Benin: Local anti-malaria drug wins $100,000 award
A ground-breaking anti-malarial drug made by Dr Valentin Agon of Benin, has been awarded $100,000 at the 2016 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) in Gaborone, […]
Central African Republic
ICC: Ex-Congolese VP sentenced to 18 years in prison
Democratic Republic of Congo’s former Vice President, Jean-Pierre Bemba, was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 years in prison for alleged war crimes and crimes against […]
Fresh Violence in Chaotic CAR Kills Scores
At least 16 people were reportedly killed and twenty others injured in northern Central African Republic in an attack blamed on armed Fulani herdsmen and […]
CAR: Gov’t sets up anti-genocide commission
The beleaguered Central African Republic on Thursday launched a national committee for the prevention and punishment of crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and all […]
CAR President Declares Assets
President Faustin Archange Touadera of Central African Republic has declared his assets publicly as required by the new law in force in the country. According […]
CAR: French Troops to Help Train Local Forces
French president Francois Hollande on Thursday said that French military mission in the Central African Republic, will stay in the country to help train the […]
CAR: UN Peacekeeper from Morocco killed in LRA attack
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon presented on Monday condolences to Morocco following the death of a Moroccan peacekeeper, last Sunday in an attack by […]
CAR: Three High-Ranking Rivals in New Cabinet
Central African Republic’s newly elected president Faustin Archange Touadera on Tuesday unveiled his first cabinet following a peaceful presidential election held in February after years […]
CAR President Appoints New PM
The Central African Republic’s new president Faustin Archange Touadéra who took the oath of office last Wednesday in capital Bangui has named his former campaign […]
Central African Republic Calls on Morocco to Keep Its UN Blue Helmets
The government of Central African Republic has reached out to Morocco in a bid to convince the North African country to continue its UN peace […]