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Mugabe 'overjoyed' to host rare VIP visitor in China's Xi
Dec 01, 2015 (AFP)
China's President Xi Jinping visited Zimbabwe on Tuesday on a rare trip by a world leader to a country shunned by Western powers over President Robert Mugabe's ...
'Lay down your weapons', pope tells warring sides in C Africa
Nov 29, 2015 (AFP)
Pope Francis on Sunday urged the warring sides in Central African Republic to lay down their weapons on a landmark visit to a country ripped apart by sectarian ...
Massive 'development corridors' in Africa could spell environmental disaster
Nov 27, 2015 (SPX)
In sub-Saharan Africa, dozens of major 'development corridors,' including roads, railroads, pipelines, and port facilities, are in the works to increase agricul...
Huge crowds as pope celebrates first mass in Africa
Nov 26, 2015 (AFP)
Pope Francis held his first open-air mass in Africa on Thursday with huge crowds hailing heavy rains as "God's blessing" as they sung and danced in the Kenyan c...
Pope warns poverty fuels conflict on landmark Africa trip
Nov 25, 2015 (AFP)
Pope Francis warned poverty fuelled "conflict and terrorism" as he kicked off a landmark first trip to Africa on Wednesday, landing to a rapturous welcome from ...
Pope readies for Africa, riskiest trip of his papacy
Nov 22, 2015 (AFP)
Pope Francis heads to Africa this week for the riskiest trip of his papacy, defying danger with an open-topped popemobile and visits to a slum, refugee camp and...
Corruption hampered troops fighting Boko Haram: Nigeria's Buhari
Nov 18, 2015 (AFP)
Nigerian troops were denied weapons to fight Boko Haram and thousands of lives were lost because of rampant fraud in the procurement process, President Muhammad...
China's investment in Africa down 40% on year: govt
Nov 17, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese investment in Africa fell by more than 40 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2015, officials said Tuesday, as the Asian giant's slowing growth de...
Cameroon start-up offers clean streets, cleaner fuel
Nov 17, 2015 (AFP)
The streets and marketplaces of Cameroon's economic capital Douala are strewn with fruit and vegetable debris of all sorts: banana peels, corncobs, coffee groun...
Mali jihadist leader denounces peace deal, wants fight against France
Nov 17, 2015 (AFP)
A jihadist leader in restive Mali has denounced a peace deal signed this year and called for further attacks against France, which helps national forces fight e...
In Kenya, a digital classroom in a box
Nov 16, 2015 (AFP)
At the Lighthouse Grace Academy in Nairobi's downmarket Kwangware suburb, yellow school t-shirts carry the slogan 'To Fear God is Wisdom', but in their hands pu...
UN to send 300 Senegalese troops to Central African Republic
Nov 16, 2015 (AFP)
The United Nations will soon send 300 Senegalese troops from a UN rapid-reaction force to the Central African Republic to beef up security ahead of elections ne...
GBissau releases ex-military chief charged over coup bid
Nov 12, 2015 (AFP)
Guinea-Bissau's highest court has ordered the release of a former armed forces chief detained for more than three months over suspected involvement in a failed ...
French anti-jihadist forces seize Mali arms stashes
Nov 09, 2015 (AFP)
The French army has seized "significant" caches of weapons during an operation in northern Mali, where it is helping local forces battle jihadists, Defence Mini...
Liberian teenager awarded kids peace prize
Nov 09, 2015 (AFP)
A Liberian teenager was Monday awarded the prestigious International Children's Peace Prize for his "tireless campaigning" to end violence against minors. Seven...
Give our army guns to stop violence, say C.Africa MPs
Nov 04, 2015 (AFP)
Scores of parliamentarians wearing black joined marchers Wednesday in the strife-hit Central African Republic (CAR) to demand weapons for the country's army to ...
German diplomat to lead UN Libya talks, ex-envoy heads to UAE
Nov 04, 2015 (AFP)
German diplomat Martin Kobler will take over the struggling UN peace effort in Libya in the coming days, the UN said Wednesday. He will replace Bernardino Leon,...
Africa's long-awaited intervention force finally stutters to life
Nov 01, 2015 (AFP)
As the sun rose over South Africa's dry and sparsely populated Karoo west of Johannesburg, more than 5,000 multinational troops launched a mock attack heralding...
US charges Burkina man with $12m mosquito net fraud
Oct 30, 2015 (AFP)
A Burkina Faso man has been charged with defrauding more than $12 million out of the US government and a Swiss-based fund by supplying faulty, Chinese-made mosq...
South Sudan soldiers poach elephants in DR Congo
Oct 29, 2015 (AFP)
Soon after dawn on a Wednesday morning in mid-June wildlife rangers on patrol in Garamba National Park, a vast swathe of northeastern Democratic Republic of Con...
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