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 ...

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 policy that the Trump ...

The global economy is under a cloud of uncertainty. Trade disruptions, wars, aid retrenchment, and geopolitical realignment have forced governments and investors to reassess risk. Africa is often ...

Since the US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury and Operation Roaring Lion against Iranian targets, the missiles have been landing in the Middle East. Iran has responded with strikes across the ...

In November, President Trump announced he would, quote, "permanently pause migration from all third world countries" to the U.S. after a member of the National Guard was killed, and another badly ...

He made several trips to South Africa, and to other African nations, as a peace broker and a representative of Black America. By John Eligon Reporting from Johannesburg Jesse Jackson lobbied Pope John ...

Africa needs to respond to the rapid geopolitical changes with one voice, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on the sidelines of the African Union leaders’ summit, which concluded on Sunday. “What we ...

South Africa’s economy has long been defined by big holes. The wealth from its diamond and gold mines helped make it Africa’s most industrialised country in the 20th century. More recently a big hole ...

China's role in Africa is shifting from state-owned enterprise-led infrastructure to private consumer goods. Surge in Chinese exports and small entrepreneurs targeting Africa's growing consumer market ...

Mapi Gloricien lies in his mother’s arms in a hospital in Kinshasa, among the fastest-growing cities on Earth. Just days old, he’s one of an estimated 4.5 million children expected to be born in the ...

For several years, social media pages and accounts have claimed that a new ocean is forming in Africa. The claim has been spread by YouTube (archived) videos (archived) with views in the millions, ...