The Latest Breaking News from Africa

The U.N. General Assembly has declared 2025 to 2034 the United Nations Decade on Combating Sand and Dust Storms — extreme weather events that are increasing and threaten health and economies from central Africa to northern China

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The economic growth paths of Asian and African countries have often been compared. China, with gross domestic product per capita of US$251 in 1987, was poorer than most African countries at the time. Uganda’s GDP per capita was US$392, Zambia’s US$319 and Ghana’s US$354. Yet today China has GDP per…

Francis Ngannou says PFL Africa "will shape the very foundation of African MMA."

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has been in the news lately – mostly for the wrong reasons.

Plane Talk: ‘If we’re going to expand elsewhere in Africa, it’s got to have open skies’ – Eddie Wilson, Ryanair

A large plume of Saharan dust settled across the Gulf states this week after an epic journey from Africa.

African e-mobility startup Ampersand is working with Chinese EV maker BYD to produce up to 40,000 electric motorcycles in Rwanda and Kenya by 2026.

Ghana is considering bids from five companies for the construction of what would be its first nuclear power plant. The companies are: France’s EDF, US-based NuScale Power and Regnum Technology Group; China National Nuclear Corporation; South Korea’s Kepco and its subsidiary Korea Hydro Nuclear Power Corporation; and Russia’s Rosatom. The…

Biniam Girmay, the Eritrean Intermarché-Wanty rider, is making history at this year’s Tour de France. He is the first Black African rider to not only win a Tour stage, but to also wear the Green Jersey.

The military heads of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger convened for the inaugural summit of the Confederation of the Sahel States (AES). The leaders emphasised territorial and popular sovereignty as core principles of their leadership through a new treaty. Concurrently, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is exploring…