Install
Find out all about latest breaking news, daily news and hot news in Africa. African politics, African business, African sports, health and technology on, also available on VOD africanews.com
- 2,189articles · 365d
- 56+ min agolatest article
- Sep 15, 2025earliest in window
- 56%with images
- 246avg words
- world news 1,148
- africa 1,125
- politics 1,105
- world 1,101
- business 577
- economy 493
- sports 458
- current events 395
- general news 376
- trade 269
- south africa 263
- travel 252
- mc complete - state & national 249
- donald trump 247
- nigeria 230
- west africa 229
- conflict 210
- east africa 196
- governance 192
- africa news 165
- Politics 1,178
- Sensitive Subjects 670
- News 654
- Conflict, War & Peace 604
- Politics2 518
- Crime & Law 204
- Disaster, Accident & Emergency Incident 190
- Sports 180
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Chinese electric motorcycle imports to Africa rise 60%
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (555+ words) Africa’s imports of electric motorcycles and three-wheelers from China rose sharply in the first half of 2026, underscoring a divide in the continent's transition to electric vehicles. Two- and three-wheelers account for a large share of vehicles on African roads and…...
South Africa renews legal bid to stop US auction of Nelson Mandela memorabilia
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (133+ words) South Africa's government has turned to the country's Constitutional Court in a renewed bid to stop the auction in the United States of items once belonging to Nelson Mandela. The four-year legal battle involves 29 objects, including Mandela's identity card, shirts,…...
DRC: The Pygmies of Beni survive far from their ancestral lands [Africanews Today]
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (368+ words) Fleeing the violence of ADF rebels, the Pygmies of Beni, in eastern DR Congo, survive in a makeshift camp, far from the forest and their means of subsistence. These families are calling for help, as Malaika Élysée reports. In Libya,…...
Carbon credit financing offers boost to clean cooking initiatives
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (790+ words) Carbon credit financing is making clean cooking affordable and accessible to households across Africa, boosting efforts to reduce pollution. Every morning, Mary Kavutha prepares breakfast for her two young children using an induction cooker in her Nairobi home. Two years…...
Husband of Tanzania's president dies while undergoing treatment
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (188+ words) The husband of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan died Monday while undergoing treatment in a hospital in Zanzibar, the country’s vice president said. Hafidh Ameir Hassan became Tanzania’s first gentleman in 2021, when his wife took office as the country's first…...
South Africa: Sharpeville massacre victims launch legal action
1+ week, 2+ day ago (211+ words) It's been more than 60 years since apartheid police opened fire on a 1960 protest in South Africa. Now, Lawyers for survivors and relatives of those killed are launching legal action against the South African government, hoping to overturn a law that…...
Zambia's Hichilema sworn in for a second term after tense vote
1+ week, 4+ day ago (567+ words) Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema pledged to build on the economic turnaround achieved during his first term as he was sworn in for a new mandate Tuesday after tense elections. Hichilema took the oath of office with the main opposition leader…...
Zambia's Hichilema sworn in for a second term, Mundubile in jail
1+ week, 4+ day ago (426+ words) Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema was sworn in for a second term Tuesday with the main opposition leader, who was the runner-up in last month's elections, in jail on treason charges. The August 13 ballot was marred by allegations of intimidation, pro-government…...
Male midwives in Lesotho challenging traditional gender roles
1+ week, 6+ day ago (673+ words) At the Mpharane Health Centre in Mohale’s Hoek district, Ntlhane Sehloho is busy examining his next patient. Sehloho is one of about 300 male midwives in Lesotho and has been doing the work for two decades. The exact number of male…...
Zimbabwe: At least 27 people dead after minibus and truck collide head on
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (166+ words) At least 27 people are dead after a minibus collided head-on with a truck in central Zimbabwe. The crash happened on Friday evening near Chivhu, south of the capital Harare. A foreign-registered haulage truck was overtaking another vehicle when it collided…...