The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Professor Lovemore Mbigi, celebrated within the African management and psychology disciplines, died in Harare, Zimbabwe on 26 June 2023. He left a body of work that resonates on the continent.

Nigeria is trying to make Africa’s largest economy reliant on its own wheat production

The South African talks about empowering African women, being in her best-ever shape for the Tour and why SD Worx was a bad fit

When Russian President Vladimir Putin develops his network of influence in Africa, he isn’t doing so at random. He is drawing on the rich history of Soviet relations with African countries that dates back to the 1960s and the efforts made by Russian spies during the Cold War to counter…

West Sussex’s Russell Cook to become first person to run the length of the continent

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently reported that around one in six couples globally are affected by infertility. For many years people tended to blame women for a couple’s infertility – especially in African countries.

The removal in May has triggered skyrocketing fuel prices in Africa’s largest oil producer.

Research from Human Rights Watch released Tuesday shows that in many Middle East and North African countries women are still prevented from moving freely around the country they live in, or from travelling abroad. Most still need the permission of a male guardian.

Israeli Foreign Minister meets senior official from undisclosed African Muslim country

Mediterranean swelters under extreme heat as authorities warn of risk to life

Daniel E. Agbiboa’s book They Eat Our Sweat: Transport Labor, Corruption, and Everyday Survival in Urban Nigeria explores the world of drivers of minibuses (danfo) and motorcycles (okada) in Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria. Agbiboa is assistant professor of African and African American studies at Harvard University. His research…