The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Wagner’s mutiny in Russia has been eyed with interest and concern in Africa as questions mount over its operations.

“Obviously Harry has a lot of roots in Africa, and he feels at home there.”

Melville Nyatondo, who studied at Magee campus, hopes to make personalised medicine 'accessible and applicable' in Africa

Vilhelm Junnila, already criticised for Nazi ‘joke’, found to have called for abortions in Africa to combat climate crisis

Talking Europe interviews Jutta Urpilainen, the EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, who is in charge of overseeing official development assistance. She announces exclusively on FRANCE 24 a fresh €66 million package for Niger, to be spent on education. Urpilainen stresses that development aid is part of geopolitical competition, and that…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been cleared of wrongdoing by a public watchdog over a scandal involving the theft of more than half a million dollars in U.S. currency that had been stashed in a sofa at his farm

Saturday’s attempted mutiny has led to speculation about the status of Wagner operatives in CAR and elsewhere in Africa.

The Duke is reportedly in the middle of making his grand return to Africa to film a new Netflix documentary but the Duchess is not included.

June 23-29, 2023