Today in Africa — October 24, 2025: UN Says Thousands of Children at Risk of Famine Death in Sudan, Guinea’s $100K Election Fee Sparks Outrage, Young Ivorians Want Jobs and Peace After Tomorrow’s Election OkayAfrica has scoured the internet for today’s major news stories, so you don't have to. news Lihle Z. Mtshali Dennis Ade Peter
Nduduzo Makhathini Is Turning Jazz Into a Spiritual Language As he prepares to take the stage at New York City’s Jazz at Lincoln Center this weekend, the South African pianist, composer, and healer reflects on spiritual inheritance, carrying his Zulu ancestry into Western venues, and the ancient power of sound to connect us beyond race or place. music
Today in Africa — September 2, 2025: Burkina Faso Criminalizes Homosexuality With Harsh New Law, US Deportees Held Without Charges in Eswatini Prison, Nigeria Bids to Become First African Host of Commonwealth Games OkayAfrica has scoured the internet for today’s major news stories, so you don't have to. news
Today in Africa — September 1, 2025: Nigerians Chase World Reading Record, Kizza Besigye Boycotts Treason Trial in Uganda, Mob Burns Woman to Death Over Blasphemy in Northern Nigeria OkayAfrica has scoured the internet for today’s major news stories, so you don't have to. news Lihle Z. Mtshali
Today in Africa — August 20, 2025: CHAN Co-Hosts All Reach Quarterfinals, Human Rights Watch Accuses M23 of Mass Killings in DRC, Japan Wants Closer Ties With Africa OkayAfrica has scoured the internet for today’s major news stories, so you don't have to. news Lihle Z. Mtshali
All Four African Teams Knocked Out of FIFA Club World Cup Group Stage Al Ahly, Espérance, and Sundowns each played three matches and failed to reach the Round of 16, while Wydad gets eliminated ahead of their final group match today. news Lihle Z. Mtshali
A Reading List: 10 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Works You Should Know A look at the novels, essays, and poems that made the late Kenyan writer one of the most influential literary and political voices of the 20th and 21st centuries. news Lihle Z. Mtshali
Op-Ed: Stop Guilt-Tripping African Women into Motherhood On a day like Mother’s Day — as we celebrate the joys and the labor of parenting — we should also challenge the narrow definition of womanhood that centers on childbearing. news Lihle Z. Mtshali
How This Nigerian Woman Is Crossing Africa on a Motorcycle: One Border, One Story at a Time From Ibadan to Dakar, Ebaide Udoh is chasing a world record on two wheels — and showing what’s possible for African women along the way. news Lihle Z. Mtshali
