<h1>South African Farmers Face Crisis as Foot-and-Mouth Disease Spreads</h1><p><strong>Lead paragraph</strong>: South African farmers are bracing for potential devastation as foot-and-mouth disease (F…
<h1>Rare Sentences for Cameroon Soldiers Highlight Governance and Development Issues</h1><p><strong>A recent ruling in Cameroon has seen soldiers receive unprecedented prison sentences for the killing…
Africa's push to accelerate sustainable agricultural mechanization gained fresh momentum in early February 2026, as Tanzania's Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba launched the country's National Agricultur…
The Africa Business Convention 2026, held on 3 and 4 February at the Lagos Continental Hotel, brought together an unprecedented gathering of policymakers, business leaders, investors, innovators, and …
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has claimed the top position in the first-ever edition of the QS World University Rankings for Sub-Saharan Africa, released in February 2026, cementing South Africa's…
Africa's Green Economy Summit (AGES) 2026 opened in Cape Town in late February with the Climate, Carbon and Nature Financing Academy, a multi-day intensive programme designed to translate ambitious cl…
Dr. Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), is leading the most ambitious health sovereignty campaign in the continent's history, rallying …
One of Africa's most strategically significant infrastructure projects broke ground in early 2026 as construction began on the Lobito Corridor railway extension, a one-billion-dollar greenfield invest…
South Africa was elected on 11 February 2026 by African Union member states to serve a two-year term on the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC), beginning 1 April 2026. The election, conducted at the …
The Nairobi AI Forum 2026, convened on 9 and 10 February at a gathering that drew more than 500 participants from Africa, Europe, and the G7, has emerged as a defining moment for the continent's artif…
Nairobi's sprawling Mathare district was transformed into an open-air gallery last weekend as the fourth edition of the East African Street Art Festival drew thousands of visitors and cemented Kenya's…
Senegal has completed a landmark constitutional reform process that devolves significant powers to regional and municipal authorities, fundamentally reshaping the relationship between the state and it…