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How Africans Are Changing French — One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time

More than 60 percent of French speakers now live in Africa. Despite growing resentment at France, Africans are contributing to…

Arts

Heavenly and Earthly Treasures Show Africa’s Mark on the Byzantine World

The Met Museum offers a treasure chest of North Africa’s influences on the golden age of Medieval art. On the…

World

If You Want Our Countries to Address Climate Change, First Pause Our Debts

When poor countries are forced to default on their foreign debt, as Ghana and Zambia have done, they pay a…

World

Across Africa, Young Leaders Emerge to Push for Change

Six people, all 35 or younger, talk about what they are doing to shake up politics on the continent, and…

World

Putin’s promise of free grain reflects Moscow’s priorities in Africa.

The six countries that Russian President Vladimir V. Putin chose to provide with free grain reflect Russia’s foreign policy priorities…

World

War Brought Putin Closer to Africa. Now It’s Pushing Them Apart.

As President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia prepares to host African leaders at a summit, a collapsed grain deal and…

Health

Why Won’t Simon Ateba Stop Shouting?

The Today News Africa gadfly has become a hero on the right, thanks to his confrontational behavior in the White…

World

Grain Deal’s End Could Have a Potential ‘Catastrophic Impact’ in Africa

Russia’s withdrawal from a grain deal with Ukraine that fed millions of people in Africa in the last year could…

World

A Saber-Toothed Predator From Long Before Evolution Came Up With Cats

As an extinction crisis wiped out species at the end of the Permian Period, a predatory species emerged that dominated…

Arts

Philadelphia Museum Creates Center for African Art

With a gift from the trustee Ira Brind, the center will aim to advance the museum’s new Equity Agenda.

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