Africa

Airtel Africa and SpaceX have joined forces to bring Starlink's Direct-to-Cell technology to 174 million users across 14 nations.

Vinay Patel Dec 17, 2025

Prince Harry's conservation charity has been accused of committing human rights abuse against the land's indigenous people including, rape, beatings, and waterboarding.

Emma Clark May 16, 2025

How TASK Innovations GmbH, led by Thomas Kopp, is reshaping logistics and supply chains in Africa, focusing on sustainability and growth.

Abdur Rehman Noor Dec 10, 2024

The Good News International Ministries was exposed as a doomsday cult when authorities found mass graves for members who had starved themselves to death.

Andrea Tode Jimenez Oct 18, 2024

Chocolate manufacturers are looking at new recipes as climate change and farmgate prices continue to increase price of cocoa beans.

Danielle Summer Jun 29, 2024

As well as facing major challenges as entrepreneurs, women in Africa are facing marital rape, female genital mutilation and child marriage.

Danielle Summer May 22, 2024

These accusations surfaced after the Home Office included care workers in the UK's shortage occupation list in 2022, aimed at addressing the 165,000 vacancies in care homes and domiciliary care.

Jastine Beatrice Yap Feb 13, 2024

The study highlights the grim reality that girls in the region face a higher likelihood of succumbing to childbirth complications than completing their education.

Jastine Beatrice Yap Jan 30, 2024

Cameroon, a country in Central Africa with a high malaria burden, has been chosen as the starting point for the vaccine rollout.

Jastine Beatrice Yap Jan 30, 2024

Ahonsi Unuigbe, Chief Executive Officer of Petralon Energy and Chair of the Nigerian Exchange Group

Ahonsi Unuigbe Chief Executive Officer of Petralon Energy and Chair of the Nigerian Exchange Group Jan 17, 2024

The African-led trial was initiated in December 2020 but came to an early halt last month. Its conclusive findings are to be released in 2024.

Jastine Beatrice Yap Dec 11, 2023

The extreme weather has been attributed to the El Niño weather phenomenon.

Sadhna Yadav Dec 06, 2023

The United Nations Conference on Trade Development has shed light on how investing in African countries could help in tackling global supply chain disruptions.

Pratiti Nath Aug 18, 2023

Around 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine have been assigned to 12 countries after they proved effective in a pilot study started in 2019.

Pratiti Nath Jul 14, 2023

The UK is supporting Africa and the Caribbean through the climate crisis. Catastrophic climate events that occur in Africa and the Caribbean include droughts, hurricanes, floods, cyclones, landslides and earthquakes.

Danielle Summer Jun 23, 2023

A team of researchers has been able to unearth a strain of bacteria responsible for the infamous Black Death plague that occurred 4,000 years ago.

Sadhna Yadav Jun 01, 2023

The Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) has given more than 5.5 million girls an education in Africa. The organisation tackles poverty and gender inequality. CAMFED allows women and girls to "unlock their power," and lead.

Danielle Summer May 26, 2023

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry has appeared before the UK Defence Committee to discuss the security risks posed by the climate crisis.

Jake Pike May 26, 2023

Five people have died while three others are being treated for the Marburg disease in Tanzania, confirmed the state's health ministry.

Sadhna Yadav Mar 23, 2023

As many as 43,000 people may have died in Somalia last year due to the ongoing drought in the country.

Sadhna Yadav Mar 22, 2023

29 year old software engineer Nelly Cheboi up-cycles old computers discarded in America to teach young Kenyans digital skills and open new worlds for them,.

Ayan Omar Jan 20, 2023

Prince Harry reportedly would have preferred to see Archie running barefoot with other children there.

Jastine Beatrice Yap Nov 08, 2022

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were out on a public engagement when the fire happened in Archie's nursery.

Tanya Diente Aug 24, 2022

The monkeypox outbreak has spread to 30 countries in less than a month.

Sadhna Yadav Jun 01, 2022

A documentary by Channel 4 Dispatches has accused food giant Mondelez International, which owns the Cadbury brand, of forcing children as young as ten years old to work long hours on cocoa farms in Ghana.

Sadhna Yadav Apr 04, 2022

As many as four million people in Somalia face the risk of starvation and the situation is only deteriorating as the country faced its third consecutive dry season, the United Nations' climate report has warned.

Sadhna Yadav Mar 21, 2022

The Duke of Cambridge also cited Africa's human population in his 2017 speech at the Tusk Conservation Awards.

Tanya Diente Nov 26, 2021

Two giraffes in Arica were discovered to be from a condition called skeletal dysplasia.

Snow Digon Jan 11, 2021

A swarm can consist of up to 80 million locusts and have the potential to destroy crops that can sufficiently feed 2,500 people for a year.

Nina Siena Oct 12, 2020

Princess Diana's biographer Andrew Morton claims in a Channel 5 documentary that Meghan Markle may have felt frustrated that she could not speak for herself.

Barnali Pal Sinha Aug 09, 2020