The opening match is a rematch of the 2010 World Cup curtain-raiser, when South Africa hosted the tournament and became the first African nation to stage the event. Sixteen years later, Mexico has the honor of opening the World Cup on home soil as one of the tournament's three co-hosts.

Leading Morocco’s strategy is a $650 million project under construction around 25 miles south of Casablanca. It will be the largest desalination plant in Africa, and according to its developers, the largest in the world powered entirely by renewables — drawing its power from a 360-megawatt wind farm in the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

Senegal and Morocco are Africa’s best bets in the expanded FIFA 2026 World Cup, according to a model developed by Bloomberg Economics.

Africa’s largest healthcare exhibition and conference will focus on health sustainability, digital transformation and strengthening healthcare systems across the continent From 15 to 18 June 2026, Cairo will host the fifth edition of Africa Health ExCon,

Nigeria is the latest African state to repatriate citizens following reports of xenophobic attacks.

The out-of-Africa migration, in which ancient humans went on to inhabit every other continent except Antarctica, may not have been one moment in time, but a long and slow process. Columnist Michael Ma

Africa's largest copper mining complex has completed a major milestone in its push to establish a new export pathway to global markets, with copper shipped through the Lobito Corridor successfully arriving in Europe for refining.