Africa

Nigerian government holds Tigran Gambaryan as apparent collateral for charges levied at cryptocurrency firm Binance amid a failing economy and soaring inflation.

China and Russia are moving ahead with their efforts to move away from the US dollar with an announcement that the BRICS countries plan to create a payment system based on blockchain.

Freight levels through the Suez Canal have plummeted by 45% since Iran-backed Houthi militants began attacking vessels in the Red Sea, risking higher inflation and food insecurity.

Nate D. Sanders Auctions announced it has sold a four-page letter from Ernest Hemingway that details the injuries and money troubles the author dealt with after surviving two plane crashes.

The U.S. Treasury on Monday sanctioned several Malian defense officials for their alleged ties to Wagner, the Russian mercenary group who staged a short-lived mutiny last month.

China has beat out Tesla in a bid for a lithium mine in Nigeria as top nations race to go electric amid growing concerns over climate change.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, during her 10-day visit, brought attention to South Africa's shift to using green energy sources Thursday.

China clapped back at U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen after she accused Beijing of being a debt reform 'barrier' for Africa and told Washington to 'cope with its own debt problem.'

Authorities investigating the 2019 plane crash in Ethiopia involving a Boeing 737 Max believe an object, such as a bird, made impact with the plane before the accident.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen steps into a superpower trade and political battleground over Africa with Russia and China, as her tour of the continent takes her to South Africa on Tuesday.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will host high-level meetings with the Chinese in an effort to ease tensions between the two countries.

WWE launched its latest campaign on Tuesday as the company will scour Africa in search of the next great pro wrestler with a chance of making the roster.

The Treasury Department announced sanctions against arms traffickers connected to ISIS and al-Shabaab in Somalia after a car bomb killed more than 100 people.

A new report from the United Nations reveals the devastating setbacks in addressing the global food supply, with billions of people on the brink of starvation.

United Bank for Africa Chairman Tony Elumelu on what Russia's invasion of Ukraine means for the continent.

The Walt Disney Company is expanding its media empire into at least ten anti-gay countries, regions as they go "woke" in the United States.

Tesla has a deal with an Australian company to mine graphite from Mozambique to reduce dependence on China.

A South African Cabinet minister on Friday urged the cancellation of an upcoming U.S. auction of a key to the Robben Island prison cell where Nelson Mandela, the country's first Black president, was long jailed for his opposition to apartheid.

The World Health Organization on Sunday urged countries around the world not to impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concerns over the new omicron variant.

In the run-up to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, host Britain announced one of its goals of the conference was to consign coal to history. That turned out to be easier said that done