Environment & Science

Africa’s domestic capital has reached $2 trillion — a historic high — yet the continent’s infrastructure gap remains stubbornly wide, with funds overwhelmingly parked in low-risk government bonds rather than productive investment.

Mali — A grim atmosphere of terror has settled over northern Mali, where residents describe living caught between three opposing forces: Russian paramilitaries from the Africa Corps, jihadist militants linked to al-Qaeda, and a ruthless national army. Each day brings fresh reports of killings, disappearances, and displacements affecting ordinary civilians trapped in the crossfire. The

French-born Beninese activist Kemi Seba is detained in South Africa after Benin issued an arrest warrant for him on charges of inciting rebellion. He has applied for asylum.

Africa’s ambitious high-speed rail vision is gaining real momentum — but a seemingly minor technical detail could determine whether it succeeds or joins a long list of grand continental plans that never quite took off. That detail is track gauge, and the decisions being made right now about railway standards will shape Africa’s connectivity for

On Tuesday, April 14, 2026, South Africa formally handed back to Zimbabwe a collection of ancestral human remains and a centuries-old soapstone carving depicting the Zimbabwe Bird — Chapungu — the nation’s sacred national emblem. The ceremony, held at the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town, was attended by officials from both countries and