Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) released footage it says shows the raid of the largest drug laboratory ever discovered in the country. Officials…

South Africa has seen anti-immigrant protests every week for a month. Anti-immigrant groups accuse immigrants of taking jobs, being involved in crime and overtaking the…

Countries across Africa’s Sahel are on high alert after jihadis and rebels seized multiple towns and military bases in Mali over the weekend. An alliance…

In South Africa, a series of explosive investigations have revealed just how deeply organized crime may have penetrated the state. Corruption has taken over the…

South Africa is one of the world’s most coal-dependent countries. In Mpumalanga, vast coal power plants generate most of the nation’s electricity and provide jobs…

The Somali-American population in the Minneapolis area is one of the largest groups of Africans in the US. They have come under attack by US…

The late Nigerian musician and Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti, has become the first African to receive a Lifetime Achievement Grammy award. Kuti was recognized almost…

The Oxford English Dictionary’s latest update has gone global again – and this time West Africa got some shine. Nigeria in particular is represented by…

For the past two years, conflict in Mali has been intensifying. The army, backed by Russian mercenaries from the Africa Korps, the successors to the…

What can the G20 summit do to address Africa’s debt crisis? We ask South Africa’s finance minister as the city of Johannesburg prepares to host…