The Latest Breaking News from Africa

President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday faced an angry backlash from France's remaining allies in West Africa and accusations at home of showing a neo-colonialist attitude after lamenting that African countries "forgot to say thank you" for France's decade-long military deployment to fight an Islamist insurgency.

Ghana on Tuesday swore in president-elect John Mahama in the capital Accra, with around 20 African leaders in attendance.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) form the backbone of emerging economies. This is especially true in Ghana, where they represent around 90% of registered businesses and contribute significantly to employment and the economy of the west African nation.

Tufts University analysis highlights rise in global health inequalities, with fastest growth in linked diseases in Africa

The boxing promoter is accused of backing out of a 50th anniversary fight just months before tickets were set to go on sale.

Whiteface, wigs and western movies feature in this confronting outsider vision of America, performed by seven South African actors

As the DRC brings an unprecedented case against Apple, and the company offers assurances that it will no longer use conflict minerals from central Africa, experts are questioning whether real change is on the horizon in illegal mining.

The sun fired off an X1.2-class solar flare on Friday (Jan. 3), triggering radio blackouts throughout parts of the South Atlantic ocean, Africa and South America.

Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, is celebrated as a city founded to resettle freed slaves in the 1790s. Over the following century, it became a truly cosmopolitan port city as people from across western Africa and the Americas made it their home.