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A victim receives treatment at State Specialist hospital, following Nigerian military jets striking a village market.
WORLD
Apr 14, 2026
‘No warning’: Survivors say Nigerian air force bombed packed market
Human rights groups and local officials say it is yet another massacre of civilians by the Nigerian military, which says it was targeting a militant logistics hub.
Pope Leo XIV delivers a message from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on April 5, Easter Sunday, at the Vatican.
WORLD
Apr 13, 2026
Pope Leo to begin 10-day Africa tour on mission to spotlight continent’s needs
The first U.S. ​pope’s whirlwind ‌tour includes 11 cities and towns, traversing nearly 18,000 km over ​18 flights.
A man views a slavery exhibition at Cape Coast Castle in Ghana. On March 25, the U.N. General Assembly called the transatlantic slave trade the "gravest crime against humanity," with 123 nations voting in favor, three against and 52 abstaining.
COMMENTARY
Apr 7, 2026
Slavery’s atrocities had many global masters
Most historians date the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade to the year 1500, when Portuguese traders sailed down the coast of Africa.
Japanese companies including Mitsubishi, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and Toyota Ventures invested in a $147 million Africa-focused venture fund, highlighting rising interest in African startups.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 31, 2026
Japanese investors back new VC fund targeting African startups
The backing by large firms underscores the growing interest from the nation in African companies as they contend with a shrinking market and relatively low interest rates at home.
A gas flare at the Dangote Industries oil refinery and fertilizer plant site in the Ibeju Lekki district of Lagos on March 2. The 650,000 barrel-a-day plant has been ramping up to full capacity since starting operations in 2024.
WORLD
Mar 18, 2026
African economies vulnerable as Gulf conflict chokes flow of fuel shipments
The squeeze is exposing how refinery closures and underinvestment have left much of the continent dependent on a single trade route.
Victims of a suicide bomb attack receive treatment at a hospital in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 18, 2026
Suicide bombings show resilience of Nigerian jihadists despite years of war
Many experts said the blasts were a sign of strength and that there could have been a degree of coordination between rival ​groups.
Instead of leveraging their combined economic weight, African countries are pursuing fragmented bilateral agreements that leave them as junior partners and vulnerable to countries like China and the U.S.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2026
The new ‘scramble for Africa’ risks becoming divide and conquer
The disunity persists despite Africa’s enormous advantages, including a rapidly growing consumer market and dominant control of critical minerals essential to the global economy.
Nonprofit Masimanyane Women’s Rights International holds a workshop in East London, South Africa.
WORLD / Society
Mar 14, 2026
African countries consider ‘vice taxes’ to help fill USAID cuts
As the momentum for funding health initiatives slows down, African governments are exploring ways to minimize reliance on foreign donors.
Microsoft is investing 5.4 billion South African rand ($330 million) to expand its cloud and AI capacity in the country by the end of next year, and it also has plans to build a geothermal-powered data center in Kenya.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 12, 2026
Microsoft’s Copilot AI goes head-to-head with China’s DeepSeek in Africa
The U.S. technology giant is making a push for more Africans to adopt its artificial-intelligence tools in the world’s youngest and fastest-growing population.
Across the Global South, a growing crisis of overheating cities is impacting the health and livelihoods of more than 1 billion people living in informal settlements, a figure expected to increase sevenfold by 2050, a new report said.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 6, 2026
Extreme heat hurts work, health and sleep in Africa slums, report says
A growing crisis of overheating cities is impacting the health and livelihoods of more than 1 billion people living in informal settlements.
A man walks to the site of a missile attack on farmland in Jabo, Nigeria, on Jan. 1.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 22, 2026
As U.S. pressures Nigeria over Christians, what does Washington want?
Trump claims the widespread insecurity in Africa’s most populous nation amounts to “persecution” of Christians — a framing rejected by many.
Sunday service at the Cathedral of St. Sergius of Radonezh on the outskirts of Johannesburg
WORLD / Politics
Feb 17, 2026
Lacking money, Russia turns to god in push for African influence
In less than three years, the Russian Orthodox Church has expanded to at least 34 countries in Africa, up from four.
Peter Obi, Nigeria’s Labour Party presidential candidate, speaks to workers in Lagos in 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
Nigerian protesters want election results uploaded in real time
Demonstrators marched to the National Assembly to voice their anger at legislators approving changes to electoral laws, while omitting a key reform demanded by the opposition.
An infant waits to receive a dose of a malaria vaccine in Kasoa, Ghana, on Nov. 19, 2025.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 2, 2026
New malaria vaccines helped Ghana slash child deaths. Then Trump and others cut aid.
The shots have the potential to drive back a disease that kills nearly half a million young children every year in Africa.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi poses for a photograph with the African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa on Jan. 8.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 27, 2026
African nations send more money to China than they receive in new loans
A ONE Data report also highlighted a broader decline in bilateral finance flows and private external debt.
A pastor leads a prayer meeting at a station at the Achimota Forest Prayer Enclave in Accra on Thursday. In Ghana, just over 80 psychiatrists serve a population exceeding 35 million people, according to a government agency under the Ministry of Health. Families often turn instead to forest "prayer camps" and spiritual healers, driven by beliefs that mental illness is rooted in curses, witchcraft or possession.
WORLD / Society
Jan 20, 2026
Unable to access clinical care, Ghana’s mentally ill turn to faith healing
Depression and anxiety have surged in the wake of COVID-19 in Ghana, and authorities say just over 80 psychiatrists serve a population exceeding 35 million people.
A Ugandan police officer monitors the area while guarding ballot boxes and other electoral materials for dispatch at a polling station, during final preparations ahead of Uganda's 2026 general elections in Kampala on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2026
Uganda votes in fear amid internet blackout and police crackdown
President Yoweri Museveni, a former bush fighter steeped in the ideology of revolutionary violence, is expected to extend his 40-year rule.
Sudanese displaced from the Heglig area in western Sudan wait to receive humanitarian aid at the Abu al-Naga displacement Camp in the Gedaref State, some 420km east of the capital Khartoum on Dec. 30.
WORLD
Jan 7, 2026
Sudanese flee across border and back to escape overrun oil town
Since capturing the army’s last stronghold in Darfur in October, the Rapid Support Forces and its allies have pushed deeper into neighboring Kordofan.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump address sailors and others aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington during a visit to the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base on Oct. 28.
EDITORIALS
Dec 31, 2025
As the U.S. steps back, Japan must step up
In the wake of Trump’s reassessment of the U.S. place in the world, Japan should be ready to step up.
Several trucks full of Sudanese refugees from various parts of north Darfur, including El-Fasher, drive toward a refugee camp in eastern Chad on Nov. 28.
WORLD
Dec 30, 2025
From the Andes to Darfur: Colombians lured to Sudan’s killing fields
Hundreds were drawn in with the promise of Emirati paychecks. What many found instead was death in a faraway war marked by mass killing, rape, famine and child recruitment.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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