Today in Africa — November 3, 2025: ICC Probes El Fasher Atrocities, Kenyans Dominate NYC Marathon as Hellen Obiri Sets New Record, Akinola Davies Jr.’s “My Father’s Shadow” Nets 12 British Independent Film Awards Noms

Every day, OkayAfrica shares a roundup of news we’re following but haven’t published as full articles. These short updates cover what’s happening on the continent — in culture, politics, and beyond. For more on stories like these, be sure to check...

Ookla Ranks MTN Nigeria as the Fastest Network in West and Central Africa

Advertisements MTN Nigeria has emerged as the fastest mobile network in West and Central Africa, according to the latest Speedtest Intelligence data by Ookla, the global leader in internet performance metrics. The report, released under the...

Famine Spreads to Two More Areas in Sudan, Including City Subject To Militia Atrocities

Famine has spread to two new regions in Sudan, including a major city in the Darfur region where a militia has reportedly carried out mass killings and sent tens of thousands fleeing in the last week. El Fasher in western Darfur, and Kadugli in...

Your Guide To Exploring Longkloof In The City Bowl

The Longkloof Precinct sits in the suburb of Gardens, just off Kloof Street in Cape Town’s City Bowl. Once historic buildings that originally served industrial and educational purposes, the area has been transformed into a dynamic mixed-use hub...

SMU Honors Park Cities Leaders

SMU celebrated five outstanding alumni leaders at the university’s Distinguished Alumni Award presentation and dinner, including two familiar faces from the Park Cities community, Rev. Paul Rasmussen and Trevor Rees-Jones. The honorees were...

Africa Sourcing Fashion Week Opens in Ethiopia

The 11th edition of Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week (ASFW), Africa’s largest garment, apparel and textile fashion exhibition, opened on Thursday at the newly inaugurated Addis Ababa International Convention Center in Ethiopia’s capital. Running...

‘More Than Meets The Eye’ Celebrates A Century Of African Art At Geneva’s Musée Rath

Yinka Shonibare, More Than Meets the Eye, Museum Rath, Geneva © Lee Sharrock © Lee Sharrock African and African diaspora art is having a long-overdue moment in the global spotlight. More than Meets the Eye, the ambitious exhibition currently on...

Traces of Oba’s Palace Found in Benin City

Artifacts recovered during Benin City palace excavations BENIN CITY, NIGERIA—According to a statement released by Antiquity, an international team of researchers is investigating the site of the palace of the Oba, or king of the Kingdom of Benin,...

New York City’s Fashion Events, Launches And Openings In October 2025

Stacey Bendet at Alice + Olivia Madison Avenue DANIEL PAIK New York City is alive in the fall, and it isn’t just the colorful leaves in Central Park. The city is ablaze with fashion events and stylish soirees that bring the best in New York...

Italy’s Mattei plan: A new chapter in Africa’s development or a colonial echo?

The Mattei Plan represents Italy’s flagship initiative to reset relations with Africa through a model that blends development cooperation, trade and strategic diplomacy. Designed to enhance Italy’s role in Europe and Africa, the plan seeks to...

Lagos Police Declare Activist Omoyele Sowore Wanted Amid Alleged Plot to Disrupt City with Protests

In a significant escalation of tensions in Nigeria's commercial capital, the Lagos State Police Command has officially declared human rights activist and publisher of the online news platform Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, wanted. The...

Famine Spreads to Sudan City Subjected to Militia Atrocities

Displaced Sudanese families who fled the recent clashes in North Darfur's capital El Fasher and nearby villages gather around vehicles after arriving in Al Dabbah town of Sudan's Northern State, where they continue to live under difficult...

Through Art and Storytelling, Artist Harmonia Rosales’ First Book Brings African-Centered Myths to Life

Black Feminist in Public is a series of conversations between creative Black women and Janell Hobson, a Ms. scholar whose work focuses on the intersections of history, popular culture and representations of women of African descent. Artist...

African Women, The World Can’t Afford To Leave You Out Of Climate Leadership

1 When I think about my journey, I always come back to one simple memory: the sound of a generator in my hometown in Enugu. That sound meant light. It meant that for a few short hours, children could do their homework, families could talk, and the...

J Michael’s Spa & Salon Joins Forces With C.A.R.E. Africa

By VOICE-TRIBUNE Photos by Matt Johnson What started as a friendship and a prayer has turned into a life-changing partnership between two women determined to make opportunity accessible where it’s in desperate need. In Egbe, Nigeria, J Michael’s...

Oyo charts path to people-centred, tech-driven smart cities

The Oyo State Government has pledged to build people-centred smart cities driven by innovation, technology, and inclusiveness. The Executive Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on the Oyo State New Towns and Cities Development Authority (OYNTCDA),...

Africa’s Democratic Recession and Resurgence: The Case of Tanzania

Africa’s post-colonial promise of democratization that began in the 1980s and 1990s with the “second independence” struggles now confronts a defining and painful reckoning. The optimism that accompanied the collapse of single-party states,...

Africa’s Strategic Role in Global Food Security within the I...

The India-Africa Economic Corridor is envisioned as a new axis of prosperity that connects Asia, Africa, and the Middle East through a unified framework of trade, infrastructure, and technological cooperation. Beyond its logistical and industrial...

Opinion | The Trump Doctrine Returns To Africa

Last Updated:November 03, 2025, 15:53 IST The answer lies, perhaps, not in choosing between action and apathy but in choosing how to act---with humility, precision, and partnership rather than spectacle Rapid Read Summarized by AI. + Trump’s...

Another Terrible Rape of a Young Woman in Pamplona, Spain, by 4 North Africans Who Dragged Her to a Settlement Inhabited by Illegal Immigrants

On October 24, 2025, amid the celebration of the University Tent at the Public University of Navarra (UPNA) in the Amaya Sports City in Pamplona, a young adult female student was dragged to an illegal tent settlement inhabited by illegal...