Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project ...

An overhead view of the East African Rift, with a river in a cultivated valley flanked by steep cliffs A giant rift is slowly tearing Africa, the second-largest continent, apart. This depression — ...

The history of Africa Day is deeply rooted in the liberation movements that marked the 20th century. The starting point was in 1958, when the Congress of African States was held for the first time, a ...

The continent of Africa has seen fewer deaths from COVID-19 in the last year than people initially projected, thanks to its early response to the pandemic. The continent of 1.2 billion people has had ...

African leaders and investors are aligning around the strategy of using fund-of-funds structures, governance reform and ...

Africa is home to the world’s largest free trade agreement, in terms of number of countries, territory, and population – the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Fifty-four of 55 African ...

Africa's Green Economy Summit 2026 to unveil Africa's premier pipeline of investment-ready green ventures making a difference ...

The Synod for Africa commenced with its second full session on Monday afternoon, listening to how the synod's theme (The Church in Africa at the Service of Reconciliation, Justice and Peace: "You are ...

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo -- People stand when Dr. Matshidiso Moeti enters a room at the World Health Organization's Africa headquarters in the Republic of Congo, and they listen intently to what ...

Africa is rapidly becoming the new heartland of global jihad, as franchises of ISIS, Boko Haram, and Al Qaeda carve out strongholds across the continent, leaving thousands of people dead in their wake ...

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new ...