Africa
Comoros, São Tomé and Príncipe and South Sudan Join UNESCO World Heritage List
Comoros, São Tomé and Príncipe and South Sudan have secured their first UNESCO World Heritage inscriptions, bringing new attention to conservation, tourism…
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Africa
Nigeria’s Commonwealth Games Strength-Sport System Delivers Records and Medals in Glasgow
Nigeria’s medal and record performances in Para powerlifting and weightlifting highlight the depth of the country’s strength-sport system.
Africa
Uganda Makes Commonwealth Games History With Landmark Para Swimming Medal
Husnah Kukundakwe has won Uganda’s first Commonwealth Games medal in swimming, its first in a Para Sport and its first outside athletics…
Africa
Kenya Is Strengthening Its Position as East Africa’s Commercial Gateway
Kenya’s ports, aviation links, financial sector and regional markets make it East Africa’s leading commercial gateway. This profile examines how the country…
Africa
Amazon Leo’s South Africa Deal Signals a New Phase in Africa’s Satellite-Internet Competition
Amazon Leo’s agreement with Herotel could bring satellite broadband to underserved South African communities from 2027, but regulation, affordability and local execution…
Africa
Dangote’s Proposed Kenya Refinery Could Reshape East Africa’s Fuel-Security Map
Dangote Group’s proposed refinery in Lamu, Kenya, points to a larger question for East Africa: can the region build enough refining capacity…
Africa
Kenya’s Ebola Facility Dispute Tests Health Security, Sovereignty and Trust
A dispute over a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya has become a wider test of health preparedness, sovereignty, transparency and local…
Africa
Kenya PMI Slump Shows Fuel Costs Are Hitting East Africa’s Private Sector
Kenya’s private sector contracted for a third consecutive month in May, with weak demand and fuel-linked cost pressures weighing on one of…
Africa
World Bank crisis-finance demand rises as energy and fertilizer shocks spread
Twenty-seven countries have moved to secure access to crisis-finance tools from existing World Bank programmes as energy and fertilizer shocks intensify.
Football
Twelve Nations Qualify for 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations as Cape Verde and Malawi Make Historic Debuts
Twelve teams have qualified for the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco — including debutants Cape Verde and Malawi —…