The Latest Breaking News from Africa

On Monday, British oil giant BP and Taiwan's Evergreen became the latest companies to suspend transit in the Red Sea amid drone and missile attacks by Houthi rebels from Yemen. The firms join several of the world's biggest freight companies in avoiding the waterway, though which 12 percent of global…

Play was interrupted on Skukuza Golf Club in South Africa recently as a massive eagle feasted on a baby impala that it had ambushed.

From Russia to South Africa, India to the US, the coming year’s contests could embolden dictators or revitalise democracies

A growing list of artists in Uganda is contributing to a feeling among curators of an exciting moment for art in the East African country

The United Nations peacekeeping chief says he was very satisfied with the strong support of many countries for its far-flung operations at a recent ministerial meeting, despite “headwinds and challenges and problems.”

Discover Africa's vibrant auto industry, with Mercedes-Benz SA leading the global export of luxury cars. Talent nurtured by the Mercedes Learning Academy d...

Consulting giant McKinsey & Company sought to place controversial carbon market schemes favoured by its fossil fuel clients at the heart of the Africa Climate Summit, according to internal documents and sources who talked to AFP. The documents reveal that the firm worked behind the scenes to shape the agenda…

Facing a massive shortage of workers in the healthcare sector, Canada's French-speaking province of Quebec has launched a major recruitment drive in Africa. The goal is to attract 1,000 Francophone nurses in the space of two years. With this $65 million programme, the provincial government hopes it will help reverse…

Algeria’s Tassili N’Ajjer plateau is Africa’s largest national park. Among its vast sandstone formations is perhaps the world’s largest art museum. Over 15,000 etchings and paintings are exhibited there, some as much as 11,000 years old according to scientific dating techniques, representing a unique ethnological and climatological record of the…