Africa

France rushes help to Mayotte, where hundreds are feared dead from Cyclone Chido

4:56am December 16, 2024

France was rushing help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean on Monday after the island was shattered by its worst storm in nearly a century.

D.R. Congo's mining capital is at the heart of Biden's bid to counter China in Africa

6:00am December 04, 2024

by Emmet Livingstone

Kolwezi has some of the world's largest copper and cobalt reserves and that makes it a key location at the heart of the U.S. and China's jostle for mineral supremacy on the African continent.

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President Biden makes long awaited trip to Africa

4:50am December 02, 2024

by A Martínez

President Biden makes his first and only trip to Africa in his presidency, as he travels to Cabo Verde and Angola.

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Ed Sheeran and Fuse ODG rebuke Band Aid charity song. We ask Kenyans to weigh in

1:20pm November 25, 2024

The singers have criticized "They Don't Know It's Christmas" for perpetuating "damaging stereotypes" of Africans as a charity case. Bob Geldof defends the song. We went to Kibera for comments.

Here's what life is like in a city in the grip of Sudan’s brutal war

12:42pm November 01, 2024

The Sudanese city of Omdurman lives in the shadow of war, facing daily shelling and battered medical services. But some people are trying to eke out a return to life, however precarious.

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At least 78 people dead after boat capsizes in eastern Congo, official says

2:03am October 04, 2024

The governor of the South Kivu province said the death toll was provisional and the number of fatalities could rise further. He said there were 278 people on board, according to local authorities.

Sudan peace talks are scheduled to get underway in Geneva

3:34am August 14, 2024

by Leila Fadel

Peace talks aimed at ending Sudan's war are expected to start in Geneva Wednesday -- as the United Nations warns of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe.

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Nigerian athletes say mismanagement by the country's officials cost them the Olympics

8:38am August 11, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Nigeria had a terrible showing at the Olympics. Its athletes say they were failed by corruption and mismanagement by the nation's sports officials.

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World News

Crypto-currency Captive in Nigeria; German Chancellor Turned Fictional Crime Sleuth

7:08pm August 07, 2024

A popular book and TV series in Europe imagines the straight-laced former German chancellor Angela Merkel solving crimes in her retirement. We unpack the premise's popularity. And an American has been jailed in Nigeria over a dispute the country has with the crypto-currency exchange Binance. Some say the man is effectively being held hostage.

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Protests against Kenya's president have sparked a new wave of music, poetry and art

4:03am August 07, 2024

by Emmanuel Igunza

Kenya's antigovernment protestors have a new soundtrack and words of poets to help galvanize their burgeoning movement.

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