In 2024, a surge in cocoa on international markets reached more than $12,000 per metric ton, the highest in decades. Then it crashed to around $4,000 as supply outstripped demand

Cocoa farming supports an estimated six million farming families across West Africa, along with tens of millions more in related supply chain roles.

Brent crude jumped 17 percent today to trade at $107 a barrel. That’s the highest level since 2022, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine roiled global energy markets.

At least 42 people have died, local media reported Monday. Most of the deaths occured in the capital, Nairobi

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei who has been appointed as the new head of the Islamic republic, is a discreet figure who offers continuity of his father’s hardline leadership

Dozens of women participated in an all-female boat race on the river Oubangui in the Central African Republic to celebrate International Women’s Day. The event was full of joy and competitive spirit.

Around one hundred people took to the streets of downtown Tunis, the Tunisian capital, to denounce US and Israeli action in Iran and show their support for the Iranian people.

Thousands took part in one of Zanzibar’s largest communal Iftar meals at the island’s Amani Stadium, where Muslims and non-Muslims gathered to break the fast at sunset during Ramadan.

South Africa embarked on a mass vaccination of cattle on Friday to stem an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that threatens meat, dairy and livestock supplies and exports.

The Israeli military on Saturday reported that it had struck a Tehran airport that it alleged was used to help transport weapons to militant groups that Iran supports across the Middle East.

Guinea has dissolved 40 political parties, including its three main opposition groups, via a late-night decree, in the latest crackdown on civil liberties under longtime strongman Mamady Doumbouya.

Overnight torrential rains in the Kenyan capital Nairobi killed at least 23 people, and leaves destruction in its wake.

More airstrikes hit the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday afternoon. They follow explosions that echoed across Iran’s capital earlier on Saturday morning. The strikes appeared to target downtown Tehran and government buildings there.

Motorists in the Kenyan capital were stranded for hours on Saturday after roads were flooded following heavy rains overnight.

In South Africa, femicide rates are thought to be five times higher than the global average. With many women victims of violence, some are now taking their security into their own hands through martial arts and self-defence classes.

Senegal’s former president Macky Sall is seeking one of the most coveted positions on the international scene: Secretary-General of the United Nations. But his opponents at home have started speaking out against his candidacy, accusing his government of repression.

The Congolese armed forces made an unexpected discovery this week: buried in a mining site in Noro, a secret weapons stash was unearthed that could belong to Thomas Lubanga’s militia.

Smoke billowed from the rubble of buildings destroyed by an overnight Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs. Israel issued an unprecedented evacuation warning on March 5 for the entirety of Beirut’s southern suburbs.

Refugees from Burundi are being forcibly evicted from camps as Tanzania destroys their homes and churches, pushing them to return, often after years in exile.

Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden received cheers and applause Friday as they joined thousands of people for a celebration of life for the civil rights leader

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said his country does not want war, even as regional Tigray authorities say federal forces are massing around the northern region, raising fears of renewed conflict

Rebels in Ethiopia’s most populous region of Oromia have committed summary executions, gang rapes and sexual slavery against women and girls between 2020 and 2024, Amnesty International said on Friday

President Mamady Doumbouya returned to Guinea Friday where he received a grand welcome at Conakry airport following a three-week absence that had raised questions about his health

Israeli strikes on Beirut’s suburbs have forced a mass exodus, with more than 95,000 people displaced after evacuation warnings for the crowded southern suburbs.

As Iran and Israel exchange strikes, Tehran worshippers rally in support of the Islamic Republic, echoing calls for resistance against Israel and the US.

Senegal’s minister of health said that menstrual pads made by a leading Chinese firm embroiled in a scandal over expired materials were safe for consumers Thursday, following an investigation

Nigerian women whose daughters were kidnapped by Boko Haram refused to give up on their dream of a better future for their children. Now they’re opening two factories.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Thursday his country is in an economic “state of near-emergency” as a result of the Middle East war, warning of runaway inflation.

In Ivory Coast, only five percent of women own agricultural land. But this is changing: for many women, owning their own farms of rubber trees has become a way to achieve financial freedom.

Lusaka’s most recent program with the IMF, a $1.7 billion facility agreed in 2022, ended in January

Uganda helped South Sudan carry out airstrikes that killed and badly burned civilians a year ago, according to a U.N. inquiry.

Clashes across Sudan’s southern Kordofan region killed at least 51 people between Wednesday and Thursday, medical sources told AFP, as the army said it recaptured the city of Bara, on the road to Khartoum.

Moscow and Kyiv are set to exchange 500 POWs each by Friday even as peace talks remain stalled.

Burkina Faso has appointed former Comoros and Mauritania coach Abdou Amir to the men’s team and entrusted him with qualifying for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations.

Libyan authorities have ordered the arrest of three suspects in last month’s assassination of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the public prosecutor’s office said on thursday.

Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said Friday.

Attacks have been reported for years along the busy multi-lane road, including hijackings and smash-and-grab ambushes.

Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates were honoured by President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday for winning last year’s MLS Cup. Miami beat the Vancouver Whitecaps for the Major League Soccer title, and the Argentinian superstar was named the league’s MVP for the second season.

US diplomat James Swan is taking over the United Nations MONUSCO mission in DR Congo, Secretary-General António Guterres announced on Thursday.

Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists killed 15 soldiers in an attack on an army base in northern Benin, the west African country’s military said Thursday.