ASEAN summit brings Trump together with key world leaders

US President Donald Trump speaks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet at the ASEAN summit held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct. 26, 2025. (AFP/Yonhap) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, a significant platform for summit...

City view of Cape Town in South Africa

This photo taken on Oct. 20, 2025 shows a street view in Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa and the seat of its Parliament, is renown for its spectacular natural scenery and rich cultural diversity....

‘The future of Christianity is already here’: Gospel spreading at an ‘explosive’ rate in Africa

The World Evangelical Alliance's six-yearly WGA began in Seoul on 27th October 2025. (Photo: Christian Daily International) Evangelicalism is growing around the world but nowhere more so than in Africa where the increase has been “explosive”, says...

Afreximbank Celebrates Oramah’s Decade of Transformative Leadership at Cairo Farewell

Bank's balance sheet grew eightfold from $6 billion to nearly $44 billion under outgoing president The African Export Import Bank held a legacy conference in Cairo on October 25, 2025, marking the end of Prof. Benedict Oramah’s ten year tenure as...

South Africa boosts deportations amid jobs crisis, minister says

Bloomberg South Africa is pushing to deport more undocumented migrants who compete with citizens for jobs in an economy with one of the highest unemployment rates globally, the minister overseeing the program said. The nation “is a neglected part...

Rev. Wengam briefs World Church Leaders on upcoming Global Assemblies of God Congress in Accra

About 50 global leaders have attended Cabinet and Executive Committee meetings of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship (WAGF) in New York. The meetings, which took place at the Assemblies of God Promise Church in New York, were chaired by Rev....

The Only Remaining Colony in Africa Continues its Struggle for Independence

Africa, Armed Conflicts, Featured, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, International Justice, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations Credit: UN Photo/Martine Perret UNITED NATIONS, Oct 27 2025...

World News | Hopeful QUAD Leaders Will Meet in First Quarter of 2026, Says Australia PM Albanese

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], October 27 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday said that the Quad leaders' summit, involving Australia, the United States, Japan, and India, will be held in the first quarter of 2026, after...

Tanzania Orders Curfew After Election Violence

Home Africa Tanzania Orders Curfew After Election Violence Hassan said last year she had ordered an investigation into reports of abductions. No official findings have been made public. Violence during Tanzania’s election prompted police to...

Five standout lessons to boost marketing leadership

Some of South Africa’s foremost thinkers and industry titans came together at the MANCOSA Jacaranda FM Business Breakfast to deliver a powerful mandate to the country’s business community. The event, which featured speakers from global retail,...

Clenergy Key Appointments Signal Global Push Can Leadership Shuffle Outrun Supply Chain Chaos

Clenergy, a global leader in solar mounting, trackers, and energy storage solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Haydn Fletcher as General Manager, Clenergy Australia and Samir Jacob as Global Marketing Director. MELBOURNE,...

Ghana's Deportation 'Deal' with the US: What the law says

The government of Ghana has come under intense scrutiny over a deal with the government of the United States to receive American deportees in the ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration by the Donald Trump administration, who are from countries...

Djibouti Parliament Votes To Remove 75-Year Limit On Presidential Age

Djibouti’s parliament has voted unanimously to remove the constitutional age limit for presidential candidates, a move that could allow President Ismail Omar Guelleh, 77, to extend his more than two-decade rule. The amendment, passed on Sunday by...

Job opportunity: Head of Engineering sought in South Africa

A leading Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) in the renewable energy sector is seeking a registered Professional Engineer (Pr Eng) to take on the role of Head of Engineering. Closing date: 20 November 2025 This senior position will...

Majority Leader supports decision to accept West African deportees

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mr Mahama Ayariga, has backed the decision of the government to accept West African deportees from the United States of America to Ghana. According to Mr Ayariga, every citizen of the Economic Community of West...

Racecourse director to cycle from Africa to the UK in memory of his sister

Plumpton Racecourse director Tom Savill and his best friend Joe Lush are undertaking an epic cycling challenge in memory of Tom’s sister Charlotte, who died from an aggressive form of liver cancer last August at the age of 22. Tom and Joe will...

AI Meets Ancestry: African Musicians Harness Artificial Intelligence to Preserve and Reinvent Cultural Soundscapes

In a studio scented with coffee and filled with recording gear, Ethiopian musician Dawit Ketema, known as Mashela, experiments with a unique fusion — the wooden tones of the washint flute and the precision of digital synthesizers. His mission: to...

South Africa’s gambling industry under spotlight at Responsible Gambling Summit 2025

The Responsible Gambling Summit 2025 will take place on November 13 and 14 at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park. The summit aims to confront a central paradox within the gambling sector: how to sustain economic growth while minimising social harm....

‘Stronger ties vital’: Modi speaks to new Japan counterpart Sanae Takaichi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to new Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday, and agreed to focus on “economic security, defence cooperation and talent mobility”.Sources told The Indian Express that the two leaders are also looking at the...

Tanzania’s Unfree Election

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Tanzanians head to the polls under an increasingly repressive regime, Cameroon and Ivory Coast crack down on postelection protests, and the Sudanese city of El Fasher falls to the...