The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Africa is seeing a surge of dementia cases. Families aren’t sure what to do.

Big advances in lifespans in countries across Africa are coming with an unfortunate side effect: More cases of dementia

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025

In Africa, a continent full of children, the fates of young and old are intertwined

Africa is the world’s youngest continent — but the lives of its children are intertwined with the lives of its oldest

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025

Comic-Con Africa draws thousands of fans and cosplayers to Johannesburg

Comic-Con Africa has drawn tens of thousands of fans to Johannesburg

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2025

Africa’s top climate change challenges: a fairer deal on phasing out fossil fuels and mobilising funds

Nearly 600 million people across the African continent still lack access to electricity. Close to one billion rely on traditional biofuels for cooking. Africa is also very vulnerable to climate change, even though it has contributed less than 5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions over the past 170 years.…

The Conversation · Aug 17, 2025

Thursday briefing: ​How the colonial legacy has created a toxic beauty industry

In today’s newsletter: Doctors are sounding the alarm over a surge in cancers and irreversible skin damage linked to bleaching creams, as colourism continues to shape beauty ideals from Africa to Asia

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025

South African court tells Zambian ex-president's family to hand over body for burial at home

A South African court has ruled that Zambia can repatriate the remains of its former president and bury him in his home country

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2025

Edmed answers Wallabies SOS call for South Africa tour

Playmakers Tane Edmed and James O'Connor have both been included in a 35-man Wallabies squad to play two Tests against the world champion Springboks in Africa.

AAP · Aug 7, 2025

South African study finds 4 low-income communities can’t cope with global warming: what needs to change

Climate change is not new: temperatures have been rising for decades as a result of global warming. In South Africa’s city of Pietermaritzburg, four low-income urban communities have experienced drought, heatwaves, severe hailstorms, devastating flooding events that killed hundreds of people and displaced thousands, and wildfires as a result of…

The Conversation · Aug 5, 2025

Climate change is making Africa’s debt burden worse – new debt contracts could help

Many African countries are already struggling with heavy debt burdens. Climate change is making this worse. Africa contributes the least to global emissions but suffers the most from extreme weather, rising temperatures and drought. These disasters affect not just people’s livelihoods but also national revenues, making debt repayment harder. Yet…

The Conversation · Jul 30, 2025

Togo’s ‘Nana-Benz’: how cheap Chinese imports of African fabrics have hurt the famous women traders

The manufacturing of African print textiles has shifted to China in the 21st century. While they are widely consumed in African countries – and symbolic of the continent – the rise of “made in China” has undermined the African women traders who have long shaped the retail and distribution of…

The Conversation · Jul 23, 2025