South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...

WEST AFRICA has long been a source of booze. In Yoruba mythology Obatala, a deity sent to create humans, stumbled on palm wine and fell into a drunken slumber before completing the task.

At least 78 dead bodies have been retrieved from a discontinued gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a “horrific ...

Although popular with tourists from neighbouring South Africa, British travellers have regarded Mozambique as a left-field holiday option for many years. Terrorist activity in the north of the ...

Electricity fuels modern progress—it powers hospitals and schools, enables businesses, and connects us to the world. Yet, for 600 million people in Africa, this right remains out of reach. They lack ...

Wang’s visits to Namibia, the Republic of Congo, Chad, and Nigeria set the tone for key African aspirations for relations with China in 2025. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left ...

France starts 2025 with a further drawdown of its military presence in its former African colonies, and fresh tensions ignited this week with controversial remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Your browser does not support the <audio> element. In the coming years Africa will become more important than at any time in the modern era. Over the next decade its ...

2024 was a bleak year for Africa. Libya and Sudan were partitioned. Ethiopia struggled to contain insurgencies in Tigray, Amhara and Oromia, and conflict continued in ...

University of Waikato provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Leaders of the west African regional grouping Ecowas approved the long-awaited withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso ...

Africa stands at a pivotal moment in history, brimming with youthful energy and profound social change. While strides in life expectancy, education, and cultural recognition highlight progress, ...

The first Africa-France summit to be held outside of France will be in Kenya in 2026. Overall, more trade and investments and less neocolonial meddling from Paris wouldn’t be such a bad thing.