The late Namibian president Sam Nujoma, who died last week aged 95, will be laid to rest in a state funeral in March, the ...

A new documentary on Afrobeats, Nigerian Yoruba music, and politics will look at a century of fuji, juju, apala, sakara, highlife and more ...

Importers seeking to send goods to Nigeria are increasingly turning to other West African nations to evade excessive port ...

Extreme temperatures hit cocoa supplies as vulnerable farmers struggle to adapt to climate impacts in time for Valentine's ...

A virus originally found in animals, mpox -- which causes the disease of the same name -- is now circulating in humans. Since 2022, it has been the cause of major epidemics spreading outside endemic ...

Prices for cocoa, chocolate's key ingredient, have climbed more than 80% over the last year, and are more than three times the average of the past two decades. One reason for record-high prices is bad ...

Rising cocoa prices, driven by climate change, are reshaping Valentine’s Day chocolates. Extreme heat and erratic rainfall in ...

Despite their citizens being among Africa’s poorest, Mali, Niger,and Burkina Faso boast mineral riches beyond the dreams of most nations. All three Sahel countries have sizable gold deposits, and ...

If urgent action isn’t taken, key cocoa-producing regions like Ivory Coast and Ghana — responsible for 60 percent of the world’s cocoa output — could become unsuitable for cultivation within the next ...

The Liberia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church (LAC/UMC), at its 192nd Annual Session, unanimously passed two significant resolutions aimed at reaffirming its stance on marriage and ...

Postal workers in Belgium strike over restructuring with fewer workers doing more work; protests break out in Aden, Yemen against humanitarian crisis due to imperialist-stoked civil war; around 100 wo ...