[This Day] A former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has warned that Africa risked deeper instability and democratic decline if leaders failed to strengthen institutions, tackle poverty and resist rising xenophobia across the continent.
[Vanguard] Six days after the October 1, 1960 independence of Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa stood before the United Nations, UN. The historical mission of Nigeria he said, is to develop Africa, the continent which gave birth to
[Namibian] Africa will celebrate Africa Day on Monday. But for many Africans it is just another day off.
[New Times] Rwanda will join the rest of the African continent in marking the 62nd African Liberation Day officially observed on May 25, with a high-level conference in Kigali expected to focus on African-led solutions to development challenges, regional integration, and the
[Ghanaian Times] Africans Communicating Africa (AfriComms Africa), a pan-African foundation committed to strengthening authentic African storytelling and nurturing a new generation of African communicators, will officially launch on Tuesday, May 26 in Accra.
[Vanguard] The Lagos State Government has intensified surveillance and border health screening following the worsening Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Central and East Africa, where at least 177 deaths have been recorded from about 700 suspected cases.
[WHO-AFRO] Geneva, Switzerland -- During the Interministerial Meeting on Polio in the Horn of Africa and Yemen, held on the sidelines of the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly (WHA79) on 20 May 2026, countries reaffirmed their commitment to ending variant poliovirus
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola has aligned the objectives of the Long-Term Strategy "Angola 2050" and the National Development Plan with the goals of the African Union's Agenda 2063, with priorities focused on human capital, economic diversification, energy transition and
[WHO-AFRO] Kampala, Republic of Uganda - WE, the Ministers of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of Uganda, and the Republic of South Sudan, together with Heads of Delegations, representatives of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and
[Scrolla] Mamelodi Sundowns are African champions again after securing a 1-1 draw away to Morocco's ASFAR in Rabat on Sunday, sealing a 2-1 aggregate victory to win their second CAF Champions League title.
[New Times] African leaders have warned that poor access to clean water and sanitation is costing the continent billions of dollars annually while deepening poverty, disease, and inequality.
[New Times] Africa may have achieved political independence, but the continent's biggest remaining challenge is economic liberation, according to the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
[RFI] Nairobi - The recent Africa Forward summit in Nairobi hosted jointly by Kenya and France gave women working in the technology sector the chance to discuss issues including the future of artificial intelligence in Africa. RFI spoke to Shikoh Gitau, CEO of tech lab Qhala,
[African Arguments] Artificial intelligence is lowering the cost of authoritarian control in Africa. The danger is not only mass surveillance, but a state that can abort reformist change before it is even born.
[CFR] The outbreak of a rare strain of Ebola that went undetected for several weeks in the Democratic Republic of Congo--and which has now spread to Uganda--is raising concerns about regional and global authorities' ability to effectively respond.
[UN News] A landmark gathering of more than 57,000 participants - the largest in the history of the World Urban Forum - closed on Friday in Baku with an urgent call to rethink how the world houses its people, as a new roadmap urges governments, cities and communities to act
The Moroccan government wants more Western holidaymakers to visit the territory it claims to own.
South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns clinch their second African Champions League title with a 2-1 aggregate win over Moroccan club AS FAR in the final.
Kate White says she is "extremely concerned about the inability to get resources" to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Africa races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Dennis Carroll, PhD. about the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and how funding cuts to USAID have affected the response.
[allAfrica] Africa has seen this before: The revolutionary brothers who once shared prison cells, campaign stages, liberation trenches and political slogans eventually arrive at the same destination: the brutal crossroads of power.