Blandina Mdebwe admits that when she was asked to head up women’s football for the Malawi FA she knew little about the beautiful game and was, in fact, pretty dismissive of the sport. With a ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the first woman president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Africa’s most decorated Olympian and Zimbabwe’s minister of sport since 2018 secured ...

Niger has suspended its participation in the Multinational Joint Task Force, and Chad has threatened to withdraw. In March 1994, the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) set up the Multinational Joint ...

Malawi has imposed a temporary ban on the importation of a wide range of locally available goods in a move aimed at protecting domestic producers. The decision, announced late Monday by Trade and ...

Six key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to help save the African penguin, following a landmark court order in South Africa. Last year scientists warned that the species was declining by ...

Angola, Benin, Republic of Congo, Liberia, and Zimbabwe are among the African countries that may soon face travel bans or restrictions in the United States, according to a report by The New York ...

Achraf Hakimi's Morocco, Mohamed Salah's Egypt and Andre Onana's Cameroon are all top of their 2026 World Cup qualifying groups heading into the fifth round African qualifiers for the 2026 Fifa ...

East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers. By Abdi Latif Dahir and Justin Scheck Photographs by Kiana Hayeri Abdi Latif ...

Burkina Faso, under the leadership of President Ibrahim Traoré, has embarked on a transformative journey that is redefining its political, economic, and social landscape. Since ascending to power in ...

The South African government says the ruling of Malawi’s Magistrate’s Court regarding the extradition of self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary reinforces the principle ...

Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary are not in custody, after the couple registered that they would appeal the court ruling on Wednesday which declared that the pair has to ...

A wave of national outrage is sweeping across Malawi as civil society groups prepare for massive demonstrations against the court’s explosive decision to extradite Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and ...