Can football help women prisoners get back on their feet?

“What I’d like is when these girls go back into society, they don’t end up back in prison”

• 17 mins

What is stopping women in Africa from inheriting land?

Women own less than 10% of the land in Africa, we look at the reasons why

• 19 mins

How is Lesotho responding to President Donald Trump's 50% tariff?

Lesotho is planning to send a high level government delegation to the United States

• 18 mins

Why aren’t there more African wildlife filmmakers?

“We want to change the narrative." A new scheme aims to open doors for African filmmakers

• 19 mins

Sudan: What’s changed after two years of war?

“They came to the point of stalemate… each trying to wear down the other”

• 17 mins

What’s the situation in Darfur two years after Sudan’s war broke out?

"We’re receiving hundreds of victims from Zamzam camp… they do not belong to any military"

• 21 mins

Why has Ugandan politician Bobi Wine decided to stand in Uganda’s 2026 election?

He stood in the 2021 election, which was marred by allegations of state repression

• 22 mins

Why are elite British boarding schools opening up in Lagos?

Boarding schools like Charterhouse and Rugby are launching campuses in Nigeria.

• 20 mins

How are Africa’s innovators shaping the future of AI?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to generate $3 trillion for Africa by 2030

• 17 mins

Is the ‘African Heritage Diet’ more healthy for you?

Researchers found quick health benefits in people who switched to traditional diets

• 14 mins

How will Pope Francis be remembered in Africa?

“We’ve had a pope who was able to understand the problems in third world countries.”

• 15 mins

Can the Africa Union help end the war in Sudan?

“We do not believe in taking sides, but we are taking the side of the people of Sudan.”

• 14 mins

Why is Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in South Africa?

President Cyril Ramaphosa will meet his Ukrainian counterpart in Pretoria today

• 20 mins

What’s fuelling the deepening rift between Algeria and France?

Diplomatic tensions between the two countries have hit a new low

• 15 mins

Can storytelling help reconnect diaspora children to their culture?

"The foods, the sounds, the folktales... Sudan is not lost. It's with us."

• 20 mins

As President Trump marks 100 days in office, what’s Africa learning from his tariff hikes?

Since his inauguration he's deployed his power in a way that compares to few predecessors

• 16 mins

DRC: Why are people talking about Kabila's return?

It was reported that the former president had travelled to the eastern part of the DRC

• 18 mins

Is Kenya tackling its problem with femicide?

President William Ruto established a 42-member taskforce to address gender-based violence

• 18 mins

Why has everyone been talking about the #JP2025 wedding?

The wedding of Tanzanian singer Juma Jux and Nigerian influencer Priscilla Ojo went viral

• 20 mins

What does the death of a Somali actor tell us about clan killings?

Guudey Mohamed Geedi was shot dead in a murder which mirrored the film he starred in

• 15 mins

Can Africa afford school meal programmes?

A report suggests creative ways for governments to fund the schemes.

• 18 mins

Could the next pope come from Africa?

Today Catholic cardinals are meeting at the Vatican to secretly select the next Pope

• 14 mins

Does Africa need to talk more about the Menopause?

“Immediately you say ‘I am menopausal’… they will brand you as an old person”

• 18 mins