The Latest Breaking News from Africa

When we think about the impact of climate change on the economy, images of droughts in Africa or hurricanes in the Caribbean might come to mind. But even in advanced economies such as the UK, hotter summers are being shown to carry a heavy price.

Letters: Responding to the president’s UN speech, Michael Newman looks at US foreign policy in the Middle East and Africa, while Terry Hansen says Trump is shirking climate responsibilities

The drugs were discovered on an unflagged fishing vessel in the Gulf of Guinea on Monday, a key transit route for drugs heading to Europe.

A judge has failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing in Eswatini over the continued detention of four men deported by the United States to the southern African kingdom

Mobile clinics in rural Malawi that provided pregnancy checks as well as vaccinations and TB tests have been lost

Voters in Seychelles are facing key issues like a drug crisis, environmental challenges, and sovereignty questions as they head to the polls

US president Donald Trump has said Ukraine could win back all of the territory it has lost in the ongoing war, but Russia’s president Vladimir Putin shows no signs of wanting a peace deal, or reducing the military offensive.

Uganda’s Electoral Commission has cleared octogenarian President Yoweri Museveni to seek re-election in polls scheduled for early next year, potentially extending his rule in the East African nation to nearly half a century. His rival, Bobi Wine, was also cleared on Wednesday afternoon.

Study hard, get your degree, and then step confidently into a stable, well-paid job. That’s long been the assumption about how to secure a livelihood: in neat, predictable stages. But it is increasingly out of touch with reality. Secure jobs are no longer guaranteed after obtaining a tertiary qualification.

'I wouldn't be lining up if I didn't want to win the jersey' says rainbow-jersey contender from Mauritius

Hotspots of water scarcity could emerge by the 2020s and 2030s across the Mediterranean, southern Africa, and North America, as climate change intensifies droughts, a new study said Tuesday.