Books on Vodun, a West African spiritual tradition honoring deities and ancestors, are now the top choice among readers in Benin, according to publishers and bookstore owners working to attract ...

Amref Health Africa Group CEO Dr. Githinji Gitahi, reminded African leaders and global stakeholders to rethink health investments. This, he said, will help build resilient and sustainable health ...

South Africa v Nigeria (Group C) Benin v Lesotho (Group C) Zimbabwe v Rwanda (Group C) Cape Verde v Cameroon (Group D) Angola v Mauritius (Group D) Libya v Eswatini (Group D) Zambia v Morocco ...

In this week's Across Africa: At least 11 people are killed and dozens injured in explosions at a rally called by M23 rebels in the captured eastern Congolese city of Bukavu. Also, Ghana's defence ...

The U.S. government has shut down Power Africa, a program launched in 2013 by former President Barack Obama to expand electricity access across Africa, Bloomberg reports. Most of Power Africa’s ...

Stage performance of the story of Princess Yennenga, National Museum in Ouagadougou, February 23, 2023 (Photo by Davy Soma / LCI) With the Feb. 22-March 1 Pan-African Film and Television Festival ...

Humans lived under the leafy canopy of a West African rainforest by at least 150,000 years ago. Previously, the oldest secure evidence for humans living in African rainforests dated to about ...

It was the late 19th century and European nations were beginning to look at the African continent as a more permanent resource base for their newly growing industrial sectors. More than the ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A UN armored personnel carrier burns during clashes with M23 rebels outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the ...

New research suggests that all five subregions of Africa will breach the 1.5 C climate change threshold -- the limit stipulated by the Paris Agreement -- by 2040 even under low emission scenarios.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on Africa’s economy, BusinessDay has identified the ten poorest countries in Africa which have the lowest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in 2025.