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World Lion Day: Lions and communities face a growing struggle to coexist

Monday, august 10, 2026

• 8:46 AM

5 min

Africa’s lions are running out of space. Habitat loss, shrinking prey populations and growing conflict with communities are putting the continent’s big cats under mounting pressure, with retaliatory killings and poisoning posing an added threat to their s

AI fuels more than half of cybercrime in Africa as digital scams surge, INTERPOL

Sunday, august 9, 2026

• 1:00 PM

Artificial intelligence is now powering more than half of reported cybercrime across Africa, allowing criminals to launch faster, more convincing and larger-scale attacks, according to INTERPOL's African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026.<div class="smal

Meta hit with record $942 million penalty over child safety failures

Friday, august 7, 2026

• 9:52 AM

Meta has been ordered to pay a record $942 million after a US judge ruled the company failed to protect children from harm on its social media platforms.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/0

French lawmakers approve social media ban for children under 15

Monday, july 27, 2026

• 10:20 AM

French lawmakers approve social media ban for children under 15 amid growing concerns over the harmful effects of digital content on youngsters.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/07/22/french-

Cancer kills 26,000 a day, WHO exposes deadly rich-poor survival gap

Tuesday, july 14, 2026

• 8:32 AM

A new World Health Organization report has warned that cancer is placing a devastating human and economic burden on societies worldwide, claiming more than 26,000 lives every day and exposing major inequalities in survival rates between rich and poor coun

2nd African Space Solutions Market opens in Abidjan

Thursday, july 9, 2026

• 9:20 AM

Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, hosts the second edition of an African space technology trade show known as the African Space Solutions Market from July 7 to 9, 2026.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://w

Lomé summer camp teaches Togo's children to code and build robots

• 12:42 AM

Its summer camp immerses children in the world of technology, including building a robot, learning to code, and getting to grips with artificial intelligence.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026

UN Secretary-General calls for AI regulation

Monday, july 6, 2026

• 1:05 PM

The Secretary-General of the United Nations has called for the creation of a global governance system to ensure that artificial intelligence serves humanity, warning against allowing the technology itself to "code our future by feel."<div class="small-12

'Disarm' AI to protect against new forms of slavery, Pope Leo warns

Sunday, july 5, 2026

• 1:08 PM

Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war

Gamers gear up for GTA VI despite disappointment over digital-only edition

Saturday, july 4, 2026

• 7:07 AM

It’s only been on presale for a day and Grand Theft Auto VI is already predicted to be the highest-selling cultural product of all time. Fans were united in relief that the video game’s latest edition has seen a minimal price hike. But gamers aren’t happy

Scientists turn to eDNA to protect Rwanda’s mountain Gorillas

Tuesday, june 30, 2026

• 2:02 PM

Rwanda is using environmental DNA technology to help detect endangered species like mountain gorillas and golden monkeys, as scientists and conservationists seek new ways to monitor biodiversity in dense forests threatened by climate change and human acti

African cities back pact to shape future of data centers

Monday, june 29, 2026

• 9:16 AM

African cities are joining a global effort to shape the future of data centers. As demand for digital infrastructure surges, leaders are pushing for new rules to balance technological growth with energy and environmental concerns.<div class="small-12 colu

African startups showcase practical innovations at Viva Tech conference

Thursday, june 18, 2026

• 4:28 PM

At VivaTech, fintech, banking solutions and AI have a central place in the startup ecosystem. But beyond these trends, some projects are focusing on very practical issues, such as reducing post-harvest losses in Africa — a key challenge for food security

Kenya Wildlife Service announce plans for relocation of Nairobi Animal Orphanage

Friday, june 5, 2026

• 4:11 PM

The Kenya Wildlife service has rolled out plans to relocate its 62-year-old Nairobi animal orphanage due to an increase in the number of rescued wildlife it houses as a rising human population leads to more frequent conflict with the country's wildlife.<d

Morocco eyes global gaming boom at Rabat Expo

Saturday, may 30, 2026

• 7:04 AM

Developers in Morocco are bidding to become significant players in the global gaming industry. With the worldwide market said to be worth some 300 billion dollars, the challenge for many companies at the gaming expo in Rabat is how to take a one percent s

Can AI beats beat the official World Cup song?

Friday, may 22, 2026

• 9:30 AM

5 min

Football supporters and online creators are using artificial intelligence to produce viral World Cup anthems, reshaping fan culture and sparking debate over music rights and authenticity.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="ht

Second set of rare gorilla twins born in DR Congo reserve Goma, DR Congo

Tuesday, march 24, 2026

• 8:15 PM

An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's litany of conflicts.<div class="small-12 column text-cente

Starlink suffers new setback as Namibia rejects licence

Monday, march 23, 2026

• 7:41 PM

Namibia said Monday it had rejected a request by billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink to operate its satellite internet services in the country, marking a second setback for the company in southern Africa.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__butto

Facts about the new Bishoftu Airport set to become Africa’s biggest aviation hub

Tuesday, january 13, 2026

• 12:24 AM

The project was expected to cost $10 billion but was later revised to $12.5 billion due to inflation and other modifications.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2026/01/13/facts-about-the-new-bishof

World Humanoid Robot Games open in Beijing

Friday, august 15, 2025

• 2:28 PM

The World Humanoid Robot Games, an international sports competition for human-form robots, opened in Beijing on Thursday<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/15/world-humanoid-robot-games-open

Norway's sovereign wealth fund sells its shares in 11 Israeli companies

Tuesday, august 12, 2025

• 2:24 PM

Norway's sovereign wealth fund has sold its shares in 11 Israeli companies, its managers said Monday, a move they said reduces its holdings in the country against the backdrop of the “serious humanitarian crisis” in Gaza.<div class="small-12 column text-c

From flood to famine: Rainfall chaos fuels Africa’s drought crisis

Friday, july 4, 2025

• 9:59 AM

Extreme weather events, including heatwaves, droughts, and floods, have increased in frequency by a factor of two or three since 1990 and are expected to intensify further.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.afric

Meta brings ads to WhatsApp

Tuesday, june 17, 2025

• 1:10 PM

“The personal messaging experience on WhatsApp isn’t changing, and personal messages, calls and statuses are end-to-end encrypted and cannot be used to show ads,”<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/

VivaTech 2025: Africa takes center stage with bold AI ambitions

Friday, june 13, 2025

• 11:51 AM

Held in Paris, this year’s event highlighted artificial intelligence (AI) as the dominant trend, offering a unique opportunity for African nations to leapfrog into the digital future.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https:

Experts call for AI skills development in Africa's education sector

Monday, may 12, 2025

• 10:07 AM

5 min

“We also need another kind of infrastructure: intellectual infrastructure. If African leaders do not understand AI, it will show. They are responsible, and they must educate and upskill themselves to drive results.”<div class="small-12 column text-center

New study explains why is Mars red

Wednesday, february 26, 2025

• 11:01 AM

New research is helping us understand why Mars is covered in red dust<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/02/26/new-study-explains-why-is-mars-red?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_science

Trump says Microsoft is one of the companies eyeing TikTok

Tuesday, january 28, 2025

• 3:19 PM

President Donald Trump said Monday evening that Microsoft is among the U.S. companies looking to take control of TikTok to help the popular app avert an effective ban that could kick-in in April.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a

What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company upending the stock market?

• 10:08 AM

6 min

“They’re not using any innovations that are unknown or secret or anything like that," Rasgon said. "<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2025/01/28/what-is-deepseek-the-chinese-ai-company-upending-th

Africa in 2024: Battling Climate Extremes and Seeking Global Action

Friday, december 20, 2024

• 4:02 PM

The Africanews editorial team takes a look back at the highlights of 2024. Africa has faced a year of extreme weather events. Droughts have worsened, followed by torrential rains and flooding.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a hre

South Africa's refurbished Digital Dome set to open in February 2025

Tuesday, november 26, 2024

• 8:41 AM

The Johannesburg Planetarium has been transformed into the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, marking a new chapter for science in South Africa.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/11/14/south-af

John Amos, Emmy nominee for the blockbuster 'Roots,' dies at 84

Wednesday, october 2, 2024

• 10:26 AM

Born John Allen Amos Jr. on Dec. 27, 1939, in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from Colorado State University with a sociology degree and played on the school’s football team. It's eventually in acting that he found his way.

A lake in Sao Paulo turns green due to algae bloom

Monday, september 30, 2024

• 3:07 PM

A lake in Sao Paulo’s iconic Ibirapuera Park has turned green due to an algae bloom stemming from low water levels amid historic drought and record high temperatures in Brazil.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.a

US says it was not involved in Lebanon pager explosions which struck Hezbollah fighters

Wednesday, september 18, 2024

• 4:37 PM

Following a wave of pager explosions in Lebanon that left several injured and scores more wounded, a Pentagon official has said that the US was not involved in the incident. The explosions struck many members of Hezbollah, which has blamed Israel. Israeli

UN officials underline uneven progress in digital transformation worldwide

• 1:54 PM

UN officials on Tuesday underlined that digital inequalities could leave some developing nations behind, as the digital world continues to transform. Experts in the field are calling for more support to developing nations, particularly in Africa.<div clas

Kenya: Islanders upcycle washed up plastic waste into boats

• 10:09 AM

On the coastal island of Lamu, off Kenya's east coast, workers are turning plastic waste into furniture, even boats Lamu is contending with mounds of plastic waste - some washed up on its beaches, others generated by its own residents.

Kenya: An organization gives rural communities first glimpse into wonders of metaverse

Thursday, september 12, 2024

• 8:05 PM

Kenya-based Arica VR Campus and Center is on a mission to giving members of remote communities a first glimpse into the wonders of the metaverse. The organization started hosting weekly metaverse events in 2019.

Apple embraces the AI craze with its new iPhone 16 lineup

Tuesday, september 10, 2024

• 2:14 PM

8 min

Apple embraces the AI craze with its newly unleashed iPhone 16 lineup<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/09/10/apple-embraces-the-ai-craze-with-its-new-iphone-16-lineup/?utm_source=test_mrss&ut

Robot waiters turn heads in Kenya

Thursday, august 29, 2024

• 8:55 AM

Customers access the menu by scanning a QR code at the table and place their order online. Once the food is ready, a bell rings to alert a human waiter who places it on a robot's tray.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https

China and 26 African countries agree to strengthen partnerships in digital field

Tuesday, july 30, 2024

• 1:32 PM

The parties jointly issued an action plan which includes the implementation of 10 digital transformation demonstration projects and the training of at least 1,000 professionals in the digital field.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button">

Chinese Lunar probe returns with first far side moon samples

Tuesday, june 25, 2024

• 11:22 AM

“I now declare that the Chang’e 6 Lunar Exploration Mission achieved complete success,"<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/06/25/chinese-lunar-probe-returns-with-first-far-side-moon-samples/?ut

Want to turn off Meta AI? This is what to do

Monday, june 10, 2024

• 11:22 AM

6 min

The chatbot can recommend local restaurants, offer more information on something you see in a Facebook post, search for airline flights or generate images in the blink of an eye.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www

Tanzanian forest recreated in Italy to raise awareness on biodiversity research

• 10:19 AM

8 min

Through a partnership with Tanzania National Parks, MUSE in 2006 established the Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre to support the park in ecological monitoring and biodiversity research, as well as to support development of environmental education pro

Morocco raises awareness of forest fire risk as summer approaches

Sunday, june 2, 2024

• 12:34 AM

According to the National Agency for Water and Forestry, 466 fires were recorded in 2023, affecting 6,426 hectares, while the area burnt in the previous year reached 22,760 hectares.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https:/

Gitex Africa: Start-ups carving their way into the global AI economy

Friday, may 31, 2024

• 7:48 PM

Powering Africa into the global AI economy was one of the ambitions of the 2024 Gitex tech fair which ended in Morocco Friday (May 31).<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/05/31/gitex-africa-sta

Gitex Africa: Morocco's tech fair focuses on continent's needs

Thursday, may 30, 2024

• 4:50 PM

Around 1,500 exhibitors, companies, entrepreneurs, innovators and startups from over 130 countries are attending the second GITEX Africa tech show.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/05/30/gite

AI creates excitement and worry at digital festival in Berlin

Tuesday, may 28, 2024

• 7:24 PM

Around 25,000 people are expected to attend this year's event to discuss all aspects of the digitalisation of the world.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/05/28/ai-creates-excitement-and-worry

AI reigns supreme at the 8th edition of Vivatech

Friday, may 24, 2024

• 7:11 PM

"Today, tech is going to speak your language, whereas before it was you who had to adapt to tech. And what's interesting is that it's reshuffling the deck. Particularly the balance between countries, because access to artificial intelligence doesn't cost

Microsoft's AI chatbot will 'recall' everything you do on a PC

Tuesday, may 21, 2024

• 9:37 AM

Microsoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you're doing on your computer and help figure out what you want to do next.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button

Kenyan government recommends regulating, not banning TikTok

Thursday, april 25, 2024

• 2:16 PM

Kenya's government is cautioning against a blanket ban on TikTok despite growing worries over the content circulated on the platform. Instead, authorities are advocating for stricter oversight measures by regulatory bodies.<div class="small-12 column text

SA users of Starlink will be cut off at the end of the month

Tuesday, april 16, 2024

• 3:20 PM

Starlink users in South Africa are facing a major setback as the satellite internet service provider has issued a warning that their services will be terminated by the end of the month.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="http

Facebook News tab will soon be unavailable

Friday, march 29, 2024

• 11:44 AM

Meta says users will still be able to view links to news articles, and news organizations will still be able to post and promote their stories and websites, as any other individual or organization can on Facebook.<div class="small-12 column text-center ar

Internet disruption hits West and Central Africa, Netblocks and Cloudflare data shows

Thursday, march 14, 2024

• 4:44 PM

A major internet outage struck West and Central Africa on Thursday, as reported by the internet observatory Netblocks, which cited information from operators indicating multiple subsea cable failures. The precise cause of these failures remains unclear at

Google denies Gmail is shutting down after viral hoax

Monday, february 26, 2024

• 1:09 PM

Google denies Gmail is shutting down after viral hoax<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/02/26/google-denies-gmail-is-shutting-down-after-viral-hoax/?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campaign=feeds_sci

A Kenyan start-up turns plastic waste into solar-powered freezers

Friday, february 23, 2024

• 12:39 AM

A Kenyan company is collecting plastic strewn across beaches and turning it into cold storage units. The recycled plastic is used to manufacture solar-powered freezers.

Meta says it will label AI-generated images on Facebook and Instagram

Wednesday, february 7, 2024

• 12:47 AM

Facebook and Instagram users will start seeing labels on AI-generated images that appear on their social media feeds, part of a broader tech industry initiative to sort between what's real and not.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><

Elon Musk says the first human has received an implant from Neuralink

Tuesday, january 30, 2024

• 5:31 PM

When Neuralink announced in September that it would begin recruiting people, the company said it was searching for individuals with quadriplegia due to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's Dis

X now worth 71% less than when Musk bought it, Fidelity estimates

Tuesday, january 2, 2024

• 11:45 AM

X, formerly known as Twitter, has seen its value fall by a staggering 71% since Elon Musk's acquisition in late 2022.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.com/2024/01/02/x-now-worth-71-less-than-when-musk

China helps launch Egypt's MISRAT-2 satellite

Wednesday, december 6, 2023

• 3:15 PM

Egypt's space agency chief has hailed cooperation with China, following the launch on Monday of a remote-sensing satellite into orbit from a centre in northwest China.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews

Women in science: two Cameroonians win prize

Tuesday, december 5, 2023

• 11:30 AM

In Cameroon's rural north, a career in science is a rarity for most women. Two young women have bucked the trend, winning a prestigious science award on November 8.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.africanews.co