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US President Joe Biden visits Angola on a promise to visit Africa during his presidency and focus on a major, U.S.-backed railway project to divert critical minerals away from China. The project, partly funded with a U.S. loan, links the…

Britain's Prince William began a four-day trip to South Africa on Monday by meeting young environmentalists and playing rugby with local schoolchildren in Cape Town. The trip is centred on William's annual Earth shot Prize, which on…

A bomb scare shut down Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls Airport on Friday, forcing the country's president to cancel a planned address at a conference on renewable energy, an official said. Zimbabwean President Edson Mnangagwa was due to…

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen concluded her tour of South Africa with a visit to Emalahleni, the coal-mining town which produces most of the coal South Africa relies on to fire its power stations. Emalahleni, which means "a place of…

Pope Francis says he regretted having had to postpone a trip to Congo and South Sudan because of a painful knee. Speaking to the faithful in St Peter's Square, the pontiff said he felt "great sorrow" after cancelling his trip initially…

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was expected in Kenya on Monday as he begins his first visit to Africa as Washington's top diplomat. Blinken will also travel to Nigeria before ending his trip in Senegal later this week. In Nairobi,…