Mandela's tailor on mission to boost African fashion
Abidjan (AFP) – Ivorian-Burkinabe tailor Pathe’O can look back on a 50-year career that has seen him rise from... Read more
2 Jun, 2021
S. Africa's jobless rate hits new high
Pretoria (AFP) – South Africa’s unemployment rate climbed to its highest level on record in the first quarter, official... Read more
1 Jun, 2021
Over 90% in Ethiopia's Tigray need emergency food aid: UN
Geneva (AFP) – More than 90 percent of people in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region need emergency food aid, the... Read more
1 Jun, 2021
Life starts to return to DR Congo's evacuated volcano city
Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) – Streets in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma returned to life on Tuesday,... Read more
1 Jun, 2021
Ugandan minister hurt in assassination bid: govt
Kampala (AFP) – Uganda’s transport minister, who used to lead the armed forces, was shot Tuesday in an attack... Read more
1 Jun, 2021
Echoes of Mugabe as Zimbabwe president entrenches power
Harare (AFP) – In office since the military-led ouster of Robert Mugabe three-and-a-half years ago, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa... Read more
1 Jun, 2021
Nigeria police disperse protesters wounding one: activists
Abuja (AFP) – Nigerian police dispersed a crowd of protesters Monday in the capital Abuja, injuring one, according to... Read more
31 May, 2021
Somaliland votes in long overdue elections
Mogadishu (AFP) – Voters in the self-declared republic of Somaliland cast their ballots Monday in elections that authorities say... Read more
31 May, 2021
Chad accuses C.Africa army of killing six of its soldiers
N’Djamena (AFP) – Chad on Monday accused the Central African Republic (CAR) of killing six of its soldiers at... Read more
31 May, 2021
Climate talks resume online as pressure to act grows
Paris (AFP) – For the first time since 2019 and following a flurry of net-zero pledges from the world’s... Read more
31 May, 2021
