The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades.

The graves of hundreds of African American tenant farmers and their families are being moved in Virginia to make way for an industrial park

Andrée Blouin was a political activist and writer from the Central African Republic. Until recently, her name hardly ever appeared in the grand narratives of Africa’s liberation.

Cuts could result in 500,000 deaths over the next 10 years in the country, research suggests

Senegal’s government has signed an agreement with separatist rebels to bring peace in its southern region, where an armed rebellion has been raging for over 40 years over calls for independence

More than a million trees have been planted in the city of Freetown in Sierra Leone since 2020. This reforestation scheme, known as “FreetownTheTreeTown”, has been celebrated for its innovative approach to climate action, with ambitious plans to plant another 5 million trees by 2030 and 20 million more by…

The termination of USAID awards by the Trump administration impacts global aid efforts, particularly in Ukraine and Africa, affecting health and humanitari...

Pope Francis remains in a critical condition and hospitalised as he battles pneumonia in both lungs. The first pope from the Americas and also the first to come from outside the west in the modern era, the Argentinian was elected leader of the Catholic church on 13 March 2013. At…

Mati Diop has cinema in her blood. The 42-year-old Senegalese-French actress launched her feature film directing career in spectacular fashion with Atlantics, which took the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 and won a string of awards.