Tag: Africa
Survivor antibody clears path for new Ebola vaccine
An antibody taken from an Ebola survivor has been found to target all three human...
C.Africa armed group says govt failing to honour peace commitments
One of the Central African Republic's main armed groups on Sunday accused Bangui of failing...
US$234 million urgently needed for food aid in Zimbabwe: UN
The UN and Zimbabwean authorities on Thursday launched an urgent appeal for $234 million for...
Mozambique priest says pope to visit this year
A senior Mozambican priest said Sunday that Pope Francis will visit the southern African nation...
S.Africa’s opposition vows war on graft, eyes polls
South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance promised voters an end to corruption that has tainted...
Mozambique: NGO orders lawyers to research into detention of journalist
Mozambique's Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) ordered its lawyers to research into the circumstances...
MBtv: Senegal – President Sall hopes to build an ’emerging economy’
With sustained growth, infrastructure projects popping up all over, and new oil revenues expected from...
Kenya court to rule on decriminalising homosexuality
Kenya's High Court will decide whether to scrap colonial-era laws which criminalise homosexuality, in a...
Nearly 1,000 Madagascar children dead of measles since October: WHO
At least 922 children and young adults have died of measles in Madagascar since October,...
Boat made of old flip-flops flies flag for cleaner African seas
It was 6pm when an unusual rainbow-coloured boat, made of recycled plastic waste and discarded...
Poverty not an obstacle to excellent healthcare in Africa: Gates
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said that excellent basic healthcare that would prevent easily treatable but...
Algeria’s Bouteflika: highlights of a long presidency
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, reported on Sunday to be seeking a fifth term in April...
US-China trade tensions could hit African growth: AFDB
Persisting trade tensions between economic superpowers the United States and China could shave 0.7 per...
African nations sense upper hand in minerals stand-off
African nations with rich reserves of copper and cobalt needed for the shift to electric...
Macau | Lusa to boost coverage in Portuguese-language Africa, China and Macau – Chairman
Portugal's national news agency, Lusa, aims this year to increase its output of news on...
Total makes ‘significant’ offshore S.Africa gas find
French energy giant Total announced Thursday it had found "significant" gas off the southern coast...
Angola: State collects €16.5 mln in three months through timber exports
Angola collected €16.5 mln through timber exports in three months under Luanda's new entity that...
MBtv: Africa Weekly – unrest, death and a bit of hope
This week on Africa Weekly, we follow the plight of unaccompanied African minors hoping to...
Angola: Criminalising LGBT defamation would be ‘greatest step’ forward – NGO
Angolan non-governmental organisation Íris Angola welcomed the country's move to decriminalise homosexuality but said the...
10 UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attack
Gunmen killed 10 Chadian peacekeepers and injured at least 25 others in an attack on...
