Africa: Namibian Youth Least Interested in Business in Africa
[Namibian] Young people in Namibia are among the least interested in starting their own businesses compared to their peers across Africa.
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Africa: Beyond a Crisis - We're in a New Era of Global 'Water Bankruptcy', Says UN Report
[Daily Maverick] Amid alarming global water shortages, a UN report declares a new era of 'water bankruptcy', emphasising the need for urgent action and redefined policies to address irreversible losses.
Africa: Alpha and Jam Africa Unveil 'Olympia', Lagos' Largest Mixed-Format Billboard
[This Day] Alpha and Jam Africa has unveiled Olympia, described as the largest mixed-format advertising board in Lagos, located beside the National Theatre and the Wole Soyinka Centre for Art and Culture.
Africa: AFCON 2025 and Matters Arising
[This Day] In spite of some drawbacks, the competition lives up to its billing
Greetings from Kalk Bay, a South African fishing village where wild seals await scraps
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
Africa: Britam Uganda Retains Top Employer Africa Status for Second Year Running
[Nile Post] Britam Uganda has been certified as a Top Employer Africa 2026 for the second consecutive year, reaffirming the company's commitment to people-centred leadership and a high-performance workplace culture.
Life of veteran Ugandan opposition leader in danger, wife says
Kizza Besigye's wife has been to visit him at Luzira Prison and says he is extremely weak.
Africa: The Shared Challenges of Giving Birth
[MSF] Hermina lives in the Central African Republic (CAR), Murjanatu in northern Nigeria, and Sabera is a Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh. Though they live in vastly different places, the struggles they have faced simply for being pregnant bring them closer together.
Africa: The Somaliland Crisis Demands That the AU Break Free From Its Rigid Adherence to Postcolonial Sovereignty
[Daily Maverick] The African Union operates within a framework where sovereignty is treated as a static legal artefact, a 'frozen right' granted irrevocably at the moment of decolonisation, ignoring the functional, governance-filled reality of Somaliland.
Africa: Magogo - East Africa to Deliver 'Huge and Memorable' Afcon 2027
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- The President of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA), Moses Hassim Magogo, has expressed confidence that Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania will successfully co-host the 2027 CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Africa: How the U.S. Withdrawal From WHO Could Affect Global Health Powers and Disease Threats
[The Conversation Africa] Hours after Donald Trump began his second term as United States president on Jan. 20, 2024, he signed an executive order to end American membership in the World Health Organization (WHO) after one year. This restarted a process that the first Trump
Africa: Corruption Enables Human Trafficking and Exploitation, New UN Report Finds
[UN News] In 2011, a trafficker in Chile was convicted for recruiting economically vulnerable Peruvian citizens and arranging for them to be brought into the country - destined to become victims of sexual exploitation.
Africa: 2026 - Africa's Year to Turn Climate Ambition Into Action
[ISS] Before global constraints become irreversible, countries must show how loss and damage can be measured and linked to development and debt.
Africa: After AFCON Exploits, Super Eagles Rank Among Africa's Top Three
[Daily Trust] Nigeria's Super Eagles have climbed to third place in Africa but retained 38th position globally in the latest FIFA Men's World Rankings released on Monday.
Benin's urban boom comes at a human cost
In West Africa, tiny Benin is riding a coastal building boom — but beneath the cranes and construction, new inequalities are taking hold.