Africa

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• Africa | The Guardian2026-10-15✓ Read

  Repressive, secretive and highly militarised: Eritrea, the east African country facing UK visa ban threat

  Country has not had an election in 33 years and has withdrawn cooperation with UK on migrant returns Eritrea, the east African country embroiled in a row with the UK over its refusal to accept the return of rejected asylum seekers and criminals, is considered one of world’s most secretive and repressive states, with reports of arbitrary detention and severe restrictions on freedom of expression, opinion and religion.

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• Africa | The Guardian2026-10-15✓ Read

  Tim Jeal obituary

  Biographer who altered perceptions of Henry Morton Stanley, David Livingstone, Robert Baden-Powell and other figures active in Africa

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-15✓ Read

  The expat voters who could help unseat Netanyahu

  Large numbers of Israelis abroad are flying home to vote, many with an axe to grind

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-15✓ Read

  How to make African exports ethical again

  The continent must reckon with a punishing green squeeze

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-15✓ Read

  Israel’s Arab parties could be the kingmakers in its election

  They are eager to change the government

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• Middle East & Africa2026-10-15✓ Read

  Gen-Z Kenyans could determine William Ruto’s future

  Young activists hope to deny the unpopular president a second term next year

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• BBC News2026-10-15✓ Read

  Toluwanisings: Nigerian gospel singer dies

  His family has appealed to fans to remember his wife, children and family in prayer during this period of mourning.

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• BBC News2026-10-15✓ Read

  Coe aims for African 'legacy' with 2029 World Championships

  Hosting the World Athletics Championships in Nairobi in 2029 will leave a "legacy of experience and expertise", according to the sport's top official Sebastian Coe.

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• Africa | The Guardian2026-10-15✓ Read

  LGBTQ+ people go into hiding in Senegal as hundreds are arrested

  At least 320 people detained for ‘acts against nature’ after law criminalising homosexuality toughened, HRW reports

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• BBC News2026-10-14✓ Read

  UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

  The home secretary said she would not hesitate to impose measures on other countries "refusing to co-operate".

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• Africa | The Guardian2026-10-14✓ Read

  Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write prize-winning story

  Article in Atlantic claims The Blue Fighter was artificially generated, days after it won Caine prize for African writers

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• BBC News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Kenya confirms second Ebola case - a relative of the first victim

  It follows the death last week of a man who had arrived in Kenya after travelling from DR Congo.

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• BBC News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Why Rwanda's deal for F1 race remains controversial

  Formula 1 will return to Africa in the early 2030s, but Rwanda's deal to stage a race has prompted accusations of sportswashing against the country.

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• BBC News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Ghana's Semenyo 'froze' after alleged racist abuse, court told

  A Liverpool fan denies racially aggravated behaviour during a match against Bournemouth in 2025.

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• Africa | The Guardian2026-10-14✓ Read

  Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newborns

  Health minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr

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• BBC News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Mauritius reels from worst riots in decades after woman shot by police

  Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam imposed a curfew after days of unrest that first began over water shortages.

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• Africa | The Guardian2026-10-14✓ Read

  From black soldier flies to mealworms: farming insects for food, fodder and fertiliser in Uganda

  Cultivating the nutritious bugs means families can raise livestock and enrich their own food, while lowering pressures on the land

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• BBC News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Bolt comparisons a 'privilege' - Dambile

  South African sprinter Sinesipho Dambile says comparisons with Usain Bolt are a “privilege” as he targets World Championship and Olympic glory after a breakout season.

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• Africa | The Guardian2026-10-14✓ Read

  What is state capture and why does it matter?

  Different forms are distinguished by who exercises control and which institutions they target

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• Africa | The Guardian2026-10-14✓ Read

  How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state

  Drawing on dozens of interviews with intelligence and police officers across two continents, a Guardian investigation reveals the murderous cost of our insatiable appetite for cocaine

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