It had become a familiar scene in West Africa. A group of soldiers appeared on state television in Benin on Sunday to claim ...

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Johannesburg, South Africa — African countries had been bracing for bad news and scrambling for last-minute negotiations ahead of President Trump's announcement of tariffs on Thursday night. South ...

Delegates of the third Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life who gathered in Ivory Coast’s city of Abidjan from Aug. 5–10 have called for the support of African ...

In a recently published book, Reconsidering the History of South African Journalism: The Ghost of the Slave Press (2025 Routledge), author and journalism professor Gawie Botma explores the gap in the ...

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A new study has revealed that African journalists tend to give more favourable coverage to the United States than China, despite growing perceptions of China’s expanding influence on the continent.

Two agencies have launched a project to improve food safety in 10 African countries. The African Development Bank and African Union Commission (AUC) said the Strengthening Food Safety Standards and ...

Members of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) are calling for methods that are “African, community-rooted, and just” in addressing climatic crises manifested in ...

New research has revealed that for four decades before slavery was abolished in 1838, printed publications enabled slavery in the Cape colony. In a recently published book, Reconsidering the History ...

Gawie Botma does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...