Umaro Sissoco Embalo, the president removed by soldiers last year, is getting ready to come home. Embalo to run in Guinea-Bissau December 2026 election, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, and he intends to be back in the country on October 4. The vote would put him on a ballot for the first […]
NAIROBI: The Kenya One Woman One Bra 2027 Oscars campaign is now official. Last week the Kenya Film Commission named Vincho Nchogu’s debut feature as the country’s official selection in the Best International Film category, with the awards ceremony scheduled for 14 March 2027. A unanimous pick from three submissions The Kenya-Nigeria co-production was selected […]
ADDIS ABABA: The explosions in Addis Ababa Ethiopia October 2026 first came to light early on Thursday, when diplomatic sources told Reuters that blasts had been heard overnight in the capital. The reports have deepened fears that the fighting in the country’s north, which flared last week, is now reaching the seat of government. What […]
HARARE: Matthews 118 Campbelle 96 West Indies Zimbabwe 2-1 win. That was the shorthand for Wednesday’s series decider, in which the West Indies Women beat Zimbabwe by 91 runs at Harare Sports Club to take the three-match ODI series. Put in to bat, the visitors made 271 for five and then bowled the hosts out […]
LAGOS: Nigeria’s Independence Day has a second headline this year, and it comes with gloves. The Chaos in the Ring Carter Efe vs Speed Darlington fight takes place tonight, October 1, at the Balmoral Hall of the Federal Palace Hotel on Victoria Island, with live coverage on SuperSport. Two Fighters With Something to Prove Balmoral […]
KAMPALA: Someone standing in a village with no mast in sight can now make a call from an ordinary phone. The Airtel Uganda Starlink direct-to-cell service went live on September 24, connecting compatible smartphones straight to satellites overhead. How Starlink Mobile Works The service, branded Starlink Mobile, runs on a constellation of about 650 satellites […]
BISSAU/ACCRA: Two of West Africa’s biggest football names went home empty-handed on Tuesday night. The Nigeria and Ghana AFCON 2027 qualifying defeats came within hours of each other, as Guinea-Bissau beat the Super Eagles 3-0 and The Gambia beat the Black Stars 4-2 in Accra. Guinea-Bissau Outplay a Depleted Nigeria In Bissau, Nigeria never found […]
LAMU, Kenya: A patch of coastal land near Lamu Port became the centre of East Africa’s industrial ambitions on Wednesday. The Dangote Lamu refinery groundbreaking set construction in motion for a plant that Aliko Dangote says will cost between $15 billion and $16 billion, with President William Ruto leading the ceremony. What Will Be Built […]
The story of Houphouët-Boigny Stadium creative infrastructure returns begins with a football tournament, but it does not end there. Côte d’Ivoire won the right to host the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, and Abidjan’s Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium needed a major rebuild to stage the final. Afreximbank backed the renovation, which finished in time for the […]
Badariyya, a new Hausa drama for Northern Nigerian audiences, launched in Abuja on 29 September. Its promise is simple: stories that look and sound like the lives of the people watching. The series brings together creatives from across the north, media partners and local collaborators. It is part of a wider storytelling initiative that will […]
In Lagos, Wizkid’s Detty December Fest 2026 opening night is set for Friday, December 18, and the Grammy-winning Afrobeats star is the first headliner confirmed for the festival. Billboard was first to report the booking. The event runs for 13 days, through December 30, and organisers are promising a bigger version of the debut edition. […]
Morocco has its first woman prime minister. King Mohammed VI on Tuesday appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri to lead the government, six days after her Authenticity and Modernity Party, known as PAM, finished first in the September 23 parliamentary election, the royal palace said. The 50-year-old lawyer now has to turn an election win into […]
According to the man selling the shares, Dangote refinery IPO investor demand is running hot. Speaking in Nairobi on Tuesday, Aliko Dangote described demand for his Lagos refinery share sale as “enormous”. He gave no figures, and the offer is due to close on October 13. The Share Offer The scale of the offering is […]
The Kenya Africa Recording Academy hub took a step forward this month. Recording Academy officials said key milestones had been completed, and Kenyan artists will travel to the US next month to learn the international music business. The California-based body presents the Grammy Awards, and it wants a permanent base on the continent. A three-way […]
Fans who searched “Salah ruled out Egypt South Sudan AFCON qualifier” this week found an answer that had nothing to do with injury. The Egyptian FA said Mohamed Salah would not travel to South Sudan because the match would be played on artificial turf. Egypt went to Juba without their captain and won 5-0. The […]
The debate over Africa space programs policy to practice has left the conference hall. At the Africa Space Expo (ASPEX) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, the question that kept surfacing was whether Africa can move from using space technology to building more of it. The expo closed last week, and it was less about rockets and […]
A Ugandan TV journalist set to be crowned king of a traditional monarchy was due to take the throne of the Tooro Kingdom on Tuesday, 29 September. Prince Edward Rukidi Nyabongo, a longtime broadcaster and editor with Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, was chosen after the death of King Oyo Nyimba last month. The AP reported that […]
Some football moments never leave the pitch. Others end up in group chats, on TikTok feeds and in the way friends tease each other for months. The African football moments that went viral in 2026 came from two very different stages: a chaotic Africa Cup of Nations final in Morocco, and a World Cup in […]
Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago used a keynote in Sandton on 28 September to set out South Africa economy challenges and opportunities against a shaky global backdrop. He spoke at the third Forum on Africa & Geopolitics, hosted by the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (Mistra), whose theme was “Imagining the World in 2040”. A […]
The Maxhosa Africa Paris Fashion Week collection for Spring/Summer 2027 was shown on Monday, 28 September, and creative director Laduma Ngxokolo used it to make a case for a more united, more confident Africa. Reuters described the show as the first full runway presentation by a South African label on the official Paris calendar. It […]