Africa
14 Jul 2023
Online gamers around Africa are delighted over Amazon’s new Africa headquarters in Cape Town. They expect the conglomerate will give Africa’s gamers the servers they need to compete fast and fairly worldwide. But Amazon’s new HQ is a game changer for the first modern humans in Africa too. The company will effectively become the custodians of Khoi and San sacred land and heritage.
11 Jul 2023
Education Summit hopes to revitalize the interest of education practitioners in the African culture.
7 Jul 2023
Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, of the African Development Bank Group, speaks on the need to initiate funding for Africa and the possible areas of raising finance for Africa's development.
5 Jul 2023
Some societies in Africa where sexuality was expressed openly but never indiscriminately in pre-colonial times still keep the laws on “indecency and “obscenity” that Africans never made in the first place. So why keep them and who do these laws serve today?
3 Jul 2023
There's evidence that mercenaries from Russia's Wagner Group operate in at least four African countries: Sudan, the Central African Republic, Mali and Libya.
2 Jul 2023
UN peacekeeping missions in Africa are struggling to restore peace and stability to the nations in which they operate. Some African states want them out.
30 Jun 2023
Ukraine war is in the spotlight now. The Wagner Group operates in Africa too. So, could the fall out between Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and Russian leader Vladimir Putin spill over into Africa?
30 Jun 2023
Innovators and creators constantly use social media to leverage their craft, whether it is music, fashion, or even any industry today. On Guardian Talks, Jackline Acheampong, known professionally as Gyakie, aka Song Bird, a Ghanaian R&B and afro-fusion singer speaks about being an African creator.
25 Jun 2023
A quartet of African leaders headed out to Russia and Ukraine on a peace mission aimed at helping resolving the war between the countries that began last February with Russia's invasion of it's neighbour. South Africa's International Relations Minister, Naledi Pandor speaks to Georja Calvin-Smith about the mission's impact and limitations.
23 Jun 2023
Dozens of people are feared to have died after small boat that may have been carrying more than 60 migrants sank off Morocco. An NGO has said the passengers were left for 12 hours after calling rescue services.
20 Jun 2023
Kenya is a major exporter of food and drink products, with around 20% of its overall exports sent to the EU. The deal was just seven months in the making, thus becoming one of the fastest Brussels has ever struck.
12 Jun 2023
As African cities continue to urbanize, they are experiencing an increase in traffic congestion, resulting in frequent bumper-to-fender scenarios and blaring car horns. DW reporters in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa provide valuable insights on the expected duration of traffic jams in the major cities of Africa.