Tag: Africa

W.African leaders agree billion-dollar anti-jihadist plan

West African leaders yesterday announced a billion-dollar plan to fight the rising problem of jihadist...

African leaders driven from power since 2010

Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, whose death was announced yesterday, was on a long list...

Southern Africa threatens to quit wildlife trade monitor

Southern African nations are threatening to quit the global wildlife trade regulator after it refused...

Plastic, plastic everywhere but not for African recyclers

A sea of crumpled bottles spills across the courtyard of Lucy Luo Minghui's new $44...

Chains, shackles and auction documents: remnants of the Africa to North America slave trade

In late August 1619, a ship carrying "20 and odd" African men and women docked...

Togo ruling party triumphs at first local polls in 30 years

Togo's ruling party has cruised to victory at the first local elections in 32 years...

Step by step, Africa inches toward ‘historic’ free trade zone

The African Union launches the "operational phase" this weekend of a long-awaited trade accord, but...

Africa gathering looks to ‘historic’ free-trade deal

Ministers from across Africa began work Thursday ahead of a weekend summit to formally launch...

Nigeria says to sign Africa free trade pact

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the landmark African free trade agreement during the upcoming...

Two AFP journalists beaten, detained in C. Africa

Security forces in Central African Republic beat and detained two journalists working for French news...

Subsidise solar mini-grids to power rural Africa, investors urge

Local renewable-energy grids can provide electric power to hundreds of millions of people in developing...

South Africa’s newly-elected Ramaphosa promises to work for all

South African lawmakers elected Cyril Ramaphosa president on Wednesday, and he promised to create jobs...

Another cyclone expected to hit Mozambique on Thursday

Another tropical cyclone is expected to make landfall on Mozambique's coast on Thursday, just over...

British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor says films can help drive change in Africa

Films telling the stories of innovators in Africa have the power to transform the way...

Amid ruined lives, Mozambique’s cyclone survivors face cholera, diarrhoea

Dozens of fragile patients poured into a clinic in the wrecked Mozambican port city of...

Migrant boats sinks off Morocco coast

Moroccan authorities said Friday the navy had rescued 21 people after a boat carrying migrants...

Botswana court hears bid to scrap anti-gay laws

The High Court in Botswana on Thursday started hearing an application seeking to decriminalise homosexuality,...

Macron warns of Chinese risk to African sovereignty

French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Tuesday of risks to the sovereignty of African countries...

Over 8 million Ethiopians need food aid due to violence, drought: government

More than eight million people need food aid in Ethiopia, a 5 percent rise from...

S. African leader condemns violence against women as assault film goes viral

South Africa's president condemned violence against women on Wednesday after a video apparently showing a...

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