At least 30 people were killed and 83 injured Thursday as fierce fighting continued between government forces backed by African Union peacekeeping troops and Islamist insurgents in the Somalian...

The visiting African Union delegation on Thursday called on Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor in the national...

Drogba scored five goals as Ivory Coast qualified for the 2010 World Cup and scored for Chelsea in the FA Cup final. Chelsea team-mate and Michael Essien and Cameroon forward Samuel Eto'o were...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma said the African National Congress would not silence the outspoken leader of the ruling party's youth wing despite his controversial...

TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK, Kenya — Tracking the wounded elephant to its death bed was easy for the ranger. Hit by a poison arrow, the huge mammal could only drag its hind leg, creating a wide...

John Nyashanu; Zimbabwe Efforts are underway in Zimbabwe to bring higher education back on track after a decade on the downward trend. Government today initiated a partnership program, calling on...

Danish headquartered mineral processing goroup, FLSmidth, has received a contract from Angolan Fabrica De Cimento Do Kwanza-Sul S.A. (FCKS) for operation and maintenance of their 4,200 tonnes per day...

A former Kent teacher travelling around the African continent on a motorbike has survived an encounter with armed bandits on the Kenya/Tanzania border.Spencer Conway, 42, from Biddenden, set off on...

(Reuters) - South Africa is still waiting for a 2.9 billion rand repayment from European planemaker Airbus, which has not acknowledged a cancelled deal, a minister said on...

(Reuters) - South Africa expects the United States to abstain from voting on its disputed loan application of $3.75 billion from the World Bank, on which a decision is likely in early April, a...

March 12, 2010By Zane Henry I promise: this is the last bit of serious, hand-wringing pontification on the state of the arts in my column for a while. Next week I'll write about Lulu Xingwana's...

Sudan government leaders in international law, security and other affairs of state as the region prepares for a 2011 independence referendum, university officials said. The first 16 Southern Sudanese...

Abuja — Former Head of Interim National Government (ING), Chief Ernest Shonekan has said that the recurring violence in Jos in Plateau State was more economic in nature than the ethnic and...

Johannesburg — COAL mining and exploration company Optimum Coal yesterday announced plans to list on the JSE at the end of the month. It expects to raise about R1,6bn in the initial public...

Johannesburg — MTN Group will invest about 200m (R1,5bn) in submarine cables to increase its bandwidth capacity for its Africa and Middle East operations. MTN has so far invested 85m in...

Johannesburg — PETROCHEMICALS group Sasol yesterday formally launched a R8,4bn wax expansion programme that, when complete, will double the production of hard wax in SA. The project was among...

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised Zambia for the way it managed the economy during the global financial crisis which resulted in the country recording positive growth. Managing...

Johannesburg — BASIL Read chief financial officer Donny Gouveia said yesterday the construction company was "cautious about the amount of work coming from government" this year, despite public...

Johannesburg — GENERAL Electric (GE) Healthcare was set to double its investments in SA through a "three-year plan", president Richard di Benedetto said this week, as it looks to step up talks...

Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has set in motion the process to reform Nigeria's electoral system which would lead to the conduct of elections that would usher in the next administration in...

Abuja — In order for Africa to be liberated from hunger and unemployment among its youths, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) yesterday advised the continent to...

editorial IT is not often that the fastidious International Monetary Fund (IMF) sings praises of African economies. But the admission yesterday by visiting IMF managing director Dominique...

For quite some time, dogs have been one of the main tools used to detect land mines. However recently, there is a new animal that is proving to be just as useful in sniffing out landmines and other...

Increased measures aimed at reducing HIV transmission from mother to child by 2015 have been put in place throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and with bold and life changing policies set to come into...

On 8 March 2010, 600 members of Women and Men of Zimbabwe (WOZA) gathered in the city of Bulawayo to protest Minister of Education David Coltart and his stance against banning parents' incentives for...

By press time most bookmakers tipped him favourite. Cameroon's prolific goal fetcher, Samuel Eto'o is favourite for the prestigious African best player award for a record fourth time. Eto'o was in...

Lagos — Cocoa intake has been described as potent medicine for stroke, breast cancer and cardiovascular disease. The commodity has also been scientifically proved to enhance blood circulation...

Fierce clashes between Somali rebels and government forces resumed early Thursday in different parts of restive Mogadishu as death toll from previous fighting rises to 30. Witnesses said rebel...

Lagos — Ghana's tourism Minister, Mrs. Zita Okaikoi, has called on Africans to take advantage of the upcoming South Africa 2010 to harness the tourism potentials on the continent. According to...

Harare — Industry and Commerce Minister Professor Welshman Ncube will today launch Zimbabwe's participation at the Expo 2010 Shanghai, China for the business community in Matabeleland. The...

Lagos — Ivorian international Didier Drogba, was last night named the winner of the Glo-African Footballer of the year award for the year 2009 at an impressive ceremony that was staged in...

Harare — The inaugural Fin360 Foreign Direct Investment Forum that will bring together 120 business executives begins on Tuesday next week. The business executives comprise investment...

Minister of Information and Communications Professor Dora Akunyili has blamed the high rate of death amongst journalists on stress that they undergo Mondays through Sundays and insufficient salaries....

Yola — The Chairman of Yola North Local Government in Adamawa State Alh. Muhammadu Ibrahim Attah -Baba Ami was yesterday held hostage by aggrieved workers over non-payment of their four months...

Lagos — The Gambia Tourism Authority (GTA), in collaboration with the Gambia Hotel Association (GHA, is preparing for the forthcoming 35th Annual Congress of the Africa Travel Agency (ATA) to...

In a news conference in Yaounde yesterday, the association's president, Ahmed Bachir Diop, assured that all was ready for the three-day reflection on African...

analysis Lagos — Getting rid of the incentives for military take-overs on our continent is, if you ask me, something both the ECOWAS regional grouping and the pan-African organization, called...

New Delhi, March 12, IRNA -- Traditional partners India and Africa will be once again reaffirming their commitment to work in unison toward the development of their economies and to strengthen the...

A South African university is training Southern Sudan government leaders in international law, security and other affairs of state as the region prepares for a 2011 independence referendum,...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHANNESBURG -- A South African university is training Southern Sudan government leaders in international law, security and other affairs of state as the region prepares for a...

( VOW.XE) said Friday it expects to boost exports of its Polo model this year and its plant will be the sole producer of the new Cross Polo unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A South African university is training Southern Sudan government leaders in international law, security and other affairs of state as the region prepares for a 2011 independence...

BOSASSO, 12 March 2010 (IRIN) - In an attempt to deal with a growing influx of migrants, authorities in Somalia's autonomous region of Puntland are adopting new measures to stop people from...