The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Garbage collectors are paid a few dollars' worth of bitcoin

The enamel that forms the outer layer of our teeth might seem like an unlikely place to find clues about evolution. But it tells us more than you’d think about the relationships between our fossil ancestors and relatives.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the world's highest school dropout rates and a driving factor is that parents are being crushed by unpredictable school fees

Already affected by US aid cuts, many Africans now face limits on travel to US and looming remittance tax

The shift brings Russian support to ‘a more fundamental level’, says Kremlin-backed paramilitary force Africa Corps.

COMMENT: Change starts with listening – the ‘receiving hand’ of funding is not dumb and has ideas, writes Malado Kaba, the former finance minister of Guinea

IN FOCUS: Africa’s largest natural gas project was expected to drive Mozambique’s economy to new heights. The reality has been far different, writes Nick Ferris

A false statement attributed to the French President has been circulating on social media.

Over the past two decades, African countries have increasingly turned to international capital markets to meet their development financing needs. For example, Kenya and Benin raised a combined US$2.5 billion through bond issuances during the first half of 2025. Proceeds were used to repay maturing bonds. This means new bonds,…