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The Foreign Secretary will hold high-level meetings in Nigeria and South Africa on his first visit to the continent in the role.

Cape Town’s Table Mountain and other landmarks will be lit up green during Earthshot Week.

A worrying statement has been given by the African CDC, which has been working hard to tackle this year's monkeypox infection, in which the majority of deaths have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of the outbreak.

Prince William’s roadshow for environmental innovation will arrive in South Africa next week as the heir to the British throne announces the winners of his annual Earthshot Prize, aimed at finding new ways to combat climate change and other threats to the planet’s air, water and wildlife

In his first year in office, US president Joe Biden committed to resetting US-Africa relations based on a doctrine of equal partnership.

African book publishing is in a rare moment of transformation, according to a new report. It’s an industry that has historically survived at the mercy of multinational publishing houses and donor funding. These arrangements, subject to the dictates of capitalism or aid, have not been sustainable.

The World Health Organization’s 2024 Global Tuberculosis report reveals a sobering reality. Formidable challenges remain in the fight against the world’s most infectious disease: persistent poverty in high burden countries; increased rates of infection among vulnerable populations; the inability to find and treat all missing cases; and funding shortfalls.

A delegation of journalists from Africa visited the Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat, and learnt about Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's life and legacy. Read further on Dynamite News:

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) Wednesday closed up +124 (+1.71%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) closed up +55 (+1.25%). Cocoa prices Wednesday extended Tuesday's sharp rally to 1-week highs. Cocoa prices are seeing support from heavy rain in some areas of Africa's cocoa-growing region, which has...