U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was encouraged by "productive" early trade talks with Japan and South Korea this week, ...

Devon Maylie wrote about equities and politics from the combined Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires Johannesburg, South Africa, office. Companies covered include the biggest mining firms, ...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to work toward a peace agreement by May 2 after escalating violence ...

Limited public awareness and infrastructure further complicate the continent's ability to harness AI responsibly.What are African countries doing about it? To answer this, my research mapped out what ...

ShareThe Super Eagles have received a boost in their quest to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup as Zimbabwe has decided to move their home match against South Africa away from South Africa. This ...

South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has reversed his contentious proposed 0.5% value-added tax (VAT) hike, but ...

ShareThe stage is set for the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship, with the draw results placing Nigeria’s D’Tigress, ...

The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 2.2 billion cases have been prevented between 2000 and 2023.

Both policies frame AI as a way to reach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Rwanda’s policy targets applications in ...

A man living in New York has been charged with immigration fraud for concealing his identity as a perpetrator of the 1994 ...

Gabriele Steinhauser is The Wall Street Journal’s Southeast Asia bureau chief. Before that, she covered sub-Saharan Africa ...

South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said on Thursday he will not resign after the government's U-turn on a ...