The perfect summer food? Chili-fueled, flame-grilled suya.

In her new book, Sara C. Bronin leans on her joint expertise in architecture and law to argue that many of the problems in our cities today have emerged due to poorly thought-out or outdated zoning.

Why Washington let its Middle Eastern partners wreak havoc in Africa.

Critics argue the measures could slow digital adoption and push more activity back toward cash-based channels.

Nearly 200 illegal artisanal gold mining companies, most of them foreign-owned, have been uncovered in central and eastern Cameroon, the mines ministry said Wednesday.

Addressing this year’s African summit for business leaders, Rwanda’s president pushes for pan-African unity to stand up to the United States and other perceived global bullies in the race to exploit A...

The early learning centers, operated by the United Planning Organization, provide subsidized care for lower-income families, many of them in Southeast D.C. In March, UPO announced it was closing four of its 15 centers in early April, three of them in Wards 7 and 8. Parents had just about a month to find new places, and some are still searching.

Unveiled in Addis Ababa, the landmark project is a significant step towards operationalising AfCFTA.

The Private Sector Development (PSD) Programme shows that local service providers secured 29,521 out of 30,176 contracts awarded during the year, representing 98 percent

A family including baby twins has been forced to live in a wooden canoe after their home in a historic Lagos neighborhood was demolished.

Ethiopian Airlines is Africa's biggest carrier. It added six extra routes in 2024-25.

Kenya has delayed formalizing a trade agreement with China, according to reports citing anonymous sources

Beijing’s diplomatic campaign capitalises on fresh US-Africa tensions in new year

Parents of kidnapped children know where the bandits hide out, but are too scared to inform the authorities.

Over the last few years, I have shuttled between Abuja and the core Northwest states of Nigeria affected by bandit violence. In the past…

December 27, 2025 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese and Chadian militaries on Saturday accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of carrying out an attack on a military position inside Chad, along the border wit...

The House trade committee has just released a three-year extension of the duty-free trade scheme.

The United States’ new National Security Strategy treats the African continent as an afterthought.

Inside Zanu PF plans to change constitution

Mali has recovered 761 billion CFA francs ($1.2 billion) in arrears from mining companies following a sweeping audit, its finance minister said, marking one of the country’s biggest clawbacks from its...

Anicet Ekane's lawyer says the family was given little explanation - "his wife was just presented the corpse".

After decades of war, Mogadishu is experiencing a remarkable construction boom. Despite poverty, hopes are growing in the Somali capital for a new economic and social beginning.

United States senator John Kennedy has introduced a new bill to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for two years that would explicitly exclude South Africa.

Last week, the Sudanese Doctors Network confirmed 32 rape cases in a single week involving girls forcibly taken from El Fasher to the town of Tawila after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized cont…

Africa’s young population will make up a quarter of humanity by 2050. To capitalize on it, the continent needs to fix its power problems fast

Lawmakers in Benin approved on Saturday a constitutional amendment extending the presidential term of office from five years to seven and creating an upper house of parliament.

They’re smug, snug and often faster than drivers

Hundreds of Lubumbashi homes flooded with contaminated water in latest mining accident.

The Trump administration must back its diplomacy by demonstrating the United States' willingness to turn fragile deals into local development.

Cameroon's security forces killed 48 civilians as they responded to protests against the re-election of President Paul Biya, the world's oldest ruler, according to data shared with Reuters on Tuesday by two U.N. sources.

In Tanzania, the Gen Z uprising meets a state whose old bargains have collapsed.

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