A patrol boat off the coast of Gabon intercepted three trawlers in July 2026, inside the Grand Sud Reserve. This is one of west and central Africa’s largest marine reserves, where industrial trawling is banned. None of the trawlers held a valid licence. The patrol found them because analysts at the non-profit Global Fishing Watch…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21 October 2026 The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) will convene a high-level virtual meeting of African Ministers of Health on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, as the ongoing Ebola outbreak poses an escalating threat to health security across the continent. Five months into the response, the outbreak caused…
Value trumps loyalty and status: purchasing behaviour’s new fuel After the shock of the latest fuel price increases to close to R30 p/l for diesel and almost 27 p/l for petrol, commuters across the nation are feeling the sharp pinch of prices at the pumps. So high has the fuel price risen – from R20…
Published: October 19, 2026 MONROVIA — Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung has challenged African leaders to end the continent’s overdependence on raw mineral exports and pursue a coordinated industrialization strategy that transforms Africa’s vast mineral wealth into jobs, manufacturing industries, infrastructure and sustainable economic growth. Speaking on behalf of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai at the…
Keeping vaccines and medicines at the right temperature is critical for their efficacy and safety. But this is an often overlooked part of getting them to the people who need them. In April 2025, the UK biotechnology company Stablepharma began the first human trial of a tetanus-diphtheria vaccine designed to remain stable without refrigeration. The…
Toyota expects its Arene software platform to be running in 10 million new vehicles a year, across 50 models, by 2030, the company said on Friday. Subaru, in which Toyota holds a 21% stake, told a strategy briefing north of Tokyo that it will launch its own software-defined vehicles in the second half of the…
As anticipation builds for the first Olympic event ever to be staged on African soil, 15 of the continent’s most promising young table tennis players have secured places at the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 in Senegal. The athletes are among the 64 competitors selected for the table tennis event, which will take place from…
Alberton, Johannesburg-based music producer Justin Erasmus Samro, the Southern African Music Rights Organisation, now requires members to disclose how much AI went into a song when they register it with the body. But it sets no minimum level of human contribution, and disclosure “does not, in itself, constitute a determination of copyright eligibility or an…
Lowering air pollution in Africa has many economic benefits, according to new research by environmental scientists Chris Malley, Kevin Hicks and Caroline Sawe. They reflect on two reports that set out the practical ways that African countries can cut air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions at the same time, while saving billions through lower healthcare…
No, Spain did not introduce visa-free travel for eight African countries in April 2026 IN SHORT: A Facebook post claims Spain introduced visa-free travel for citizens of eight African countries in April 2026. But European Union regulations show that six of these countries still require visas for short visits, while the other two already enjoy…
