Latest reporting on Africa (place): 80 stories, most recently on 18 October 2026. Source-linked and updated as new reports are published.
A new essay collection on African writers and artificial intelligence is taking shape, and a first look at its roster is now available. Titled Promptings: African Literature in the AI Conjuncture, the volume is being edited by James Yékú, Associate Professor of African Digital Humanities at the…
Arts & Culture · Brittle Paper · Latest ·
Petrol has crossed R30 a litre, and the oil and gas crowd has rolled into Cape Town to tell us the answer is… more oil and gas. This week, KG, Zoë and Stephen read the terms and conditions on African Energy Week’s promise to end energy poverty, and find plenty of drilling, very little wind and a…
Africa · Daily Maverick · Latest (South Africa) ·
Keneilwe Mothoa rejects fast fashion and operates instead on a slow-design philosophy to create exclusive and handcrafted clothes and homeware under a homegrown label.
Africa · Daily Maverick · Latest (South Africa) ·
[IPS] Bulawayo -- An Ebola death last week in Kenya is highlighting the urgency of Africa's public health emergency preparedness and how the continent's governments are committing their national budgets to the health sector.
Health · AllAfrica · Health ·
[Africa Check] Image of Kenyan senator Edwin Sifuna asleep at public event is doctored
Africa · AllAfrica · Latest ·
[Africa Check] Altered gazette notice falsely shows changes to the Mwananchi Party's leadership in Kenya
Africa · AllAfrica · Latest ·
[allAfrica] Walk through Nairobi's Kangemi Market, Mile 12 Market in Lagos or Makola Market in Accra, and you will see stalls filled with fresh produce. Yet behind this abundance lies a difficult reality.
Business & Economy · AllAfrica · Latest ·
[This Day] No fewer than 400 student-athletes are expected to converge on James Hope College, Lagos, from 16 to 18 October for the second edition of the Pan African School Games, with a brand-new school bus sponsored by Mikano Changan Motors among the top prizes on offer.
Education · AllAfrica · Education ·
Parliament has hosted the inaugural East African Community (EAC) Children’s Summit on Climate Change, with legislators and development partners calling for children to be meaningfully involved in developing policies and....
Africa · Nile Post · Latest (Uganda) ·
[Daily Trust] The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) will receive $175,000 more in its annual subvention from the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Sports · AllAfrica · Sport ·
As Africa's investment ecosystem matures, a report by Dream VC and A&A Collective reveals the compensation gaps, career opportunities and structural challenges facing the professionals behind the continent's growing private capital industry.
Business & Economy · African Business · Latest ·
[InfoWire] Africa's most populous nation emerges as one of the continent's strongest reform stories
Africa · AllAfrica · Latest ·
[Ghanaian Times] CLIMATE change is no longer a distant threat to Africa. Its effects are increasingly felt in the livelihoods of farmers, fishers and other communities that depend on natural resources.
Science & Climate · AllAfrica · Environment ·
Fashion can absolutely be political, when it shapes identities and questions the balance of power. With his label Maxhosa Africa, South Africa's Laduma Ngxokolo is determined to put the continent in the spotlight.
Arts & Culture · France 24 · Culture ·
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia is positioning itself as an increasingly important investment destination and financial market in Africa, driven by economic reforms and expanding cross-border investment partnerships, Speaker of the House of People's Representatives Ahmed Shide said.
Business & Economy · AllAfrica · Business ·
[Daily Trust] At least 10 soldiers and four civilians are feared dead following a coordinated assault by suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on a military base in Mairari, Borno State.
Africa · AllAfrica · Latest ·
[New Dawn] Kakata -- The Government of Liberia, in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has begun a three-day workshop in Kakata to validate Liberia's National Human Capital Development Strategy, aimed at strengthening institutional capacity, developing a…
Business & Economy · AllAfrica · Business ·
[Cosafa] Egypt and Angola secured their places in the semi-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 with emphatic Group B victories in Rabat on Thursday, as the battle for the remaining knockout places continues on Friday.
Sports · AllAfrica · Sport ·
For its 15th anniversary, Forbes Africa has unveiled its first Icons list, a group of 15 individuals the magazine says have shaped Africa’s past, present, and future. The list is presented in no particular order and mostly leans toward business, politics, sport, and entertainment.
Arts & Culture · Brittle Paper · Latest ·
[This Day] A 15-man team from the headquarters of the Confederation of African Football will arrive Nigeria today (Friday) for a second and final inspection of facilities that Nigeria is putting up to host the 48th CAF Ordinary General Assembly and the 2026 CAF Awards.
Sports · AllAfrica · Sport ·
Africa's economies have shown encouraging resilience, but resilience is not immunity, warns IMF Africa director Zeine Zeidane.
Business & Economy · African Business · Latest ·
Rival jihadist factions in the Sahel have clashed on an unprecedented scale in recent weeks. On Monday, the Islamic State in the Sahel Province said it had killed more than 400 fighters from the al-Qaeda-linked JNIM four days earlier.
Africa · Africanews · Latest ·
[Africa Check] The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is the government agency responsible for controlling goods entering and leaving the country.
Business & Economy · AllAfrica · Business ·
Cameroon is the first market launching under this expansion, building on the collections partnership the two companies already run together. dLocal, the leading payments platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, and Western Union, a global leader in cross-border money movement, have…
Business & Economy · Cameroon News Agency · Latest ·