South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...

WEST AFRICA has long been a source of booze. In Yoruba mythology Obatala, a deity sent to create humans, stumbled on palm wine and fell into a drunken slumber before completing the task.

EDEN ISLAND, Seychelles, Jan. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Seekapa, a standout name in global trading companies, has unveiled a major enhancement to its offerings, now providing access to over 600 ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been retrieved from a discontinued gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a “horrific ...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund – the African Development Bank Group’s concessional financing window – approved a donation of $9.42 million to Madagascar to implement climate ...

Electricity fuels modern progress—it powers hospitals and schools, enables businesses, and connects us to the world. Yet, for 600 million people in Africa, this right remains out of reach. They lack ...

Seychelles has maintained its position of having Africa’s most powerful passport. This is according to 2025 rankings as released in the Henley Passport Index. As reported by African Travel & Tourism ...

Last week, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi completed the top Chinese leadership’s 140th trip to African countries since 2007. He did this by continuing a tradition that has been in place for ...

France starts 2025 with a further drawdown of its military presence in its former African colonies, and fresh tensions ignited this week with controversial remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron.