A U.S. House committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would renew for another three years Washington's preferential trade programme for Africa, and there was no immediate mention of excluding South Africa as the U.

US President Donald Trump's new foreign policy focuses less on aid and more on trade with African countries, specifically on raw materials. Could this be a wake-up call for Africa to become more economically independent?

Chatham House’s world-leading Africa Programme has partnered with a philanthropic organisation, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) on a new visiting fellowship. With the generous support of SNF, three visiting fellows will be hosted by the international affairs think-tank between 2026 and 2028.

A U.S. House committee will on Wednesday consider a three-year extension to Washington's flagship trade initiative for Africa which lapsed in September, but South Africa risks being excluded amid tensions between Pretoria and the Trump administration.

The Associated Press has spoken to over 30 refugees from Mali who say they witnessed beheadings, rapes and other abuses committed by Africa Corps, a new military unit under Russia's direct command

For many African languages there are few written resources online that can be used to train AI. The African Next Voices project is trying to change that by recording underrepresented languages and creating data sets for AI developers.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday said he is open to treating South Africa differently than other African countries if Washington extends a trade initiative with sub-Saharan Africa that expired in September.

Refugees from Mali have told The Associated Press that a new Russian military unit, Africa Corps, is committing abuses like rapes and beheadings

South Africa raised 11.8 billion rand ($693 million) in its first infrastructure-bond sale, drawing bids for more than twice the amount sought and boosting its construction-led growth plans.

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the range of genetic variation among modern-day individuals," the researchers wrote in the study, "and form an extreme end of human genetic variation."

The police said they were searching for three assailants who opened fire, shooting 25 people. A 3-year-old boy was among the dead, while 13 survivors were being treated in the hospital.

India will look to extend their lead in the five-match T20I series when they host South Africa in the 2nd match at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. Catch all live updates here.