South Africa's main coalition partners are embroiled in a spat over how to respond to looming tariffs from a hostile Trump administration, after the smaller party said the president's aide was denied a U.

PATH has launched the largest study of its kind in Africa, recruiting 9,000 participants to test whether AI can help primary care clinicians make diagnoses.

President Trump has surprised African officials and observers with his recent focus on the continent, where the U.S. has lagged behind China, Russia and Middle Eastern countries in building

The Ugandan and Zambian currencies are expected to strengthen in the next week to Thursday, while Nigeria's and Ghana's could be broadly unchanged, traders said.

South Africa’s central bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago signaled confidence that inflation would remain within its target for the next two years, despite uncertainties stemming from US tariffs.

China and India are intensifying their competition for copper and cobalt exploration and mining rights across Africa, driven by surging global demand for green energy and digital infrastructure.

South African state-owned power utility Eskom aims to shift to mainly clean energy sources by 2040 from its current predominantly coal-based generation fleet, it said on Wednesday as it laid out its latest plans for the change.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa placed police minister Senzo Mchunu on immediate leave of absence on Sunday, following accusations by a top police official that he had colluded with a criminal syndicate and interfered in high-profile investigations.

Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s secretive third-country program are in prison, where they will be

The first Africa-London business summit will be held next year, Sir Sadiq Khan has announced during a trade mission to the continent. The mayor said the summit will be hosted in London with the aim of tapping into the "huge economic opportunities that a strong, mutual relationship with the continent can bring".