon was an influential psychiatrist, Algerian revolutionary and pan-African thinker who was born on the Caribbean island of Martinique. His work – and particularly his final book The Wretched of the Earth (1961) – is still widely referenced to understand the fight against colonialism and also the postcolonial era…

The Canadian province of Quebec will stop recruiting nurses from most African countries to avoid creating shortages of healthcare workers in their countries of origin.

The Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, which includes Kenya’s Maasai Mara and Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, is one of the most famous and wildlife-rich areas in Africa.

The U.N. migration agency says two vessels carrying migrants from Africa sank in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti, killing 45 people

Devotees of agroecology tell the Guardian about their rejection of chemicals and fertilisers to create diverse and thriving crops

France's interior minister has ordered authorities in the French overseas department of Mayotte to arrange deportation flights for migrants from the Democratic Republic of Congo, as Paris seeks to clamp down on illegal immigration to the island off the east coast of Africa.