The Latest Breaking News from Africa

CAR in talks with US security firm as West eyes Wagner's ground in Africa

US private security company Bancroft Global Development says it is in talks with the Central African Republic over "future activities", in a possible bid to muscle Russia's Wagner mercenary group out of the country riven by a decade-long civil war.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 30, 2023

Fabric wars: Ghana’s colourful prints face renewed Chinese competition

China-made African print wax has been available for decades as cheap replicas, but now as high-quality alternatives.

Al Jazeera · Dec 30, 2023

Wagner Group's mercenary fighters regroup under new leadership in Africa

Uncover the resurgence of Wagner Group as mercenaries regroup under new leadership. Putin's African foothold at risk without their mining operations.

Top News · Dec 30, 2023

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

Dec. 22-28, 2023

The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2023

Black Panther, Wakanda Forever and the problem with Hollywood – an African perspective

Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever were global hits that played out in an imaginary African kingdom and feature a universe of black creative talent. What’s not to love about the franchise? Quite a lot, reckons cultural and literary studies scholar Jeanne-Marie Viljoen. We asked her to explain.

The Conversation · Dec 28, 2023

Stigma against gay men could worsen Congo's biggest mpox outbreak, scientists warn

African scientists warn that discrimination against gay and bisexual men on the continent could make an mpox outbreak in Congo worse

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2023

The zaï technique: how farmers in the Sahel grow crops with little to no water

Hubert Reeves once wrote that “on the cosmic scale, liquid water is rarer than gold”. And what is true for the universe is even truer in the Sahel, the name given to the vast, arid belt that skirts the Sahara and stretches across Africa from east to west. Since 3,000…

The Conversation · Dec 27, 2023

An African history of cannabis offers fascinating and heartbreaking insights – an expert explains

When I tell people that I research cannabis, I sometimes receive a furtive gesture that implies and presumes: “We’re both stoners!”, as if two members of a secret society have met.

The Conversation · Dec 27, 2023

How 'blood gold' from Africa is funding Russia's war on Ukraine

According to a new report, the Wagner Group has laundered some $2.5 billion to Russia since its full scale invasion of Ukraine last year, in an effort to support the war effort.

WEKU · Dec 27, 2023

Scores killed in attacks by suspected herders in Nigeria

A series of attacks on villages in central Nigeria over the last few days have killed nearly 200 people, local authorities said on Wednesday, in the latest case this year of such mass killings blamed on the farmer-herder crisis in the West African nation.

France 24 · Dec 27, 2023