As West Africa hosts the 2026 global commemoration of the International Day for Universal Access to Information, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) calls on governments across the region to ...

(Abuja) – Most African governments have consistently failed to meet global and regional education funding targets to ensure quality public education, Human Rights Watch said today on the African Union ...

Climate change is making life tougher. Across Africa, failed harvests, shrinking water supplies and more extreme weather are leaving millions of people hungry and forcing many from their homes. When ...

IATA has urged African governments to prioritise aviation as a catalyst for economic growth, job creation, connectivity, and social development by enhancing safety, reducing the cost burden, and ...

4 September 2026 | Culture and Education The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to encourage governments, schools and tech companies worldwide to stop using maps that make Africa look far ...

President Donald Trump's administration is quietly reshaping US policy toward Africa's junta-led governments, reviving a long-running debate about the degree to which the US should prioritize ...

African governments have adopted the first ever continental Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa. African governments have adopted the first ever continental ...

At independence, most African states had two legislative chambers – a lower and upper chamber – in their parliament. African leaders saw that as a colonial legacy and as inefficient, so most states ...

The government is putting the well-being and in many cases the lives of the more than five million people living in South Africa’s informal settlements at risk by failing to provide them with access ...

Two leading East African political activists who claim they were abducted and tortured by security agents in Tanzania are suing that country's government and those of Kenya and Uganda for their ...

The South African government increased its pay offer to public sector workers to 5.5% from 5%, as it seeks to end wage talks that began in September. The latest offer presented at a special council ...

Credit: Times Aerospace Events KIGALI, Rwanda—Africa is home to one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets. Still, governments on the continent are stymying its potential, according to a ...