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Can technology and urban greening cool Sierra Leone’s scorching heat?
13 mins; February 13, 2025
Are South Africa and the United States reaching the end of their relationship?
22 mins; February 12, 2025
What's fuelling the success of women's football Morocco?
21 mins; February 11, 2025
How have Goma’s residents reacted to M23 takeover?
16 mins; February 10, 2025
What’s at stake for Africa if Trump shuts down USAID?
20 mins; February 09, 2025
Can South Sudan break the cycle of cholera outbreaks?
18 mins; February 06, 2025
What do plans to resume drilling for oil in Ogoniland mean for people there?
20 mins; February 05, 2025
Why are so many countries involved in the DR Congo conflict?
19 mins; February 04, 2025
Ethiopia: what’s at issue in the Somali region of Ogaden?
17 mins; February 03, 2025
Can Africa get rid of rabies?
20 mins; February 02, 2025
How did Ghana’s ‘Maths Queen’ become a global maths icon?
14 mins; January 30, 2025
Has Ethiopia’s electric vehicle policy paid off?
20 mins; January 29, 2025
Will the victims of apartheid violence see justice in South Africa?
21 mins; January 28, 2025
Does Africa need stock markets?
20 mins; January 27, 2025
How can Africa’s rural population be ‘powered up’?
19 mins; January 26, 2025
What does President Trump’s re-election mean for Africa?
19 mins; January 23, 2025
How did Somali refugees make sambusas a hit in Minnesota?
16 mins; January 22, 2025
Is South Africa’s Julius Malema losing his popularity?
25 mins; January 21, 2025
Can chess change lives in Africa?
20 mins; January 20, 2025
Why was journalist Amun Abdullahi Mohamed killed?
17 mins; January 19, 2025
Is Nigeria’s doubling rental market pushing tenants out?
17 mins; January 16, 2025
What’s behind Kenya’s increase in abductions?
18 mins; January 15, 2025
Is Mozambique’s political crisis threatening to destabilize southern Africa?
17 mins; January 14, 2025
What does the capture of Masisi mean for M23’s offensive in eastern DRCongo?
15 mins; January 13, 2025
Are snakebites a neglected health issue in Africa?
19 mins; January 12, 2025
Mozambique’s opposition leader returns so what’s next for the country?
19 mins; January 09, 2025
Will US sanctions have an impact on the war in Sudan?
19 mins; January 08, 2025
As it turns 113, what direction will South Africa’s ANC take next?
20 mins; January 07, 2025
Has Ghana’s ‘Year of Return’ created unity or division?
20 mins; January 06, 2025
What’s being done to protect vulnerable athletes in Kenya?
19 mins; January 05, 2025
How I became me: award winning Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga
22 mins; January 02, 2025
How I became me: Cameroon mental health advocate Franca Ma-ih Sulem Yong Akinboboye
21 mins; January 01, 2025
What can Africa expect in 2025?
19 mins; December 31, 2024
What were the big news stories of 2024?
28 mins; December 30, 2024
How are African festivals shaping the continent’s global influence?
19 mins; December 29, 2024
How I became me: Bishop of Lesotho Dr Vicentia Kgabe
20 mins; December 26, 2024
How I became me: Ethiopia’s trailblazing Chief Justice Meaza Ashenafi
18 mins; December 25, 2024
How I became me: Dr Aminata Toure, Senegal’s ‘ambitious’ former PM
19 mins; December 24, 2024
How a 20-Year-Old South African became the world’s youngest MasterChef
19 mins; December 23, 2024
How will homeless people in South Africa spend Christmas?
16 mins; December 22, 2024
How did ‘The Lion King’ musician ascend from rags to riches?
21 mins; December 19, 2024
How are African countries viewing Assad’s fall?
20 mins; December 18, 2024
Is CCTV making Mogadishu safer?
14 mins; December 17, 2024
How did the woman once described as Africa’s richest woman become so wealthy?
25 mins; December 16, 2024
What’s fuelling this year's Detty December in Ghana and Nigeria despite tough times?
20 mins; December 15, 2024
Senegal: France finally acknowledges Thiaroye massacre
12 mins; December 12, 2024
Can the American dollar be replaced with a new currency?
18 mins; December 11, 2024
Are attitudes towards drinking changing on the continent?
16 mins; December 10, 2024
Are Ghana’s elections a victory for democracy?
15 mins; December 09, 2024
Why aren’t civilians in Eastern DRC being protected?
19 mins; December 08, 2024
Why are women often missing from African history?
18 mins; December 05, 2024
What will the first rollout of a malaria vaccine mean for Nigeria?
23 mins; December 04, 2024
Will President Biden’s historic visit transform US-Angola relations?
18 mins; December 03, 2024
Will Zimbabwe’s major land policy shift empower black farmers?
19 mins; December 02, 2024
What's at stake in Ghana's elections?
19 mins; December 01, 2024
What’s life like for people living with Down Syndrome in Africa?
19 mins; November 28, 2024
Why are civilians being tried in Uganda’s military courts?
21 mins; November 27, 2024
COP29: Was a raw deal for Africa better than none?
21 mins; November 26, 2024
Why does South Africa want Hamas and Israeli leaders arrested?
19 mins; November 25, 2024
How are women being tricked into believing they are pregnant?
