China's top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Sunday, maintaining a 35-year-long tradition, to quietly advance Beijing's already sizeable influence across the resource-rich ...

Ivory Coast is the latest country in West Africa to ask French troops to leave for good. It follows similar decisions by Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal and Chad.

Flipping through a family album, Keachia Bowers paused on a photo of her as a baby on her father’s lap as he held the 1978 ...

Censori, known for her boundary-pushing clothing choices, opted for a striking black thong bodysuit, which she paired with ...

Will the Alliance of Sahel States quell their struggles with Islamist militants, and ask their Russian security guests to ...

From India’s T20 World Cup win in the Caribbean to its woes in Tests back home, here are the biggest moments and highlights ...

Revellers dressed in glitzy, colourful costumes danced down the streets of Calabar, southern Nigeria, this weekend as giant speakers blasted out Afrobeats for one of west Africa's most prestigious ...

They make their living off the sea, but their catch is dwindling. So these traditional fisherfolk are taking steps to ...

Despite censorship, depleted funding, and antagonism from both western and local film markets, there have been several ...

Pakistan beat South Africa by 36 runs (DLS method) in the third and final ODI, completing a 3-0 series whitewash at the Wanderers in Johanesburg on Sunday (December 23, 2024). Opener Saim Ayub ...

When he came to New York to study photography five years ago, he found a trove of images of life in Africa, past and present, in the archives of the city's libraries, galleries and museums.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: 'I thought I would die' - freed captive ...