Global spotlight: African music’s Grammy moment

As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture.

African Lenders Set Up Early-Warning Network on Debt Distress

The Alliance of African Multilateral Financial Institutions, a group of lenders known as the Africa Club, developed an ...

Africa d'Or: vote for the best African team of 2025

Choose the best African team of the yearAfrica d'Or: vote for the best African team of 2025After rallying its community ...

U.S. Cuts Health Aid and Ties It to Funding Pledges by African Governments

The Trump administration has signed $11 billion in agreements with African nations, in deals tied to foreign policy goals.

African nations now send more money to China than they receive in new loans

By Colleen Goko JOHANNESBURG, Jan 27 (Reuters) - China's role as a leading financier to developing nations has shifted over the past decade, with new loans to poorer countries falling sharply while ...
Crux

African Sister leads continental campaign against human trafficking ahead of St. Bakhita’s feast

As the world prepares to commemorate the Feast of Saint Josephine Bakhita on February 7, an extraordinary movement against ...
Council on Foreign Relations

Major Power Rivalry in Africa

Competition for influence on the African continent is an undeniable geopolitical reality. The Donald Trump administration’s ...

Crisis in the Savannah: Targeted Poaching Targets African Lions

Lions are synonymous with Africa. These majestic cats have lived side-by-side with humans for hundreds of thousands of years. While encroachment on territory and being hunted by ranchers have ...
The Citizen

How Sekera reframes African identity through image and film

Through memory, migration, and collaboration, Ngôma Hoe brings the unseen Swahili citizen to life in film and visual art ...