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Africa: All of Africa Today - August 27, 2026

DRC-Rwanda: 5 questions to understand the standoff over the future of the FDLR

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Africa: Sunscreen for Lakes and Dams - Could a Thin Floating Layer of Nanomaterial Shield Water From Evaporation?

Inside Abéché, Chad’s second city, where Darfur is never far from hearts and minds

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Who is Simphiwe Mehlomakulu, ADNOC’s partner in the $1bn Shell South Africa deal?

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Africa: Who Was Late Country Music Icon Dolly Parton?

Africa: Angola Takes Part in WHO Regional Committee for Africa Session

Africa: Ethiopia Plays Key Role in Promoting Regional, Continental Peace and Security - AU Official

Africa: GERD Offers Blueprint for Africa's Self-Reliance, Says Hailemariam

Africa: Trade Minister Calls for Lower Air Travel Costs Across Africa

Africa: Africa's Herbarium Collections Are a Scientific Treasure. They Need to Be Digitised Before More Biodiversity Is Lost

Africa: More Health Workers, Stronger Systems - Africa's New Ambitious Goal

Africa: French Soldiers Disciplined Over Rhodesian Flags Linked to White Supremacists

At least 12 dead as wildfires sweep through northern Algeria

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'If you started running, they shot you' - inside Nigeria's growing kidnapping crisis

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Parrot eggs hatch after suspected Thai smuggler arrested at South African airport

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What is Ghana’s GoldBod – and why is its funding model under pressure?

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Nigerian stocks sink as investors position ahead of Dangote refinery IPO

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Africa: Greening Lands, Feeding People: UN Awards Three Restoration Flagships at UNCCD COP17

Africa: UN Recognizes Restoration Initiative Feeding 4 Million Across the Sahel

Guinea's president dismisses 173 soldiers, including coup ally, for desertion

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China advises its citizens to leave Taiwan ally Eswatini over 'security risks'

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Africa: Africa Must Unlock the Capital Beneath Its Farmers' Feet

Ex-head of Rwanda's presidential guard dies in jail 12 years after his arrest

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Man City complete £86m Bouaddi signing from Lille

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US draws Sudanese army’s ire with talk of UN weapons embargo

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Mesfin Tasew, the low-profile guardian of the Ethiopian Airlines empire

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Africa: AU Reviews Documents for Extraordinary Summit in Luanda

Africa: How Las Anod Changed Somaliland's Case for Recognition

Did Meta censor on Tanzania’s behalf? Activist Mange Kimambi takes tech giant to court

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Kenya Airways’ $1.5bn debt dilemma: Will proposed foreign borrowing win the strategic investor the airline needs?

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Africa: All of Africa Today - August 26, 2026

Yusuf Omari, Absa Kenya’s steady hand in a bank in transition

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How Libya’s Saddam Haftar is burnishing his credentials through hostage releases in the Sahel

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Africa: Choose Purpose Over Fear, Kagame Tells African Youth

Africa: Africa Must Hold Leaders Accountable for Failing to Deliver - Kagame

Africa: COP17 - Africa Must Connect Science to Action to Tackle Land Degradation - - Expert

Africa: Leaders Gather in Kigali for Africa Mindset Reset Forum

Africa: Eastern Africa Taps FAO's Hand-in-Hand Initiative to Drive Agrifood Investment

Africa: Africa Must Break Cycle of Failed Governance, Leaders Say

Africa: As Wars Spread, the Global Food System Unravels

Africa: Land Degradation Is Costing Far More Than Restoring - UN Deputy Chief

Africa: African Agriculture Offers Key Pathway to Economic Development and Jobs

Africa: Heresy Press Acquires Misadventures on K Street by KRL International CEO K. Riva Levinson

Mass arrests in global crackdown on West African cyber-crime networks

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Nigeria's president orders manhunt after kidnappers upload victim video

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Ethiopia submits official bid to host Afcon 2028

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South Africa: 5 ways in which the November elections will be different for a shrinking ANC

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Tanzania's vice-president announces resignation in unprecedented move

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Coming to a farm near you – the $14trn El Niño climate shock

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