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[allAfrica] Zimbabwe is marking 46 years of independence (1980-2026)--a journey that began on 18 April 1980, when the country attained majority rule and stepped into a future defined by self-determination and the promise of shared prosperity.

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The largest performing arts market on the African continent is back in Abidjan. The 2026 edition of MASA took over the capital’s Culture Palace with hundreds of diverse shows.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva strongly criticised the members of the United Nations Security Council during the Meeting in Defence of Democracy in Spain on Saturday.

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Three Senegalese football fans who were detained in Morocco have been released on Saturday.

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Argentina marked one year since Pope Francis’s death on Friday 18 April 2026 with a large open air tribute in Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires. A DJ priest led the tribute, mixing electronic music with messages of peace. The gathering drew large crowds.

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Togo presented its new geopolitical and security strategy for the Sahel during a high-level meeting in Lomé on Saturday.

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China has tested humanoid robots in a real race setting in Beijing. The event highlights advances in endurance, balance and AI behaviour. Engineers see it as a step towards wider use.

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When war shattered Khartoum in April 2023, Sudanese band Aswat Almadina was mid-session in a recording studio, surrounded by guitars and keyboards. Within

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A fossilized embryo discovered near South Africa’s Eastern Cape in 2008 has just solved a 20-year scientific mystery. Using powerful X-ray technology at a

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Réunion Island delivers a striking blend of Africa’s raw beauty and France’s polished charm, creating an experience that feels both exotic and familiar. An

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In northern Nigeria, where Shariah law governs public morality and books have been burned for indecency, a new generation of women writers has found an

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Edmonia Lewis, the first Black and Indigenous American sculptor to achieve international acclaim, is finally receiving long-overdue recognition more than a

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Abidjan is fast emerging as a vibrant cultural hotspot, with its annual art week spotlighting the city’s growing creative energy. Since launching in 2022, the

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South Sudan has an outsized influence in global fashion—nine of the world’s top 50 models call it home—yet the young women trying to follow that path face

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In the 1950s, African fashion was both an aesthetic choice and a sophisticated tool for political resistance. As the continent moved toward independence,

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In the heart of Dakar, a remarkable new building has just opened—and it is made largely from the city’s own red soil. Designed by Burkina Faso-born architect

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A group exhibition in Lagos recently offered a fascinating window into how young Nigerian artists are navigating identity in an increasingly globalized world.

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Pope Leo XIV challenged Angola’s leaders to break the "extractivism” that has plundered and exploited Africa for centuries, as he arrived in the southern African country on Saturday with a message of encouragement for its long-suffering people.

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[Maka] Angola's minister of agriculture, Isaac dos Anjos, deserves a peculiar kind of congratulations. By speaking so bluntly, he has done the country a public service: he has stripped away the pretence and exposed the national self-sabotage in which parts of Angola's ruling elite still indulge.

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[UN News] Across war-torn Sudan, women and girls "are telling a consistent story of continued experience of danger, and risks for gender-based violence" whether when fleeing to safety or arriving at displacement camps, a senior official with the UN reproductive and sexual health agency UNFPA said on Friday.

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[Daba Finance] BICICI, the Abidjan-based, BRVM-listed lender now owned by an Ivorian state consortium, posted a 39% jump in net profit for the year ended December 31, 2025 -- the clearest sign yet that the bank's transition away from French parent BNP Paribas, completed in 2022, has not derailed its growth trajectory. Net profit reached XOF 36.5 billion ($65.6 million), up from XOF 26.2 billion ($47.1 million) in 2024.