Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio looked on course for re-election on Monday after the electoral commission said he had a clear lead with 60 percent of the votes counted.
Bio had garnered 55.86 percent of ballots cast, more than...
The paramilitary group Wagner will continue to operate in Mali and the Central African Republic, the head of Russian diplomacy assured us on Monday, adding that the organization's rebellion in Russia will not affect relations between Moscow and its...
The International African American Museum will soon open in Charleston, South Carolina, at one of the country’s most historically significant slave trading ports.
Overlooking the sacred site of Gadsden’s Wharf, at which an estimated 45% of enslaved Africans entered America,...
A fashion show in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo hopes to inspire peace and creativity in a conflict-ridden region.
-A longing for peace-
Sewing the threads of hope. In her Goma workshop, stylist Flore Mfuanani Nsukula is putting the final...
Pistorius, a multiple Paralympic champion who made history by running against able-bodied athletes at the 2012 Olympics, was convicted of murder for the Valentine’s Day 2013 shooting of Ms Steenkamp, 29, at his home.
The 36-year-old claims he shot Ms...
The goal of silencing the guns in Africa this decade is being challenged by climate change, terrorism, coups and the continent’s history.
This is the message the head of the African Union initiative brought to the UN Security Council on Thursday.
“The topic of this important debate is timely. It is coming...
As the war in Ukraine has heightened the importance of Africa in international politics, US Vice President Kamala Harris has reaffirmed the US commitment to building a win-win partnership with African countries.
Paul Baker, CEO of International Economics Consulting, answered our...
World Bank President David Malpass told a press conference in Niamey on Thursday that security and energy were "indispensable for development" in the Sahel, at the end of a two-day visit to Niger which is ranked among the poorest in the...
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will step onto the front lines of the battle for democracy in Africa on Thursday, spending time in Tanzania as it makes fragile progress toward restoring its reputation as a more inclusive government.
Samia Suluhu...
The shea tree, which grows only in Africa and whose fruit is harvested almost exclusively by women, is emerging as a real development tool in some of the world's poorest countries.
Mali is one of the world's leading producers of shea butter, along with Nigeria and Burkina Faso.
In the rural...