Persisting protests in Ferguson, Missouri, and a large number of other cities, serve as a sharp reminder of the deep social division in the United States along racial lines.
A cargo plane carrying the bodies of 74 South Africans, who were killed when a Nigerian church building collapsed in September, has arrived home.
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.
A major contemporary African art fair kicked off in London Thursday, with dozens of African artists seeking opportunities in Europe and beyond.
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on Monday launched a new range of African currency futures which track the exchange rates in selected countries.
Analysts on Monday welcomed the listing of the Zambian currency, the Kwacha, on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) but have cautioned that there is no need to overly be excited as this has nothing to do with the good performance of the local economy.
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on Monday launched a new range of African currency futures which track the exchange rates in selected countries.
Some 30 African police chiefs are scheduled to meet in Uganda on Oct. 2 over the formation of a continental police organization that will allow better networking and faster flow of information when dealing with criminality.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday met with Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, chairperson of the African Union Commission, and the two leaders vowed to enhance cooperation in peace and security.
The UN Security Council on Sunday condemned "in the strongest terms" an attack on a military vehicle in Mali, in which one Chadian UN peacekeeper was killed and four others injured.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday welcomed the transfer of authority early in the day from the African-led Mission to the UN peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic (CAR), saying that the move marks the beginning of the UN force's military and police action in the country
The South African government should lift the veil of secrecy around its involvement in Lesotho, the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Sunday.
The European Union has signed development programs with 21 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries for a total amount of 339 million euros (445 million U.S. dollars), an EU statement said on Tuesday.
The African Union (AU) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are working closely to address the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus which has killed more than 1, 000 people since earlier this year.
A French journalist was assassinated in the Central African Republic (CAR), French President Francois Hollande said in a statement on Tuesday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon, deeming the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) a " calamity", on Thursday called for a beefed up of "unified command" of African Union (AU), French and UN forces to halt deadly sectarian violence in the African country.
Morocco's authorities arrested on Monday 58 African migrants while they were trying to enter by force the Spanish enclave of Melilla from the Moroccan territories around it, official news agency MAP reported.
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