The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Adam Bradford set up a betting safety app after his father was jailed for gambling debts - and has now taken his philanthropic efforts to central Africa

Countries in the Horn of Africa have been hit by a multiyear drought. Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda are expected to continue getting below-normal rainfall in 2023. Excluding Uganda, 36.4 million people are affected and 21.7 million are in need of food assistance.

An unrelenting Cyclone Freddy that is currently battering southern Africa has killed at least 44 people in Mozambique and Malawi since it struck the continent for a second time on Saturday night, authorities in both countries have confirmed

The World Health Organization confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease in the central African country of Equatorial Guinea on Feb. 13, 2023. To date, there have been 11 deaths suspected to be caused by the virus, with one case confirmed. Authorities are currently monitoring 48 contacts, four…

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to travel to Africa at the end of March as the United States seeks to pitch itself as a better partner for the continent than China is

Malawi is at the centre of a diplomatic tussle for influence, but as a food crisis looms, farmers are happy to accept desperately needed shipments

Costa Titch, a rising star in South African rap, died this weekend after collapsing while performing at a music festival. He was 28.

When he was presented to a cheering crowd at St Peter’s Square, Vatican City, on 13 March 2013, few people outside Latin America knew much about Jorge Bergoglio.

Other lives: Music promoter who was also a DJ and drummer, and ran a club at the Africa Centre in London

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ethiopia and Niger next week as the Biden administration accelerates a push to engage with Africa to counter China's growing influence on the continent