The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Swahili will be taught in Colombian schools as a foreign language option, Colombia’s vice president has announced. She says the move will help Afro-Colombians reconnect with their roots, but it caused an outcry among her opponents on the right.

Torture, rape and death are the results of a policy to keep desperate people away from Europe

Jo Johnson | Children Locked Away podcast | Greyparrot waste analysis system | Sahel, Africa

Ama Ata Aidoo, who is considered as one of the most-celebrated feminist writers of Africa, died on May 31, 2023 in Ghana. She was 81-years-old.

Protecting rhinos from armed poachers isn't a typical assignment for the president of a historic battle re-enactment troop in Gundagai — but his unique skill set is required in South Africa.

From a low-impact build to a community-focused carbon offsetting programme, Radhika Aligh checks into one of Africa’s only not-for-profit camps

As Brics foreign ministers meet in South Africa, diplomats from the bloc of major emerging economies say the group is open to enlargement. However their two-day conference has been overshadowed by questions over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would be arrested if he attended a summit in August.

Once these routes are operational, IndiGo will be connecting a total of 32 international destinations compared to 26 currently.

May 26-June 1, 2023

In Harry Oppenheimer: Diamonds, Gold and Dynasty, his outstanding biography of the South African mining magnate who died in 2000, Michael Cardo shows that there is still mileage to be made in the study of dead white males who played a role in the making of South Africa. Based on…

Seventeen countries in West Africa and the Sahel have agreed a deal to make soil fertilisers more accessible and affordable. The region, heavily dependent on imports, is facing a major food crisis that has been exacerbated by climate change.