The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Africa Cup of Nations runs from 13 January to 11 February and Asian Cup starts and ends a day earlier but who are worst hit?

Viche, a sugar cane-based drink made by African-Colombian communities for centuries, is slowly gaining legality and respectability

French energy giant TotalEnergies on Thursday said it had launched a review of its land acquisition practices for controversial $10-billion projects in Uganda and Tanzania slammed by environmentalists.

Several Premier League stars are set to represent their countries in Africa and Asia

Credit for discovering the first dinosaur bones usually goes to British gentlemen for their finds between the 17th and 19th centuries in England. Robert Plot, an English natural history scholar, was the first of these to describe a dinosaur bone, in his 1676 book The Natural History of Oxfordshire. Over…

Research by the University of St Andrews found that raptors faced multiple threats across the continent

Several species have vanished across swathes of the continent – and scientists say their disappearance holds unknown risks for humans

The tensions between the US and China made the global economy shudder in 2023. The ramifications of the Ukrainian war echoed beyond the country’s border. In Africa, the coup d’état in Niger and Gabon contributed to the global democratic retreat of recent years and the Hamas/Israel conflict has so far…

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Monusco, is ending after 20 years. It will be replaced by troops from the Southern African Development Community (SADC), led by the South African military. Thomas Mandrup, an expert in African security governance and South African military and…

The Ivorian Federation president says his nation has put its heart into organising the tournament, which kicks off on January 13th

A third of Africa will head to the polls in 2024, with at major issues on the line in at least 18 countries gearing up for an election year. These include coup-hit Mali, Chad and Burkina Faso – if the junta leaders in those countries stay true to their word.…