"Dangerous gaps" remain in efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 180 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Doctors Without Borders warned Monday.

More than a dozen people were waiting in line in front of the Atlanta Stadium when the game between Cape Verde and Spain started.

Aquaculture now provides 53 percent of total aquatic animal production and over 59 percent of aquatic animal food output. PHOTO/FAO. By PATRICK MAYOYO Aquatic animal products have reached a new economic peak, with trade soaring to $184 billion and matching the scale of land-based meat markets. However, the Food and Agriculture organizations of the United Nations FAO’s latest State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture SOFIA 2026 report warns that balancing this booming demand with sustainable and fair ecosystem management remains a critical global challenge. The report launched on Tuesday at the 11th Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, Kenya – presents updated global fisheries and aquaculture statistics. It highlights how FAO, with members, communities, institutions, industry and partners, is translating its Blue Transformation vision into measurable results. SOFIA 2026 estimates global fisheries and aquaculture production reached a record 235 million tonnes in 2024, of which 195 mil...

Dan and Ramatah are developing a 15-hectare plot of previously unused land on the outskirts of Livingstone, Zambia. They are now building an agribusiness, producing cherry tomatoes and fresh vegetables.PHOTO/FAO/Mukaba Mukaba.  By SECIAL CORRESPONDENT For one young, Zambian couple, it all began with a bold decision to leave their desk jobs. What started as conversations about building a meaningful livelihood that could give them independence soon led to the purchase of a 15-hectare plot to start an agribusiness, producing food and supporting local markets. The plot they bought, just a few kilometres but an hour’s drive outside of Livingstone, was previously an underutilised piece of peri-urban land. Now rows of red cherry tomatoes and fresh vegetables glitter in the sun, ready for harvest. It is Dan and Ramatah Chileshe’s hard work that brought it to life. Across Zambia’s urbanising territories, cities like Livingstone are shaping how food is produced, moved and consumed, gen...

Arlindo Chissale, a journalist and political activist in Mozambique, disappeared without a trace on January 7, 2025, in Cabo Delgado, a region in the grips of an Islamist insurrection. Chissale’s public stance and worrying signs in the days leading up to his disappearance make his loved ones suspect that the Mozambican security forces were involved.

Arlindo Chissale, a journalist and activist who was in contact with the FRANCE 24 Observers team, disappeared on January 7, 2025, in the region of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, which is the scene of a deadly Islamist insurrection. Chissale spoke out about topics the Mozambican government did not want out in the open – a pursuit that his friends say put him in danger.

Many founders believe a failed virtual assistant hire means delegation does not work. In this article, Daniella Bown explains why the real issue is often hiring the wrong type of support. As African businesses scale, founders need strategic executive assistance that can manage complexity, reduce bottlenecks, and create the operational capacity needed for sustainable growth.

Sumsub has launched its Adaptive Deepfake Detector, a real-time AI fraud prevention system that uses continuous online learning to identify emerging deepfake attacks instantly. The solution improves identity verification accuracy across fintech, crypto, and other high-risk digital sectors by combining multi-layered fraud signals and adaptive machine learning.

The El Niño weather system now taking shape in the tropical Pacific may rank among the most powerful recorded in seven decades, and scientists warn it will hit harder still because climate change is already amplifying every degree of warming it generates. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology confirmed Tuesday that sea surface temperatures in the central […]

A Ukrainian drone punched through Moscow’s air defenses Tuesday and set a Gazprom-owned oil refinery ablaze in the capital’s southeastern outskirts, Kyiv claiming the strike as deliberate retribution for a Russian aerial campaign that killed at least 11 Ukrainians and damaged a UNESCO-listed Orthodox monastery a day earlier. The hit on the Kapotnya refinery — […]