The U.S. government has shut down Power Africa, a program launched in 2013 by former President Barack Obama to expand electricity access across Africa, Bloomberg reports. Most of Power Africa’s ...

More than the ongoing trade between the two continents that had run for decades, though, the Europeans wanted direct control of Africa’s natural resources. In addition, these countries aimed to ...

South Africa’s antitrust watchdog penalized technology companies including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook for anti-competitive practices it said hurt local media ...

Legend has it Bernard Shabangu's grandfather, Bhobho, once speared down a lion that was terrorising his community in Mpumalanga, a province in eastern South Africa. The story goes that the lion ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Placeholders prepare for the family photo of the G20 foreign ministers meeting that was later cancelled in ...

Seyi Vibez is kicking off the year with a brand-new EP, "Children of Africa". It’s his first project of 2025, and as always, he’s coming in strong. The - BellaNaija.com. March 15, 2025 ...

South Africa will soon play host to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky South Africa is set to host Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on a state visit, President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed on ...

For two decades, the American people have paid for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. It is credited with saving more than 26 million lives and is critical to HIV programs in ...

Yet much of it is common among young people across Africa. Better educated than their parents and full of entrepreneurial zeal, they find that their societies are not letting them fulfil their ...

Earlier this month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he was boycotting this week’s Group of 20 meeting, accusing the host, South Africa, of “doing very bad things.” Mr. Rubio said ...

February 19, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. ESTyesterday at 5:00 a.m. EST 6 min Across the breadth of Africa, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, stretches a belt of turmoil. Nowhere else have Islamist ...

NAIROBI, February 19, 2025 — A new report by World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Bank, with contributions from the African Development Bank (AfDB), provides one of the most comprehensive ...