AFRICA NEWS

The United States government has apologized after an inaccurate map of Africa was displayed during an official presentation at an international health conference in Brazil, with every African country reportedly...

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) says it will carefully study FIFA's controversial proposal to allow outside investors acquire minority stakes in the commercial operations of the FIFA World Cup...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that a powerful El Niño weather event could inflict economic losses of between $10 billion and $20 billion across Africa, while worsening food...

The International Criminal Court has formally ended its long-running case against former Darfur rebel commander Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain after prosecutors withdrew all charges, saying there is no longer enough...

Senegal's President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), succeeding Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio. Faye's election...

Developing countries are increasingly diverting public resources from education to debt repayment, with many governments now spending significantly more on servicing external loans than on funding schools and learning programmes,...

The Federal Government has evacuated another 39 Nigerians from Johannesburg, South Africa, as part of its ongoing voluntary evacuation programme for citizens affected by renewed xenophobic attacks and anti-migrant tensions....

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the ongoing return of undocumented foreign nationals from the country is being carried out on a voluntary basis and in collaboration with the...

South African police have denied claims that the death of a Nigerian national in police custody was connected to the recent wave of anti-migrant demonstrations across the country, insisting the...

Archaeologists working in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved Byzantine-era settlement in the country's Western Desert, alongside a separate discovery of ancient burial chambers on the Mediterranean...