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Sinkholes, scarred land and scapegoats: the scourge of illegal gold mining in Johannesburg | Mining

Cora Bailey has been encountering illegal miners ever since she first started treating injured animals in the townships around Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, in...

Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr | Egypt

Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and...

Africa’s ‘unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak could reach UK, says top health official | Global development

The “unprecedented” spread of the Ebola outbreak means it could reach the UK and other countries, according to one of Africa’s top health officials.As...

UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’ | Global development

Senior Sudanese commanders implicated in a “campaign of rape” have been targeted by the UK on the first anniversary of a mass atrocity that...

US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño | Global development

The water was rising rapidly. It had already reached Cayni Ali’s waist. Her home, five metres from the flooded River Juba in southern Somalia,...

Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states | Sudan

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have launched a coordinated drone attack against five power stations, causing mass power outages across the country’s east, a...

Labour urged to plug predicted £400m shortfall in overseas aid funding in 2027 | Foreign policy

The UK is on course to miss its target of spending 0.3% of national income on international aid by an estimated £400m by the...

Mystery over source of Ebola infection in Nigeria fuels concern about spread of virus | Ebola

Health officials across Africa are racing to determine how Nigeria’s first Ebola patient ⁠in more than a decade ⁠became infected, amid fears ​the outbreak...

Lewis Hamilton aims to extend career till early 2030s so he can race in African Grand Prix | Formula One 2026

Lewis Hamilton has said he hopes to remain racing in Formula One until he can take part in the African Grand Prix which is...

Controversial US-backed vaccine trial in African newborns halted | Guinea-Bissau

The US-backed hepatitis B vaccine trial in African newborns that drew global backlash was halted, the lead researcher said on Wednesday.It was “now clear”...

Severely ill ICE detainees face imminent deportation to unknown African states, advocates say | Florida

Relatives of gravely ill detainees at two Florida immigration jails say authorities are about to deport their loved ones to unknown countries in Africa...

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