Nigeria’s emerging rivalry with South Africa got a new fillip, yesterday when the Confederation of African Football (CAF) put both ...

Edmond B. Kombat, a seasoned energy strategist and finance professional, has been appointed by President John Dramani Mahama as Deputy Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), in a move ...

South Africa will hold the rotating presidency of the G20. Given its position as Africa’s most industrialised nation and an ...

AFRICA: A contract has been awarded for construction of an electrified standard gauge railway from Tanzania into Burundi, ...

Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence and ...

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

In many regions of Africa where oil is believed to be present, extensive seismic surveys have pinpointed dozens of hidden ...

Heads of state attending the African Union summit are expected to hold a high-level meeting on the escalation of violence in ...

The report by the World Bank and key research institutions highlights how digital innovations like biometric IDs, mobile ...

From luxury heritage routes to routine service passing through extraordinary scenery, here are 19 of our favorite rail ...

Tanzania has reduced maternal mortality by 80% in a seven-year period, from 556 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2016 to 104 per 100,000 in 2022. The success is attributable to increased political ...