The World Bank has proved an additional credit of 75 million U.S. dollars to improve the livelihoods and resilience of pastoralists in the Horn of Africa.
A United Nations envoy on Thursday called on African Union (AU) and member countries to come up with more efforts that would completely defeat Ebola disease which continues to kill thousands of people in West Africa.
Africa, for long relying on export of raw minerals, is pushing for local beneficiation of its minerals for greater economic benefit, Zimbabwean mines minister Walter Chidhakwa said Monday.
Top UN officials said much remains to be done to ensure an integrated and peaceful Africa, where many African countries and communities have made great progress in peace and security, human rights, good governance and the rule of law, as a series of high-level panel discussions and events, informally known as "Africa Week," kicked off at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday.
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on Monday launched a new range of African currency futures which track the exchange rates in selected countries.
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on Monday launched a new range of African currency futures which track the exchange rates in selected countries.
South Africans on Saturday joined a global march to raise awareness for the protection of elephants, rhinos and lions.
Kenya will join Uganda and Rwanda to launch the East Africa Visa during this year's Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) Tourism Expo to be held later this week, tourism marketers said on Monday.
The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned Tuesday that the window of opportunity for curbing the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is closing rapidly and called for "an overwhelming response " to bring the unprecedented epidemic under control.
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Recognizing that there were other equally qualified South Africans who were capable of doing what Mandela was doing, he relinquished power after just one-term in office.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang started an Africa tour on Sunday with his arrival in Ethiopia, where he will also visit the headquarters of the African Union (AU).
Nearly 2,000 people attended a memorial service held on Monday in the Westminster Abbey in London, to remember and thank the world-renowned statesman Nelson Mandela.
The Mandela movie "Long Walk to Freedom" is now the highest financial earner in the history of South African movies, the producer Anant Singh said on Tuesday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Ethiopia, Djibouti, Ghana and Senegal from Jan. 6 to 11, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a daily press briefing here on Thursday.
World leaders and tens of thousands of South Africans on Tuesday gathered in rain at a stadium in South Africa's Johannesburg to honor former South African President Nelson Mandela.
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