WASHINGTON, April 8, 2026—Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic recovery from a decade of global shocks is showing signs of stalling, with growth projections for 2026 revised downward by 0.3 percentage points ...

The Trump administration’s sharp reduction in aid to Africa last year seemed likely to cause a continent-wide crisis of apocalyptic proportions. While there has been pain, particularly in health care, ...

In a poor neighbourhood of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, the bell tower of a neat whitewashed church rises high above grey walls and tin roofs. Just after dawn on a Sunday morning, the sound of tom-tom ...

With the planned creation of new galleries for its Arts of Africa collection, the Brooklyn Museum hopes visitors will see their cultures “represented with dignity.” By Aruna D’Souza The Brooklyn ...

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The reaction from African countries has varied in direct proportion to their perceived economic and political interest and the quality of their diplomatic relationship with the United States, Israel, ...

You might think that Africa would be in the midst of a crisis. The four largest donors all cut their aid spending in Africa last year, according to initial data. America slapped some of its highest ...

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From pangolin tracking in Kenya to walking the sand dunes of Namibia, these nocturnal safaris reveal wildlife few travelers ever see. African lions are frequently seen on night safaris in the Okavango ...

The $50 million fund founded by former diplomat Akunna Cook unveils nine projects from more than 2,000 submissions as it begins channeling global capital into Africa’s rapidly expanding screen ...

A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the Americas will change later this month, when a remnant from ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The new U.S. ambassador to South Africa has been summoned to explain his criticism, the country's foreign minister said Wednesday, as a diplomatic rift continues over foreign ...