PyeongChang: Meet Africa’s Winter Olympics hopefuls
As the 2018 Winter Olympics kick off this Friday in PyeongChang, eight contingents will represent the African continent with 13 athletes. It is a record […]
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Local startup launches first Cameroon-made drones
A Cameroonian young entrepreneur William Elong, founder of Will & Brothers start-up, has officially presented the first drones manufactured in the central African nation on […]
EU urges Cameroon to adopt ‘sincere dialogue’ with separatists
The European Union (EU) has called on authorities in Cameroon to initiate sincere and constructive dialogue as a means of finding a solution to the […]
Guinea: Five killed in long-delayed local election violence
The international community and the government of Guinea have appealed for calm on Wednesday after seven people were killed, over alleged fraud during the weekend […]
Africa: UN chief calls for end to Female Genital Mutilation
As the world is celebrating this year’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation — a UN-sponsored annual event–, UNFPA, jointly with UNICEF, […]
DR Congo’s Kabila to name successor in July
Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) president Joseph Kabila will not contest upcoming elections, the information minister Lambert Mende said. According to Mende, Kabila intends to […]
UN, AU voice concern over protracted political crisis in Guinea-Bissau
The top leaders of the African Union and the United Nations on Saturday expressed concern over the prolonged political crisis in Guinea-Bissau, condemning the recent […]
Morocco, Champion of CHAN 2018
The Atlas Lions of Morocco on Sunday made history in the Championship of African Nations (CHAN) tournament thanks to a 4-0 thumping of Nigeria’s Super […]
Equatorial Guinea’s president dissolves government, PM Powers
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema dissolved his government, the powers of the prime minister and his three deputies, a decree read out on state […]
South Africa: 955 mine workers trapped underground, rescued
Some 955 miners, trapped underground since Wednesday at the premises of Sibanye-Stillwater’s Beatrix gold mine in South Africa, have been brought to the surface, the […]