This week the Unexpected Elements team left our windowless BBC studio and paid a visit to the CGIAR conference in Nairobi, Kenya. In this episode, we find out about the Kenyan invention that’s pulling ...

The Western Cape High Court officially suspended the VAT increase in South Africa, with only a few days to spare. The Court ...

Tanzania has decided to lift a ban on imports of agricultural produce from Malawi and South Africa, just days after imposing ...

One of Pope Francis’ enduring legacies was that he greatly expanded the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, ...

Last week the President Zelensky made a historic first visiting Africa seeking for help on abducted children by Russia. South ...

The South African government has granted Eskom coal plants some exemptions from air quality laws and harmful emissions ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement of a major reorganization of the State Department this week was meant to signal ...

The Duke Blue Devils were picked by many people to win the 2025 men's NCAA championship, but they instead fell in stunning ...

The top United Nations court on Monday will begin hearing from 40 countries on what Israel must do to provide desperately needed humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West B ...

She visited Fann hospital in Dakar, where neurologist Dr. Pedro Rodriguez measured her lung capacity. He suspects Mariama had ...

One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...

South African cast members relish the ‘beautiful and powerful’ opportunity to represent their homeland onstage ...