World / Africa

A waste mountain to climb: Can Africa make plastic recycling pay? 10 Oct 2018 - 10:06 am

YAOUNDE: Prince Djabea, 15, stamps on a plastic bottle as if squashing a cockroach, then using the heel of his other foot, flicks...

More than 40 dead in Kenya bus accident 10 Oct 2018 - 08:56 am

Nairobi, More than 40 people have been killed in a bus accident in western Kenya early Wednesday, police said. "Reports reaching me are...

Ivory Coast says nearly 400 tonnes of fake drugs seized in two years 09 Oct 2018 - 03:53 pm

Abidjan: Nearly 400 tonnes of fake medicines have been seized over two years in Ivory Coast, whose main city Abidjan is a West...

Cameroon opposition contender claims poll win 08 Oct 2018 - 06:05 pm

Yaoundé: A leading opposition challenger to President Paul Biya claimed victory on Monday following Cameroon's presidential polls despite a government warning not to...

Cameroon votes amid violence, threats from separatists 07 Oct 2018 - 04:19 pm

YAOUNDE, Cameroon: Thousands headed to the polls in Cameroon Sunday for an election that will likely see Africa's oldest leader win another term...

Gabon votes for first time since violence-marred 2016 election 06 Oct 2018 - 05:32 pm

Libreville: Oil-rich Gabon, ruled by the same political dynasty for nearly half a century, voted Saturday in long-delayed legislative and municipal polls, the...

50 killed, 100 burnt in oil tanker road crash in DR Congo: official 06 Oct 2018 - 03:53 pm

Kinshasa, Oct 6, 2018 (AFP) - About 50 people died and 100 were burnt on Saturday after an oil tanker collided with a...

Melania Trump feeds elephants in Kenya, drawing contrast with stepsons 06 Oct 2018 - 12:31 am

First lady Melania Trump played with orphaned elephants in Kenya on Friday, providing a contrast with her stepson, Donald Trump Jr., who was...

UN peacekeeper held over alleged sex abuse of minors 05 Oct 2018 - 10:27 pm

Libreville: The United Nations has detained one of its peacekeepers suspected of sexually abusing minors in the Central African Republic (CAR), the UN's...

Africa bets on technology to lure youth to farming 04 Oct 2018 - 10:01 pm

RULINDO, Rwanda: Since Marie Chantal Akingeneye lost her only cow to an unknown illness, she has no source for manure for her fruits...

Melania Trump visits school in Malawi, part of Africa tour 04 Oct 2018 - 04:00 pm

LILONGWE, Malawi: Melania Trump has visited a school in Malawi, the second stop on a five-day goodwill visit to Africa. The U.S. first...

Melania Trump tours former slavery outpost 03 Oct 2018 - 02:25 pm

Cape Coast, Ghana: US First Lady Melania Trump visited a former slave trading fort in Ghana on Wednesday, the second day of her...

Melania Trump visits ex-slave holding facility in Ghana 03 Oct 2018 - 01:23 pm

CAPE COAST, Ghana: Melania Trump is visiting a former slave holding facility on the coast of Ghana on the second day of her...

60 migrants feared drowned in Guinea-Bissau capsize 03 Oct 2018 - 10:25 am

Bissau, A small boat carrying migrants has capsized off Guinea-Bissau, a port official said, adding that the vessel may have had more than...

Melania Trump arrives in Ghana, 1st stop on Africa tour 02 Oct 2018 - 02:31 pm

ACCRA, Ghana: Melania Trump has arrived in Ghana to open her first major solo international trip as U.S. first lady. She landed in...

Nigeria's Buhari promises 2019 elections will be fair after regional vote criticised 01 Oct 2018 - 04:24 pm

ABUJA: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari sought to reassure voters that next year's elections would be free and fair on Monday after the opposition...

Boko Haram has been repelled, Cameroon's leader declares 30 Sep 2018 - 12:34 pm

YAOUNDE, Cameroon: Cameroon's president says Boko Haram has been defeated in the country, the first such announcement since he declared war on the...

Nigerian women's minister becomes second cabinet member to resign this month 29 Sep 2018 - 02:00 pm

ABUJA: Nigeria's women's affairs minister submitted her resignation in a letter to the president on Saturday, becoming the second cabinet member to step...