The United States has warned Madagascar against strengthening its ties with Russia, saying similar partnerships with military-led governments in West Africa have failed...
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Differences in data protection regulations across African countries could complicate financial transactions and the exchange of personal information across borders, raising concerns about...
South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) party faces a major setback after last week’s municipal elections, leaving it in a weak position in...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has warned that the strengthening El Niño phenomenon could worsen climate-related pressures on agriculture, water...
The African Union (AU) has accredited Nigeria’s National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), under the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), as a...
Nigeria has broken a major barrier in global cancer advocacy as renowned paediatrician and cancer control campaigner, Dr. Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, assumes the presidency...
As the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity’s 17th summit opens in Yerevan, Armenia, on Oct. 19, what’s at stake for Africa? In 2022, parties signed the...
Nigerian billionaire Tony Elumelu and Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio are leading efforts to mobilise private-sector investment for a West African project...
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has withdrawn a directive allowing asylum applications from people previously excluded on procedural grounds, following violent anti-migrant...
The United Nations has warned that trafficking in counterfeit, substandard and diverted medicines is becoming a major public health threat in Central Africa,...
The Africa Tech Alliance Forum, AfriTECH, a foremost platform convening policymakers, investors, founders, and technology leaders around Africa’s digital economy future, returns for...
Seven leopards, including two cubs, are now moving through South Africa’s West Coast after the species disappeared from the region for more than...
Côte d’Ivoire has signed the Artemis Accords, becoming the ninth African country and the 75th nation worldwide to join the framework for peaceful...
Russia is expanding its network of cultural and educational centres in Africa, with eight new “Russian Houses” planned for countries including Kenya, Mali,...
Africa has emerged as the world’s most active terrorism theatre, with more than two-thirds of ISIS activity occurring on the continent, according to...
The Association of African Air Forces is strengthening cooperation among member countries as it develops new strategies, institutional structures and joint mechanisms to...
Pan-Africanists and migration advocates have criticised European efforts to externalise border controls into African countries, warning that the policy could undermine African sovereignty...
Hafidh Ameir, the husband of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, has died in hospital, according to reports.
Political tensions are mounting in Morocco as parties within the country’s ruling coalition turn against one another ahead of the election campaign, exposing...
The Chief Executive Officer of AUDA-NEPAD has called for the removal of trade barriers across Africa, arguing that easier cross-border trade is essential...
