The Latest Breaking News from Africa

The sun fired off an X1.2-class solar flare on Friday (Jan. 3), triggering radio blackouts throughout parts of the South Atlantic ocean, Africa and South America.

Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, is celebrated as a city founded to resettle freed slaves in the 1790s. Over the following century, it became a truly cosmopolitan port city as people from across western Africa and the Americas made it their home.

When Ugandans refer to getting a rolex, they seldom mean an expensive Swiss watch. Rolex is a popular kind of street food, made famous in global media. It serves more than just a practical function as fast food, but has many cultural meanings that form part of the country’s national…

Ghana will allow visa-free entry to citizens of all African countries starting in early 2025. The move, approved by President Nana Akufo-Addo in December, makes Ghana the fifth African country to open its borders to all holders of African passports.

From a show of hip-hop heavyweights to African jewellery designers to watch and unexpected diamond cuts – 2024’s standout jewellery moments

Ivory Coast says that French troops will leave the country starting January 2025, becoming the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial power

Russia increases military presence in Libya, shifting focus from Syria to establish a strategic foothold in the Mediterranean.

In a critical year for elections on the continent, three women who took office in 2024 talk about the obstacles they see in politics and where gains are being made

Singer urged Tony Blair not to appoint African co-chair to commission on aid, UK government papers show