For months, anti-migrant rhetoric had been building across South Africa. Then it reached Kaunga Nyirenda’s doorstep.
John McDermott, our chief Africa correspondent, analyses the country’s shocking rise in anti-foreign sentiment ...
Follow live updates and coverage on the 2026 World Cup as Canada and South Africa compete in the tournament’s first knockout ...
I first traveled to Africa when I was five years old, and I’ve returned every year since. No matter how many times I go, I’m always filled with that same excitement and awe I had as a little boy.
B UNJU, ON THE outskirts of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest city, has many of the hallmarks of a new African suburb. The ...
Mapi Gloricien lies in his mother’s arms in a hospital in Kinshasa, among the fastest-growing cities on Earth. Just days old, he’s one of an estimated 4.5 million children expected to be born in the ...
China's role in Africa is shifting from state-owned enterprise-led infrastructure to private consumer goods. Surge in Chinese exports and small entrepreneurs targeting Africa's growing consumer ...
Co-hosts Canada take on South Africa today in the first round-of-32 match in the 96-year history of the World Cup. Defeat to ...
Not long ago, I saw an article that would have both delighted and exasperated the late Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina. “Entrepreneurs are planning autonomous ‘charter cities’ as an answer to ...
African countries can be very welcoming to American expats and retirees. Depending on the country, retirees may be able to live comfortably for $1,200 or less per month. A middle-class American income ...
E conomists in Africa speak enviously of the “green revolution” that transformed Asia from the 1960s onwards, when new ...