Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Africa

EXPLAINER: What is monkeypox and where is it spreading?

European and American health authorities have identified a number of cases of monkeypox this week, a surprising outbreak of an illness that has previously been limited mostly to central and western Africa

The Independent UK

DR Congo authorities seize 1.5 tonnes of elephant ivory

The seizure marks one of the largest in Africa in years.

Al Jazeera

WHO: COVID Deaths Dropped Last Week but Cases Rising

The number of coronavirus deaths globally dropped by about 21% in the past week while cases rose in most parts of the world, according to the World Health Organization. In its weekly report on the pandemic released Thursday, the UN health agency said the number of new COVID-19 cases appears…

Asharq Al-Awsat

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘Blood rain’ Saharan dust cloud headed for UK

Satellite forecasts show the Saharan plume blowing from northern Africa to western Europe by the end of this week

Manchester Evening News

Rare Monkeypox Outbreaks Detected in N.America, Europe

Health authorities in North America and Europe have detected dozens of suspected or confirmed cases of monkeypox since early May, sparking concern the disease endemic in parts of Africa is spreading. Canada was the latest country to report it was investigating more than a dozen suspected cases of monkeypox, after…

Asharq Al-Awsat

COP15: 'Great Green Wall' still touted as the Sahel's desertification solution

Lack of communication, funds, and coordination are among the greatest challenges the Great Green Wall Initiative has encountered, 15 years after its launch by the African Union to combat desertification in the Sahel.

Radio France Internationale

‘Huge spike’ in global conflict caused record number of displacements in 2021

Those fleeing combat were internally displaced 14.4m times, with biggest toll in sub-Saharan Africa, report reveals

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Monkeypox: what are the symptoms and should Australia be worried?

Infectious disease was first recorded in 1970 but a surge in cases has led to the largest outbreak in Europe to date

The Guardian - AU

Why migratory birds have been late to UK skies this spring

North-easterly winds and bad weather in southern Europe have delayed the arrival of many birds from Africa this year

The Guardian - UK

‘History repeating’: Amazon base in Cape Town splits Indigenous groups

Building work is quiet, for now, on £200m project that pits different visions of South Africa’s future against one another

The Guardian - UK

After weeks of election campaigning, some African Australian community members feel 'sidelined'

African community leaders say many voters feel sidelined this election, with many promises not resonating with the community.

ABC News

Portugal finds 5 monkeypox cases in men as outbreak spreads

Portuguese health authorities have confirmed five cases of monkeypox in young men, marking an unusual outbreak in Europe of a disease typically limited to Africa

The Independent UK

Herbicides threaten edible weeds in Zambia -- that may be bad news for local food security

The use of herbicides – substances that control unwanted plants – is on the rise across Africa. This trend has been referred to by some researchers as the “herbicide revolution”. This trend is driven by cheap herbicides flooding into the continent from Asia and global agrochemical companies discovering Africa’s emerging…

The Conversation

The rights of refugees in Africa are under threat: what can be done

In April 2022, 70 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were reportedly detained and then deported by the Zimbabwe government. Once back in the DRC, their government rejected 15 of them, who were sent back to detention facilities in Harare. The incident raises legal questions around human rights…

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Couple raise funds for neonatal unit they set up in Liberia after son born early

Mikey Bryant had to race home from Africa after wife Bethany gave birth to Finley 11 weeks premature.

Wales Online

Monkeypox virus symptoms, causes and what to do if you suspect you have it

Monkeypox was first discovered back in 1958 and is most seen across Africa

Reuters

When Africans asked for COVID shots, they didn't get them. Now they don't want them

It's noisy inside the Mamprobi clinic in Accra as kids clamber over their mothers while they wait to get their measles vaccines. Outside, an area reserved for COVID-19 shots is empty. A health worker leans back in his chair and scrolls on a tablet.

Reuters

Pollution killing 9 million people a year, Africa hardest hit

Worsening outdoor air pollution and toxic lead poisoning have kept global deaths from environmental contamination at an estimated 9 million per year since 2015 – countering modest progress made in tackling pollution elsewhere, a team of scientists reported Tuesday.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Spain, Morocco Reopen Land Borders after Two-year Closure

Morocco and Spain have reopened the land borders between the north African country and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, two years after they were shut due to Covid restrictions and a major diplomatic row. The enclaves on the Mediterranean coast in northern Morocco have the European Union's only…

The Independent UK

Europe accused of `double-standard' on Ukrainian refugees

The head of the world’s largest humanitarian network says the quick acceptance of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s aggression puts a spotlight on Europe's “double standard” for migrants — compared to its nonwelcome for people fleeing violence in Africa, the Mideast and elsewhere

Daily Mirror

Monkeypox alert as 4 new cases found in England - and none have links to Africa travel

Four new cases of monkeypox have been identified in the UK, all in people who identify as part of the gay community and who had not recently travelled to Africa, bringing the total number to seven

The Conversation

#JusticeForSheila highlights the precarious lives of queer people in Kenya

Kenya is one of 32 countries in Africa that criminalise homosexuality. People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) are frequently stigmatised, shamed and assaulted. The hashtags calling for action against the murder of queer people – like the most recent #JusticeForSheila – continue to trend on…

The Conversation

LGBTI refugees seeking protection in Kenya struggle to survive in a hostile environment

Kenya is now the second biggest refugee hosting country in Africa. Of its over half a million refugees, over a thousand from neighbouring African states have sought asylum on the basis of persecution over their sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Conversation

Senegal is decolonising its heritage and re-imagining an African future

On the morning of 5 September 2017, the inhabitants of Saint-Louis, a regional capital on Senegal’s northwest coast, woke to a strange scene. The statue of Louis Faidherbe that had formed the focal point of the Square Faidherbe since 1887 had fallen.

The Conversation

Xenophobia does not tell the full story of migration in South Africa

The dominant story of migration in South Africa is that of xenophobia. The subject is regularly in the news with the focus on both incendiary political rhetoric and acts of violence against foreign nationals.

1 … 282 283 284 285

People

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Léopold Sédar Senghor

11 stories

Francois Balloux

10 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

World Health Organization

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.