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UK immigration rules changed on 8 October, but the bigger settlement reform is still to come. What it means for African families.

Kabila has taken charge of a new front with M23 leaders. Is it a political movement or another rebellion? What it means for Congo.

Asake sold out The O2 in London. Afrobeats is no longer just for the diaspora. It is part of the city's culture.

He renamed a country, vaccinated two million children in weeks, and was killed at 37. Thomas Sankara still haunts Africa's leaders.

When Ghana’s Criminal Investigations Department confirmed it was investigating allegations by Rosemond Akua Adobea, known as Nana Akua Addo, it set a high-profile case in motion. She petitioned the CID on August 20, alleging physical, emotional and economic abuse by her husband, Harold Norman, who was arrested a week later and granted police enquiry bail. His scheduled court appearance was postponed after his lawyer said he had been admitted to hospital. Mr Norman has not bee

From Nigeria to Kenya, Aliko Dangote is betting on African industry at scale. As a $16 billion refinery project takes shape in Lamu, we explore what his expanding industrial vision could mean for Africa’s push to produce, refine and create more value at home.

From diplomacy at the United Nations to security, women’s participation in peacebuilding and Africa’s demand for greater global representation, the African Union has entered a busy September with several major continental and international priorities on the table. The African Union is often criticised for feeling distant from the daily lives of ordinary Africans. Its meetings, communiqués and diplomatic engagements can sometimes appear removed from the realities people face a

Across the continent, violence against women takes different forms — from intimate-partner killings to conflict-related sexual violence. Recent cases in Cameroon, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa expose both the scale of the crisis and the gaps that remain in protection, justice and reliable data. Violence against women is not confined to one African country, one culture or one set of circumstances. In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, women are facin

Across Africa, markets have always been more than places to buy and sell. They are centres of commerce, information, community and social power — and for generations, women have been at their heart. From the market women of Ghana and Nigeria to traders in Togo, Benin, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo, women have built businesses that supported households, financed children's education and connected rural producers with rapidly growing cities. Long before conversatio

For more than a century, some of Africa's most important cultural objects have been displayed thousands of miles from the societies that created them. Museums across Europe and North America hold sculptures, royal objects, manuscripts, masks and ceremonial works acquired during colonial rule. Some were purchased or exchanged, while others were removed through military expeditions, looting or circumstances in which the balance of power was profoundly unequal. Today, a growing

Across the African diaspora, the idea of “going home” carries enormous emotional weight. For descendants of people displaced through slavery, colonialism or later migration, Africa can represent ancestry, identity and a connection interrupted across generations. In recent years, improved travel links, social media and deliberate outreach from African countries have made that connection increasingly tangible. Ghana's Year of Return brought global attention to the idea in 2019,

Across Africa, a name can carry far more than identity. It can preserve family history, mark the circumstances of a birth, express faith, honour an ancestor or carry a parent's hopes for a child's future. Naming traditions differ enormously across the continent. Among the Akan of Ghana, for example, traditional names can reflect the day of the week on which a child was born. In parts of Yoruba culture, names often carry meanings connected to family circumstances, spirituality