November 16 will mark the 165th anniversary since the first group of Indians landed in Natal aboard the SS Truro from Madras, to work in the sugar cane plantation of the then Port-Natal in 1860.

In a breakthrough moment for Kerushan Govender and a proud one for South Africa, Govender has been elected president of the ...

Angola hosts US-Africa Summit as the continent seeks clarity in the wake of Trump’s tariffs and threat to end AGOA. Meanwhile, controversial carbon credits: are Gulf States like Saudi Arabia ...

SOUTH JORDAN — The family of a teen killed in a home explosion is now suing the gas company that served their South Jordan neighborhood. The lawsuit was filed today on behalf of the 15-year-old, who ...

West African nations want to strike deals with the U.S. over energy and rare earth minerals, but the Trump administration's looming expansion of travel bans risks derailing those efforts, Nigeria ...

ACI Africa, Jun 18, 2025 / 09:46 am Martha Karambu Koome, the chief justice in Kenya, called upon delegates at the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Nairobi this week to have a ...

This story is featured in the May/June 2025 issue of ESSENCE. There’s more to Africa than safari and deserts. While cities like Marrakech, Accra and Johannesburg continue to bring in hundreds of ...

VICENZA, Italy – Three U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), joined an Italian Army Major to visit t ...

A hard-won recovery in sub-Saharan Africa has been overtaken by recent events. The sudden shift in the global outlook has clouded the region’s short-term prospects and significantly complicated policy ...

The South African Police Service crime statistics for 2010/11 to 2019/20 show a 133% increase in reported kidnappings (from 2 839 to 6 623). The most recent 2020/21 figures show a 9% drop (587 cases) ...

Volkswagen South Africa is planning to build a new entry-level SUV at its Kariega plant in the Eastern Cape from 2027. Although the local division hasn’t officially unveiled the product, all the ...