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Ceuta sits on the North African coast, just 14 kilometres from Gibraltar across the Strait. Administered from Madrid but surrounded by Morocco on its[…]

The East African Community has set 2031 as the new date for a single regional currency. Central bank governors confirmed that target in Kampala[…]

Between 10 and 15 August 2026, military planners from the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) gathered in Gaborone alongside counterparts from the United States Africa[…]

Three years ago, Yakubu Danladi harvested cassava on his family’s plot in Endo, a farming town in Nasarawa State. Today he watches gauges in[…]

Military engagements with militant groups in Africa have been viewed through the conventional war approach, in terms of the number of troops used, the[…]

On August 16, three thousand young Somalis marched across a parade ground in Xananbuure, Galgaduud, and officially joined the Somali National Army. President Hassan[…]

In July 2026, Namibia’s tourism sector achieved one of its strongest performances in recent years. National room occupancy reached 62.63%, according to the Hospitality[…]

On your birthday, you shared your pictures online. A friend likes the post and comments “happy birthday”; they don’t send you a message or[…]

For years, West Africa has been trying to solve an electricity problem that no country can realistically solve alone. About 8 per cent of[…]

In May 2013, during a session of the African Union Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, African leaders adopted a development blueprint to transform Africa[…]

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is outpacing the response, with the latest data showing it is the deadliest in[…]

The Indonesia Palm Oil Policy The newly adopted B50 biodiesel policy in Indonesia increases the requirement for the country’s diesel to contain 50 percent[…]

Aliko Dangote is betting billions on a refinery that could change the way Africa’s fuel business works. The Nigerian billionaire’s Dangote Industries has unveiled[…]

When powerful countries find it increasingly difficult to move money through established international financial channels, they often look for another route. That is the[…]

Before copper or cobalt becomes part of a battery, a car, or another finished product, someone must bring it out of the ground. In[…]

It is the famous poem by Ethiopia’s Poet Laureate, Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin, that has lately come to represent the ideals of the Nile. In the[…]

“Pirates Onboard Help”. This was the distress message broadcast by the product tanker Sibu 1 before it changed course when it was sailing 136[…]

For countless generations, African cultivators have meticulously chosen, preserved, re-sown, and traded planting materials from their own harvests with their communities, adapting these varieties[…]

The 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) may have come and gone. It produced some shocking results, different dramas, stunning goals, greater competitiveness,[…]