Africa is gradually splitting in two. As with most geological processes, it unfolds at a glacial pace over millions of years, but in time it could cause part of East Africa to break away from the rest ...

Celebrated every year on 5 May, African World Heritage Day was proclaimed in 2015 by the UNESCO General Conference to ...

Who counts as an intellectual? In many traditions, the figure of the intellectual is tied to the search for truth, social ...

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) playoffs begin on Thursday with four teams – Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo – slugging it out to decide which nation ...

South African filmmaker John Barker (“Umbrella Men”) will be following the fate of Africa’s soccer squads at this summer’s World Cup, as he preps a documentary that will look at the continent’s ...

Senegal won the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time in three editions Samah Zidan/Anadolu via Getty Images Now the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has finished, the 2026 World Cup is the next ...

The first Group of 20 summit to be held in Africa opened on Saturday with an ambitious agenda to make progress on solving some of the long-standing problems that have afflicted the world's poorest ...

Ambitious plans are underway to build a high-speed rail network across Africa, connecting countries, regions and creating a transcontinental beltway that can transport people at up to 320 kilometers ...

African countries face many trade barriers today. Wealthier countries subsidise their farmers, making African agricultural exports less competitive. Global trade rules promise extra support but are ...

10 times these countries have brought the African continent to disrepute with appalling FIFA World Cup outings Five of those teams are African but none of Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana and Cameroon ...