The Latest Breaking News from Africa

In April 2011, Ethiopia began construction of Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile river. The dam is expected to generate more than 6,000 megawatts of electricity, effectively transforming Ethiopia into the continent’s largest power exporter.

The experience of colonialism led to economies and societies being re-arranged in ways that have had far-reaching consequences.

A rare Blood Moon will light up skies across Asia, Europe and Africa tonight. The fiery lunar eclipse, long linked to omens and myths, coincides with September's Corn Moon. Astrologers say the Pisces eclipse could bring transformation, emotional upheaval and new beginnings.

A ground-breaking benefit-sharing agreement was signed in 2019 between South Africa’s lucrative rooibos herbal tea industry and two organisations representing Indigenous San and Khoi people.

Mozambique has won World Bank backing for a $6 billion hydroelectric plant

Jail terms of up to five years for ‘promoting homosexuality’ in Burkina Faso latest in push for ‘family values’ sweeping the continent

Nick Hamman wants to help the local economy by enticing people to seek out township barbecues and family-run sandwich shops

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has informed Salvadoran national Kilmar Ábrego García that he is now designated for removal to Eswatini, a small African kingdom, after earlier plans to deport him to Uganda faltered.

The Trump administration is set to allow a West African leader accused of flagrant corruption to travel to the United States for this month’s U.N. General Assembly and cities outside New York that he has previously been barred from visiting