The Latest Breaking News from Africa

The fourth edition of the African Book Fair is under way in Paris, with Diaspora Travels as its theme. Cameroon and Brazil are the guests of honour during the three-day event, which brings together hundreds of authors, publishers and readers.

Al Jazeera looks at the bid to bring Formula One back to the African continent for the first time in 32 years.

Lawmakers in South Africa have laid out plans to shore up the budgets for health and defense but also put up value added tax by 0.5%, a move that will raise the cost of living

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies transitioned from hunting and gathering to farming. This sparked migrations across Europe and dramatically reshaped the continent’s gene pool.

People with albinism face widespread discrimination in many sub-Saharan African countries. In Tanzania, this minority has been subjected to extreme forms of violence. The government’s failure to protect their rights prompted the filing of a case before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The case was brought by…

The US president is making energy deals with Japan and Ukraine, and in Africa has even touted resurrecting coal

The ultramarathon runner is set to run a 3,000km mountainous trail which spans the length of New Zealand

Russ Cook previously raised more than £1 million by running the length of Africa.

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.