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

Mbare Art Space: a colonial beer hall in Zimbabwe has become a vibrant arts centre

In southern Africa townships were built as segregated urban zones for black people. They were created under colonial and white minority rule policies that controlled movement, confined opportunity, and kept people apart.

The Conversation

The land under South Africa is rising every year. We finally know why.

The land under South Africa steadily rose between 2012 and 2020, a new GPS-based study finds, and drought may be the main driver.

LiveScience

What Ben Sulayem's support from auto clubs means for FIA presidential election

“If someone wants me to win, they just have to say the wrong words to me: ‘You can’t do it.’ As soon as I hear that, I’ll do everything to win.”These are the words of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in an interview with GP Racing magazine last year and…

Autosport

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

What Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s support from auto clubs means for FIA presidential election

Motorsport

‘I don’t want freebies’: outgoing AfDB head on why investment, not aid, will shape Africa’s future

After a decade helming the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina hands over to his successor this week. He explains his optimism despite the continent’s challenges

The Guardian - UK

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, the first Arab and African director to win Cannes Palme d’Or, dies aged 91

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina was the oldest living recipient of the Palme d’Or. His Cannes-winning film 'Chronicles of the Years of Fire' remains Africa’s only Palme d’Or to this day.

Euronews

Africa Elects Its Next 'Super Banker'

The race to become Africa's next "super banker" ends on Thursday, with five candidates, including one woman, vying to succeed Nigeria's Akinwumi Adesina as head of the African Development Bank in a contest that appears too close to call.

International Business Times

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

A life in quotes: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

The Kenyan author and political dissident, a giant of African literature and champion of indigenous African languages, died aged 87.

The Guardian - US

Why Islamic State is expanding its operations in north-eastern Nigeria

Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap), one of the most powerful global affiliates of the Islamic State jihadist organisation, is in the middle of its largest offensive against the Nigerian military in years.

The Conversation

Seven dead after migrant boat capsizes near Canary Islands, emergency crews say

The Spanish archipelago located off Africa's western coast has for years been a main route, and a deadly one, for migrants trying to reach Europe.

Euronews

‘US, China, India can all fit into Africa’: On a quest to fix the world map

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

Al Jazeera

Trump's liquidation of US leadership

Even for our billionaire president, it’s never enough

Salon

Trump Blunder Exposed After 'Genocide' Photo Turns Out To Be Congo, Not South Africa

Trump's South Africa 'genocide' gaffe, using a Congo image, sparks outrage and mockery. Can US diplomacy recover?

International Business Times UK

How ongoing deforestation is rooted in colonialism and its management practices

Half of the world’s forests were destroyed during the 20th century, with three regions mainly affected: South America, West Africa and Southeast Asia. The situation has worsened to the point that, in 2023, the European Parliament voted to ban the import of chocolate, coffee, palm oil and rubber linked to…

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

South Africa denies trying to bend the rules to give Musk's Starlink preferential treatment

South Africa has denied accusations that a draft policy watering down Black ownership requirements for tech firms was proposed to benefit the Starlink business of white South African-born billionaire Elon Musk

LiveScience

Africa is being torn apart by a 'superplume' of hot rock from deep within Earth, study suggests

Researchers have found fresh evidence that Africa is breaking apart because of a deep mantle superplume of hot rock beneath the East African Rift System.

Radio France Internationale

Private military firms undermine France’s quiet exit from West Africa

France has restructured its military presence in recent months, closing most of its historic bases in West Africa. However, the arrival of private military companies employing French personnel is undermining the discretion sought by army headquarters in Paris.

The Conversation

Rock art and tomb discoveries in Morocco reveal ancient connections to the wider world

When people think of ancient burials in North Africa, they often picture Egypt’s pyramids and monuments. But new discoveries show that north-western Africa also has a deep and fascinating prehistoric past.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Euronews

US shifts Africa strategy and urges countries to handle their own security

The move reflects a broader rebalancing under President Trump, as Washington trims its global footprint while China and Russia expand influence.

The Guardian - UK

Malawi battles mpox as cases of the infectious disease surge in Africa

Medicine shortages plus limited testing and hospital capacity exacerbated by withdrawal of USAID as outbreak gathers pace across countries in the region

The Independent UK

US military shifts messaging in Africa, telling allies to prepare to stand more on their own

The U.S. military is backing off its usual talk of good governance and countering underlying causes of African insurgencies

Euronews

Africa Day: celebrating the continent’s heritage and future every May 25

Every 25 May, the world comes together to commemorate Africa Day, a date that transcends geographical boundaries to celebrate not only the cultural diversity and natural wealth of the world's most diverse continent, but also its determination to build a prosperous and united future.

Clever Dude

When you buy a car, you expect it to keep you and your loved ones safe, no matter where you are in the world. But did you know that some of the world’s most popular auto companies are still selling vehicles with outdated safety standards in certain overseas markets? It’s…

The Conversation

Funding terror: how west Africa’s deadly jihadists get the money they need to survive

The west Africa–Sahel region has seen a proliferation of militant Islamist groups since the 1990s.

The Conversation

Lagos fashion: how designers make global trends uniquely Nigerian

African fashion has flourished in terms of creativity and innovation in recent years, and is attracting global attention.

1 … 37 38 39 40

People

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

Organisations

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.