The Latest Breaking News from Africa

More than 100 people killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But the disease isn’t confined to poor, rural areas – it’s a global threat that travels with people across borders.

A brief period of low tide along a tranquil coastline in eastern England revealed an uncommon sight in Europe. A series of human footprints emerged on a Norfolk beach, momentarily exposed by shifting sands and pressed into ancient mud. The impressions were fleeting and fragile, yet they were sufficiently distinct…

Popular streamer IShowSpeed faced a frightening incident in Ivory Coast during his Africa tour. While attempting a local dance live on camera, an unknown man violently attacked him. Bodyguards quickly intervened, escorting the assailant away. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured, and the stream resumed, though the event sparked discussions…

A switch from a humid to a dry climate has led the Eastern African Rift Zone to pull apart more freely, new research finds.

Cuba has turned to Africa for fuel supplies after the loss of regular oil shipments from Venezuela and dwindling deliveries from Russia and Mexico, according to satellite-tracking data cited by Colombian outlet Semana.

Across Africa, a third of children under the age of five suffer from chronic malnutrition, according to Unicef, while in recent years the baby food industry has been rocked by a series of scandals, many involving major multinationals. But a growing number of local agri-food companies are moving into the…

How do camels survive in deserts?

Camel unique features such as travel in long distance across hot and sandy landscape

Camels are well suited to their desert habitats, with numerous clever adaptations that help them to tolerate extreme hot and cold environments. Camels are part of a group known…

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