Africa – Sowetan

Burundian refugees say they feel forced to leave despite assurances from authorities

Hafidh Ameir Hassan became Tanzania’s first gentleman in 2021, when his wife took office as the country’s first female president

Traditional mourning rituals are being disrupted as families mourn without final goodbyes

Innovative financing and local adaptation fuel rapid expansion of eco-friendly stoves

Diaspora youngsters embrace digital tools to revive languages that have been pushed to the margins

The president of Cape Verde calls the accident ‘a great catastrophe’

African countries have committed themselves to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and protecting their people from the worsening effects of climate change

A group of chimpanzees once used in laboratory hepatitis B vaccine experiments has received health checks at their new home in Liberia, in hopes of giving them a second chance at a normal life.

The US will provide Namibia with $45m for its HIV response in the 2027 fiscal year but the country would then start funding its own HIV programmes, both countries said

Clashes in southern Sudan have killed at least 21 people, a doctors’ group said on Friday

Suspected thieves ‘siphoned a petroleum product under high pressure into boats’

Africa’s commercial aircraft fleet will more than double by 2045, US aeroplanemaker Boeing forecast on Thursday, as a young and increasingly urban population drives demand for travel within the continent and to the Middle East

The approach, which has not been used before in an Ebola response, comes as authorities struggle to contain what the WHO has described as the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record

Nigeria could double investment in its energy sector within five years after joining the International Energy Agency, its chief Fatih Birol said on Thursday

A UN probe found foreign arms and drones are fuelling Sudan's war and war crimes