The Latest Breaking News from Africa

The clonal quaking aspen known as Pando is between 16,000 and 80,000 years old.

Once every spring, a few days after the full moon, corals of the great barrier reef release eggs and sperm simultaneously – a phenomenon so spectacular it can be seen from space.

African nations are pushing for a dramatic increase in climate financing at the UN's Cop29 summit that opened in Azerbaijan on Monday – calling for $1.3 trillion (€1.22 trillion) annually to help the continent transition to renewable energy, adapt to climate impacts and address damage from climate-related disasters.

The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African country of Burkina Faso

Loma Mountains National Park in Sierra Leone is a popular destination for hikers from all across the world

WHO provides update on Mpox outbreak in Africa, new variant in Congo, vaccination efforts ongoing.

The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be “plateauing,” even as the virus continues to increase in other regions of the country, as well as in Burundi and Uganda

Vast human-made Lake Kariba is at near-record low, causing daily power cuts and devastating two African economies

People in Mauritius are voting for a new Parliament with the ruling party seeking to secure a second five-year term for Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth