How the US has overtaken China’s investments in Africa

Egon CossouBusiness reporter Trinity Metals You probably don’t give much thought to the device that you’re reading this article on, as long as it looks good and keeps working. But…

Edo protesters storm brand new home for West African art

Todah OpeyemiBBC Africa, Lagos X The protesters insulted the visitors who had come for a preview event Protesters targeted a new multi-million dollar museum in Nigeria and forced organisers to…

The president blamed for election crackdown

Reuters Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in after winning 98% of the vote in the 29 October election Tanzania remains gripped by the aftermath of its worst post-election violence in…

The ex-president’s daughter who faces terror-related charges

Khanyisile NgcoboJohannesburg Supplied Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla’s outfit at a preliminary hearing sought to ridicule the accusations against her A new chapter in South Africa’s long-running Zuma saga is set to begin…

US to boycott G20 in South Africa over white farmer ‘abuses’

EPA Donald Trump has said the US will not attend the G20 summit in South Africa over widely discredited claims that white people are being persecuted in the country. The…

Kenyan activists missing in Uganda found safe after five weeks

Human rights groups in Kenya say two activists who disappeared in neighbouring Uganda five weeks ago have turned up alive and well. Eyewitnesses reported seeing Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo…

Honouring Kenya’s forgotten World War soldiers

National Army Museum Thousands of Kenyan soldiers fought in the British army during the world wars One day, some 85 years ago, Mutuku Ing’ati left his home in southern Kenya…

Africa’s week in pictures: 31 October-7 November 2025

A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Feisal Omar / Reuters It is a daring high jump for a boy in Somalia’s capital,…

British ex-soldier arrested over killing of Kenyan woman in 2012

A former British soldier is facing extradition to Kenya in connection with the alleged murder of a 21-year-old woman there in 2012. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said Robert James…

Ugandans welcome ICC’s war crimes charges against LRA leader

AFP via Getty Images Joseph Kony’s rebel group gained notoriety for hacking off the limbs of people Survivors of the reign of terror inflicted by Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels…

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