At a time when it is under scrutiny from the White House, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is without its director, who stepped down last month.

He deconstructed what he called “the colonial library”: the accounts of Africa by Europeans whose aim, he said, was to further colonialism. By Adam Nossiter Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, a Congolese ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is a long shot, though some are cautiously ...

Nearly 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live without access to electricity, creating huge barriers to development. Not only does it stifle industrial growth and agricultural efficiency ...

Over the past 25 years, the African Growth and Opportunity Act has successfully reduced poverty on the continent, creating jobs and helping countries boost their economic potential. Under the ...

While Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle from the Philippines is considered to be a front-runner, known for his affable style and karaoke skills, there has been buzz about the possibility of an African ...

The University of Edinburgh provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The increasing trend of reducing foreign aid to Africa is forcing the continent to reassess its approach to ...

Team Nigeria delivered a clean sweep on day one of the 2025 African Wrestling Championships in Casablanca, Morocco, winning four gold medals from four finals on Saturday. Christianah Ogunsanya ...

JOHANNESBURG: The next pope could, and some analysts say should, come from Africa. Christianity is booming here. More people are becoming Catholics on the continent than anywhere else in the world ...

Many presidents have promised to fundamentally change the U.S. relationship with Africa, focusing more on trade and less on aid. President Donald Trump might actually make that shift happen.

After John Uwagboe moved to Scotland in 2008 he did not see another black man for several weeks. When at last he did, on the other side of a street in Edinburgh, he crossed over to meet him.