Algeria updates its law criminalising French colonial rule and is insisting on nuclear test compensation from France. We also hear about living with Tourette syndrome in Africa.

Beneath the dust of colonial archives lies another Africa—one painted in ochre and song, where healers crossed gender and love itself remade the world. Long before Victorian law or missionary decree, ...

A newly described African species in the magic mushroom family confirms its evolutionary origin. Psilocybe ochraceocentrata is found growing on cattle dung in the grasslands of southern Africa and ...

Sourdough, one of the oldest forms of leavened bread, is fast gaining popularity among Kenyans who boost their gut health without giving up wheat altogether. It is made through the slow fermentation ...

Taarifa Ltd has confirmed that it does not plan to buy out the remaining NMG shares or to delist on any of the other three securities exchanges where it is cross-listed. NMG shares are listed on the ...

How the little-known atoll of Diego Garcia is becoming another flashpoint in the global contest between the U.S. and China ...

An investigation has revealed the vast scale of human remains held in British museums and universities, prompting criticism from politicians and scholars and raising the question of whether mummies ...

Denis Sassou Nguesso, one of Africa's longest serving leaders, has ruled Congo-Brazzaville with a tight grip for more than 40 ...

Galli Monastyreva emphasized that the AU, representing all 54 African nations, has made justice for slavery and colonialism a priority, especially by declaring 2025 the "Year of Reparations" ...

Millions of Kenyan households and businesses have been subjected to interruptions of electricity supply since late 2024 owing to production shortfalls. President William Ruto acknowledged this, ...

Kenya plans to build a 1,200-megawatt gas-fired power plant on its east coast as it ramps up electricity output to meet growing demand.

Kenya's indigenous communities living in resource-rich regions face widespread land dispossession, environmental degradation, and exclusion from development decisions, a new report by the Kenya ...