The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Aug. 10-17, 2023

Trip will be Xi’s second overseas visit of 2023 and comes as China attempts to expand its geopolitical influence.

A 15-pound male addax was born Aug. 8. Zoo officials say there are only about 100 addax left in the wild.

Walking Borders said it told authorities in four countries on 20 July about vessel with more than 100 asylum seekers onboard

Imagine the weight of responsibility for caring for a child when you are not yet fully grown yourself, and the fear of being shamed by parents, fellow learners, and even strangers within the community?

A 16th-century sugar estate on the tiny African island of São Tomé is the earliest known example of plantation slavery.

The joyous footage includes a man wielding a bullwhip

Foreign minister says Kyiv intends to conduct a diplomatic ‘counteroffensive’ against Russia’s efforts to woo Africa.

Isidlamlilo is a one-woman play on untold angles of black-on-black violence in South African townships during apartheid.

South Africa's hosting of a BRICS summit next week has turned a spotlight on ties between Pretoria and the Kremlin that are cosy and, for some, a puzzle.

Defence leaders from West Africa’s Ecowas bloc began meeting in Ghana on Thursday to coordinate a potential military intervention in Niger, whose president was ousted in a coup. The talks come amid disagreement between African countries over the idea of foreign military action, after Ecowas said it would prepare a…