UN officials say floods up to 6 metres deep have caused incredible devastation Cyclone Idai, the tropical storm ravaging southern Africa, is possibly the worst weather-related disaster to hit the… Read more »
FlexClub, a South African startup that matches investors and drivers to cars for ride-hailing services, closed a $1.2 million seed round led by CRE Venture Capital. The company will use… Read more »
Civil aviation authorities say suspensions issued as they await more information on Ethiopian Airlines crash A visual guide to what we know so far Australia and Singapore have suspended operations… Read more »
US air regulator says model is airworthy but will mandate alterations by April A visual guide to what we know so far The US air regulator told international carriers on… Read more »
Cockpit and flight recorder may hold clues to why flight ET302 crashed killing 157 people A visual guide to what we know so far The aircraft manufacturer Boeing faces further… Read more »
Carrier joins China and Cayman Islands in suspending new jets after second tragedy in four months Ethiopian Airlines has joined carriers in China and the Cayman Islands in suspending the… Read more »
All 157 passengers and crew onboard brand new aircraft on flight ET 302 were killed Aviation authorities have begun investigating how a new Boeing plane with an experienced pilot crashed… Read more »
Local media says there are no survivors after Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi went down An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet crashed early on Sunday with 149 passengers and… Read more »
Andre Iguodala, a key member of the Golden State Warriors basketball team, is no stranger to the tech industry. He’s invested in Tristan Walker’s Walker & Company, which has since… Read more »
Forty-five female African activists from 15 African countries call on world leaders to play their part in the fight against gender injustice Dear world leaders, We are the women at… Read more »
After 12 years spent investing in impact-oriented financial services startups around the globe, the Omidyar Network, which serves as the family investment office for eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, is spinning… Read more »
Kenyan communications hardware company BRCK acquired the assets of Nairobi based internet provider Surf and its U.S. parent EveryLayer in a purchase deal of an undisclosed amount in February. Based in Nairobi, Surf is a… Read more »
Photographer Mahmoud Abu Zeid, AKA Shawkan, was jailed in 2013 after covering protests The award-winning Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid has been released from prison after spending nearly six years… Read more »
Spillage following blaze sparked stampede in Nembe kingdom, Bayelsa state More than 50 people are missing after a leaking oil pipeline exploded and caused a stampede in southern Nigeria, a… Read more »
Exclusive: Leaked paper shows determination to dissuade coastal states from cooperating The African Union is seeking to kill off the EU’s latest blueprint for stemming migration, claiming that it would… Read more »
Reports of attacks and gunfire in some areas as voters go to polls to elect president Nigeria’s long-awaited presidential election went ahead on Saturday, marred by heavy gunfire in the… Read more »
Reports of attacks and gunfire in some areas as voting gets under way in presidential poll Nigeria’s long-awaited presidential election has arrived, amid heavy gunfire, voting technology failures and reports… Read more »
Voter registration documents seen by Guardian on eve of election raise fears of mass rigging The number of new voters registered in Nigeria since January 2018 has increased by almost… Read more »
Lawyers say UK is working with Zimbabwe to deport asylum seekers despite human rights abuses The Zimbabweans facing deportation from the UK The Home Office has been condemned for working… Read more »
Scientists say 2.1bn-year-old fossils may show evidence of self-propelled motion A collection of short wiggly structures discovered in ancient rocks could be the earliest fossilised traces of organisms able to… Read more »
Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor Zimbabwe’s government faces off… Read more »
Exclusive: documents seen by Guardian suggest soldiers have been responsible for murder and rape during crackdown Internal Zimbabwean police documents passed to the Guardian suggest the army has been responsible… Read more »
Exclusive: Cold case documentary casts new light on mystery of Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane crash ‘Sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to…’ New evidence has emerged linking an… Read more »
Riot police deployed amid fears of violence over alleged vote-rigging Felix Tshisekedi, the leader of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s main opposition party, has been declared the surprise winner… Read more »
Security forces at election commission’s offices amid fears of violence over claims of vote-rigging Riot police have been deployed to protect election officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)… Read more »
Members of military in central African country attempt to overthrow ailing Ali Bongo Soldiers in Gabon have taken over state radio in an attempted coup, calling for the people to… Read more »
India’s B2B supply chain is slowly shifting into the digital era. Following a $23 million investment for Moglix, which helps bring business and manufacturing procurement online, LetsTransport, a startup that… Read more »
Peter Cherif to be transferred to France for questioning over alleged links to 2015 attack A French terror suspect linked by police to the 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo that… Read more »
Relative of human trafficker Medhanie Yehdego Mered does not recognise detainee An Eritrean man says his brother, believed one of the world’s most wanted people smugglers, remains free while another… Read more »
Officials question authenticity of photo and describe it as ‘violation of public morality’ Egypt has reportedly arrested two people accused of helping a Danish photographer stage a naked photoshoot on… Read more »