[Ghanaian Times] Africa's labour market is changing fast, but one question remains stubbornly relevant: who gets a fair chance at work? For millions of women, having a job does not always mean having decent work. Low pay, unsafe conditions, unpaid care responsibilities, weak
[Ghanaian Times] Delegates from across universities in 17 African countries have converged in Accra for the fourth International Annual Conference of the Harakati Za Muungano Union for development and freedom.
[Ghanaian Times] South Africa is asking several other African governments to reimburse it for the cost of sending tens of thousands of their citizens back home.
[This Day] After Nigeria and South Africa were denied direct qualifications to next year's FIFA Women's World Cup to be hosted by Brazil, the Super Falcons and Banyana Banyana have another chance this evening to fight for the 'back door' tickets via the African playoff.
With US-Sahel joint intelligence services closing in, Kevin Rideout’s abductors were looking for a way out.
Sisters Tabitha and Temwa Chawinga are the undoubted stars of Malawi's unexpected run to the final of the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
A report by the American NGO Center for Advanced Defense Studies sheds light on the air logistics of Africa Corps. Seven airlines, including Russian and African state-owned operators, supply bases in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.
Kevin Rideout "is in good health in the care of US officials," SIM International said in a statement, adding he would soon be reunited with his family.
Raila Junior is taking the decisive move to try and follow in his late father Raila Odinga’s big political footsteps, and specifically inherit Baba’s largest political base, in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.
It paves the way for the release of Succès Masra from prison where he had been sentenced to 20 years.
A $700m rescue plan for Ghana’s historic aluminium smelter has ignited privatisation fears — and dragged President Mahama’s brother into the controversy.
[Bird Story Agency] Africa grows plenty of cotton. It just does not make much of it into clothes. A new $5 billion plan aims to change that, turning a scattered collection of cotton producers into a regional textile industry.
[ISS] Current geopolitical tensions could be catastrophic for climate action, especially Africa's renewable energy transition.
Trade lobbyists think the House is likely to adopt the two-year extension, as priorities turn to a full slate of election-year issues to address and just eight weeks in session before the end of the year.
Kevin Rideout, who was kidnapped outside his home in the capital last October, is now with US officials.
[The Conversation Africa] For centuries, useful metals have been developed by starting with one core element and adding small amounts of other elements. Steel, for example, is composed primarily of iron; carbon is added in varied amounts to produce different grades of steel.
[African Arguments] When pastoralists, researchers, policymakers and development practitioners gathered in Marsabit this year to mark the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP-2026), the conversations went far beyond livestock, drought or humanitarian aid.
[African Arguments] In the period that followed decolonisation, Africa's development landscape continued to be shaped by Western partnerships. By the late 1990s and early 2000s, this Western-facing architecture took the form of policy conditionality, governance agendas and
[IPS] Nairobi -- Campaigners say anti-rights movements are increasingly using family law to challenge women's rights to inheritance, property, divorce and child custody.
[UN News] Cholera is spreading rapidly across West and Central Africa, with active outbreaks now in six countries and millions of children at growing risk, UN children's agency UNICEF has said.
[Premium Times] Nigeria and other African countries will push for a legally binding instrument on drought management and increased financing to tackle desertification, land degradation and drought at the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
[allAfrica] Mombasa, Kenya -- For persons with disabilities, being in the room does not always mean being included.
KCB Group is going digital-first for its next expansion phase, targeting Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe through tech rather than branches. CEO Paul Russo calls it “technology-driven” — except in Ethiopia, where a traditional bank acquisition is still on the table.
The forced closure of Terry William Kelly’s popular Chewore Safari Lodge and Campsite after Zimbabwe courts ruled his 25-year lease on the area was invalid has triggered far-reaching criticism from investors and visitors to the region.
The Niger Delta’s vast oil wealth has failed to lift its people from poverty. The region’s greatest economic opportunities may instead lie in its sea, natural ports and blue economy.
[Namibian] Local football analyst Isack Hamata says the Confederation of African Football (CAF) is maintaining a 'quiet diplomacy' compared to other continental football bodies.