Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Africa

Africa’s Gen Z unrest shows 'generational divide’ between people and politicians

Africa’s rising Gen Z movements are putting governments under pressure. Young people on the continent say they want a real place in shaping their countries’ futures, yet many feel excluded by leaders far older than them. Their frustration is spilling into streets from Madagascar to Morocco, and new survey data…

Radio France Internationale

60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study

Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds

The Guardian - UK

Google’s AI Nano Banana Pro accused of generating racialised ‘white saviour’ visuals

Research finds tool depicts white women surrounded by black children when prompted about humanitarian aid in Africa

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

African central bank governors revive vision for continental monetary integration {Business Africa}

At the Yaoundé Summit, 41 Central Bank Governors Advance an Ambitious Vision for an African IMF and Central Bank Amid Growing Climate Risks while In Zambia After Years in Default, the country Secures CCC+ Upgrade from S&P — A Major Step Toward Economic Stability

Euronews

Endangered wild dog pups die in Zimbabwe as Trump’s aid cuts leave them unprotected

Exclusive: Six African wild dog pups killed in a single road collision in Zimbabwe after a fence that was intended to be built with money from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was left incomplete due to aid cuts

The Independent UK

God in Nigeria: the country’s novelists help us understand the complexity of Christianity

In African literature, Christianity has usually been shown as a foreign religion brought to the continent by European missionaries and colonisers. But in the past few decades, Nigeria’s writers have dealt with it in a far more complex way as Christianity is rooted in, and transformed by, local realities, ranging…

The Conversation

Facing myriad global pressures, Iran intensifies outreach to African partners for critical needs

Burkina Faso’s security minister headed to Tehran on Nov. 12, 2025, for high-level talks with Iranian officials. The visit was a fruitful one: The West African nation reopened its Iranian embassy, finalized new agreements on security cooperation and held discussions about strengthening relations in agriculture and industry.

The Conversation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Becoming human in southern Africa: what ancient hunter-gatherer genomes reveal

New genetic research is shedding light on some of the earliest chapters of our human history. In one of the largest studies of its kind, scientists analysed DNA from 28 individuals who lived in southern Africa between 10,200 and a few hundred years ago. The study provides more evidence that…

The Conversation

'An extreme end of human genetic variation': Ancient humans were isolated in southern Africa for nearly 100,000 years, and their genetics are stunningly different

Ancient genomes from southern Africa show that people evolved in isolation for upward of 100,000 years.

LiveScience

Person Moves To An African Country To Lead A More Simple Lifestyle, Gets Disillusioned

They quit all three jobs, took their savings and moved to Africa in search of a simpler life. Little did they know that once the honeymoon period was over, life was about to get much harder than it had been in America. Here's what this person wants you to know…

Bored Panda

Expensive data and poor internet access: South Africa fails to measure up against Brazil

Emerging middle-power countries like South Africa, India and Brazil face growing inequalities. At the same time, everyday lives are becoming more and more digital – from paying bills and reading news to contacting companies and services. Ways need to be found to include everyone in the online world, regardless of…

The Conversation

Africa’s drylands need the right kind of support – listening to the pastoralists who live there

Africa’s drylands are often imagined as vast, empty spaces. Romantic wilderness on the one hand. Zones of hunger, conflict and poverty on the other. Media stories tend to emphasise crises and scarcity, portraying these regions as peripheral and fragile.

The Conversation

Deadly conflict in the Sahel sends herders fleeing to Africa's coastal cities

West Africa's cattle herders are being stripped of their animals by extremist-linked armed groups as the deadly conflict in the Sahel region grows

The Independent UK

Cocoa Prices Retreat on Beneficial West African Weather

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26 ) today on Tuesday closed down -101 (-1.82%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH26 ) closed down -57 (-1.39%). Cocoa prices retreated on Tuesday, as favorable weather forecasts in West Africa are expected to improve yields and boost supplies. Cocoa farmers in the Ivory...

Barchart

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Barchart

Cocoa Prices Fall on Favorable West African Weather

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH26 ) today is down -109 (-1.96%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH26 ) is down -69 (-1.69%). Cocoa prices are moving lower today as favorable weather forecasts in West Africa should improve cocoa yields and boost supplies. Cocoa farmers in the Ivory Coast are...

LiveScience

'We do not know of a similar case': 4,000-year-old burial in little-known African kingdom mystifies archaeologists

Remains of what was likely a funeral feast were discovered in a 4,000-year-old jug in Africa.

The Conversation

African land policy reforms have been good for women and communities – but review of 18 countries shows major gaps

Land tenure is the relationship, defined in law and customs, that people as individuals or groups have with land. It involves a bundle of rights to land, such as the right to use, sell, or bequeath land. Secure tenure is crucial for people to have secure homes, for food production,…

The Conversation

Fossil hunters find tracks of animals from about 3 million years ago – a first in South Africa

South Africa is well known for its fossil heritage, a record of plants and animals that tells us what the world was like long ago.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Euronews

South African radio presenter arrested on suspicion of recruiting fighters for Russia

The South African government has warned people to be cautious of campaigns promoted by South African social media influencers promising jobs and study opportunities in Russia.

The Independent UK

South African radio presenter arrested over alleged Russia recruitment plot

Nonkululeko Mantula was arrested alongside four men

The Conversation

Africa’s longest-running grassland research project offers up a wealth of knowledge

For 75 years, grasslands research conducted just outside Pietermaritzburg, South Africa has informed policy makers and farmers about sustainable management, while training generations of students.

The Conversation

Guinea-Bissau’s military takeover highlights the nation’s sorry history of coups and a deepening crisis across the region

Army generals in Guinea-Bissau seized power on Nov. 26, 2025 – the eve of a scheduled official declaration of the winner in the West African nation’s presidential election.

Radio France Internationale

Call to put child welfare at the heart of business regulation in Africa

Plagued by child labour and other harmful industrial practices, countries in Africa have a duty to regulate business and hold companies to account for violating children's rights, experts told a conference in Lesotho this week.

Evening Standard

Is Mozambique 2026's hottest destination?

Ultra-high-end retreats and untouched natural beauty are drawing elite travellers to this east coast African nation – here’s why you should join them

The Conversation

Factory farming in Africa: development banks see it as a good idea, but it’s bad for the climate

In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming – where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at will – has been the main form of livestock production. It has been a source of livelihoods for centuries, if not millennia.

1 … 22 23 24 25

People

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

63 stories

Chinua Achebe

20 stories

Duduzile ZumaSambudla

15 stories

Umaro Sissoco Embaló

11 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the International Cocoa Organization

the US Agency for International Development

36 stories

Uppsala University

26 stories

the African Development Bank

23 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.