US Navy eyes port stops in Africa, India after USS Abraham Lincoln’s marathon deployment

The Navy’s top admiral says the service is changing how it does pre-deployment stocking and resupply and looking at different places to make port calls, including on the African continent,…

US Navy eyes port stops in Africa, India after USS Abraham Lincoln’s marathon deployment

The Navy’s top admiral says the service is changing how it does pre-deployment stocking and resupply and looking at different places to make port calls, including on the African continent,…

US Navy eyes port stops in Africa, India after USS Abraham Lincoln’s marathon deployment

The Navy’s top admiral says the service is changing how it does pre-deployment stocking and resupply and looking at different places to make port calls, including on the African continent,…

Women’s Day in South Africa turns 70 with equality still out of reach

The 1956 march transformed women’s rights and political power, but millions still cannot fully enjoy those gains.

The China shock comes to Africa

Subsidized Chinese imports are threatening African manufacturing growth, prompting calls for the United States to support the African Continental Free Trade Area and expand private capital investment through the International…

Africa backs Infantino as CAF unanimously votes in FIFA president’s favour

CAF president Patrice Motsepe calls for good governance, as Africa throws weight behind FIFA's Gianni Infantino.

Does Africa still back Infantino as Fifa president?

The African confederation has yet to take an official stance, but where do the key African footballing nations stand on the Infantino saga?

Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA

When the history of our ancestry is written, the fact that we’ve interbred with some of our closest relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, will have a central role. And it…

Who is driving diplomacy in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea, and why?

A series of diplomatic consultations in Cairo underscores the Horn of Africa's growing strategic importance.

Africa Shield: Why securing development is becoming a new security priority

As Africa industrialises, governments are working to keep sensitive materials out of the wrong hands.