Mali filmmaker Souleymane Cisse, ‘father of African cinema’, dies at age 84 | Cinema News
Trailblazer of African cinema was the winner of the jury’s prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival for his film,…
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African Art Renaissance: Voices from the continent and the diaspora | Arts and Culture
Exploring contemporary African art with three influential women bridging the continent and its global diaspora.In this episode of Talk to…
How realistic is the African Union’s call for reparatory justice? | African Union
African leaders are seeking reparations from former colonial powers at a summit in Ethiopia.After decades of colonisation, exploitation and resource…
Africa’s leaders must address weaponisation of rape in Sudan’s conflict | African Union
Today, African heads of states are convening on the margins of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa to discuss…
DR Congo’s M23 fighters seize Bukavu airport before African Union summit | News
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi traveled to Germany to attend Munich Security Conference in efforts to rally international supportThe Rwanda-backed M23…
Central African Republic leader launches meme-coin ‘experiment’
Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has launched a meme-coin in a bid to raise the profile of the country,…
East and southern African leaders urge immediate ceasefire after summit
Sammy AwamiBBC NewsReporting fromDar es SalaamEPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockRwandan President Paul Kagame (second from the left) attended the summit in Dar es SalaamLeaders…
Who should count as African?
Getty ImagesUS musician Chris Brown, along with Nigerian artists, are up for Best African Music Performance this yearThe Grammy Awards…
Ebola outbreak reported in African country — here’s what you need to know
An Ebola outbreak has been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).At least a dozen cases of the…
What changes as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger leave the West African bloc?
Chris EwokorBBC News, AbujaAFPResidents in Burkina Faso took to the streets to celebrate the country’s withdrawal from EcowasThree countries under…