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Helen Zille at a Democratic Alliance rally.

Helen Zille refuses to drop Johannesburg mayoral bid as coalition talks open

15 min ago

The Dangote refinery at Lekki, east of Lagos.

Dangote ready to invest heavily in Nigeria's upstream oil sector

2 hours ago

Cape Town, host of the Africa Tech Festival.

US signals it cannot afford to lose South Africa despite AGOA and G20 exclusions

3 hours ago

A farmer picks coffee cherries near Jimma, south-west of Addis Ababa.

Ethiopia's coffee export earnings rise 15 per cent to $878.5 million

4 hours ago

The Kainji hydroelectric dam on the Niger River.

Nigerians hit by worsening blackouts as El Niño reduces hydropower

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A waste picker crosses a refuse dump amid smoke from burning rubbish.

Ghana moves to clear decades of toxic waste at Agbogbloshie

4 hours ago

South African Olympic swimmer Tatjana Smith.

Olympic champion Tatjana Smith to represent the Netherlands

4 hours ago

President Salva Kiir at the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, 30 October 2026.

South Sudan: UN cautions that the transition must endure beyond polling day

6 hours ago

Sailors aboard the Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark (Daishan Dao).

Analysis: how China uses health diplomacy to extend its influence in Africa

6 hours ago

Activists demonstrate at the COP31 UN Climate Summit in Antalya, 10 November 2026.

COP31: African advocates press for climate finance based on need

6 hours ago

Lake Chad, at the meeting point of four countries.

Analysis: Washington's new security strategy in the Lake Chad basin

7 hours ago

Cotonou, Benin's economic capital.

Benin: President Wadagni overhauls the military high command

10 hours ago

Pupils at a primary school on the outskirts of Antananarivo.

Madagascar: school committees and remedial classes lift reading standards

10 November 2026

Photographs of victims at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre.

Rwandan genocide suspect Jean Leonard Teganya deported from the United States

10 November 2026

A mona monkey at the Lekki Conservation Centre, Lagos.

Lagos: Lekki Conservation Centre threatened by urban expansion

10 November 2026

Mobile money services, a key channel for remittances.

Africans abroad sent home $124 billion last year, and states want a bigger share

10 November 2026

Young surfers in Ngor, Dakar.

Senegalese surfer offers Dakar's children free lessons and a sense of freedom

9 November 2026

Migrants aboard a wooden boat arrive at La Restinga, El Hierro, in the Canary Islands.

Senegal vows to pursue smugglers after boat sinking claims 39 lives

9 November 2026

Merchant vessels off Djibouti, near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Regional conflicts raise fears of renewed piracy in the Gulf of Aden

9 November 2026

President John Dramani Mahama speaking in Accra, July 2026.

Mahama: reparations for the slave trade are not limited to cash payments

9 November 2026

Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital.

Nigeria moves closer to new crypto rules after losing its place as Africa's largest market

9 November 2026

A Democratic Alliance billboard for Helen Zille in Alexandra township, 31 October 2026.

ANC records worst result in its history as coalition talks begin in 120 councils

8 November 2026

A Sukhoi Su-35 fighter aircraft.

Analysis: Russia is losing ground in Africa's arms market. Can Moscow turn the tide?

6 November 2026

Atiku Abubakar at a campaign rally in Lagos.

Nigerian court nullifies Atiku Abubakar's presidential candidacy

5 November 2026

Voters queue at a polling station in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, 4 November 2026.

South Africans vote in local elections dominated by water and power failures

4 November 2026

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva.

US imposes Ebola travel declaration as WHO approves trials of two new vaccines

4 November 2026

Shipping containers at a depot in Johannesburg.

US to exclude South Africa and Rwanda from AGOA trade preferences

2 November 2026

Presidents Vladimir Putin and John Mahama at the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, 30 October 2026.

Russia agrees to stop recruiting Ghanaians to fight in Ukraine

2 November 2026

Models wear creations by Jewel Jemila at Lagos Fashion Week, 31 October 2026.

Lagos Fashion Week turns the runway into a stage for heritage and art

2 November 2026

A health worker is disinfected at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, North Kivu, 27 October 2026.

DR Congo: Ebola death toll reaches 5,372 as fatality rate exceeds 50 per cent

2 November 2026