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Nigeria has been admitted as a partner country to the Brics bloc of developing economies, adding one of Africa's largest economies to the growing alliance of emerging market countries. Brazil, the group's chair, said Nigeria's interests converged with other members of the group.

A memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week recognises the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants.

Got a niggling houseplant query? In her new column, our expert offers advice on everything from root rot to leaf drop. This week she offers some TLC to an African milk tree

South African rescuers on Thursday ended their attempts to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a months-long police siege. The Giwusa labour union called the operation the "worst state-sponsored massacre" since the end of apartheid.

Released in 1971, the African-tinged record pioneered what would become world music, and took prog into fresh new waters too.

The Princess Royal is president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Over the past 15 years there’s been an increasing demand from within and outside the higher education sector for African countries to produce more PhD graduates. For this to happen, it’s important to know what’s holding people back from pursuing or completing their doctoral degrees. The authors of a new…

Across the continent books can be expensive and libraries scarce. But growing numbers of tech innovators and independent publishers are working to make African literature available and affordable

The world is vast and diverse, filled with incredible countries that each belong to unique continents. How well do you know where they all fit? This trivia quiz takes you on a journey around the globe, testing your knowledge of geography while exploring nations across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the…