[Foroyaa] African governments and businesspersons like Dangote are expected to invest to eradicate poverty and build industrial components that would link agriculture to industry in order to promote the kind of development that will free Africa from heavy dependence on external
He is accused of using romance scams to defraud $8m, with the alleged profits flaunted on Instagram.
The number of cases in the first six weeks has been double that of the deadly 2013-2016 outbreak as the disease continues to rage in DRC.
The World Bank urges Kenya to implement a raft of anti-corruption reforms demanded under its latest $750bn lending package.
Fifteen years after independence, the world’s youngest nation is marking the anniversary with little to celebrate and dwindling international goodwill amid rising infighting between SPLM and SPLM-IO.
Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma left the country via Heathrow Airport on a British passport on Saturday.
[The New Humanitarian] "Act now or pay a much higher price later."
[CAF] With just two weeks to go until the kick-off of the TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026, taking place from 26 July to 16 August, the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) will launch the first edition of its Stars Spotlight Webinar Series on
Morocco are set to play in another World Cup quarter-final, but are they football's dreamers or is this where they belong?
Fresh from her acquittal on bribery charges in Britain, Nigeria’s former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke is seeking to recover assets seized and auctioned by the country’s anti-corruption agency during her decade-long legal battle abroad.
Lawyers are calling for an end to traditions like bowing before judges and addressing them as "My Lord or "My Lady".
[This Day] · Bank commits $20bn into Nigerian economy in the last five years
[The Conversation Africa] At every Football World Cup and any other major football tournament, it is not only Les Bleus performances on the pitch that come under scrutiny, but also the players' identities, their migrant backgrounds and the extent to which they represent France
[Daba Finance] Investors in Kuramo Capital Management moved $458 million in African private-market assets to a continuation vehicle managed by Sango Capital, the investment firm led by former Bridgewater Associates partner Richard Okello.
In Africa, the identity card has become a pillar of states’ digital transformation. As foreign companies compete for a market worth close to $1bn, governments must weigh technological performance against the preservation of data sovereignty.
BBC Verify looks at multiple incidents linked to misinformation during latest Ebola outbreak, which has infected more than 1,700 people and killed 580 in DR Congo since mid-May.
Morocco face France in the 2026 World Cup quarter-finals on Thursday as the Atlas Lions look to reach the last four once again.
As anti-immigrant marches across South Africa intensify, the deportation and repatriation of thousands of African immigrants in recent weeks are likely to cause hardship for their home communities, as these remittance figures show.
Watch the bizarre moment Morocco's press conference was disrupted by two journalists arguing, leading to a very perplexed-looking Brahim Diaz.
She built her name in the bush. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appointed her a minister, then took the post away from her, and now Fetlework Gebregziabher, aka Monjorino, stands as the loudest voice accusing Addis Ababa of moving troops toward eastern Tigray.
False claims about Ebola are linked to attacks on treatment facilities, assaults on health workers and disruptions to burials.
Renaissance Africa Energy has moved to develop the JK field in the Niger Delta, a former Shell onshore asset first drilled in 1967 but left dormant for nearly six decades after announcing a significant oil discovery that could accelerate its commercialisation.
Renaissance Africa Energy has moved to develop the JK field in the Niger Delta, a former Shell offshore asset first drilled in 1967 but left dormant for nearly six decades after announcing a significant oil discovery that could accelerate its commercialisation.
Renaissance Africa Energy has announced a major oil discovery at the JK-004 well in the Niger Delta, reviving a field that had lain dormant for nearly six decades. The find comes about a year after the consortium completed its acquisition of Shell’s onshore assets in Nigeria,
[U.S. Mission to the UN] Ambassador Tammy Bruce
[African Arguments] Relatives will always have fights. These come and go, but once an outsider gets involved, this may threaten to collapse the household for good. This is what we are witnessing in the recent diplomatic tensions on the African continent, including xenophobic
[African Arguments] Adesina and colleagues through their published article titled, 'The COVID-19 Pandemic response and the new era of austerity in Africa' discussed how the economic backslide that swept the African continent since the COVID-19 lockdown was a result of a
[Democracy Works] Despite the critical role whistleblowers play in exposing corruption and strengthening accountability, many individuals who report wrongdoing continue to face significant personal, professional, and financial risks.
[The Conversation Africa] The three major credit rating agencies - Moody's, S&P Global and Fitch - have often differed among themselves when rating African institutions and countries. Their opinions don't have to be aligned, but a huge gap in the ratings suggests
[UN News] The number of new cancer cases worldwide could rise to almost 35 million a year by 2050 unless countries take urgent action to strengthen prevention, early diagnosis and treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.