A senior UN official on Monday condemned the latest wave of violence in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), including the killing of a member of the National Transitional Council, and called for those responsible to be brought to account.
Australian mining company African Energy Resources announced plans Friday to explore power plant opportunities in Southern Africa.
France has no plans to send more troops to the Central African Republic (CAR) after Bangui's officials calls for additional foreign troops to restore order and stop sectarian violence in the country, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Thursday.
United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Monday the election of Catherine Samba-Panza as interim president of the Central African Republic ( CAR), calling it an opportunity to put the country's transition back on track.
Catherine Samba-Panza, mayor of Bangui, was elected as interim president of the Central African Republic (CAR) in a vote at the parliament on Monday.
China hopes the Central African Republic will have new interim leaders at an early date, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Monday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday headed for Middle East and Africa in a move to enhance economic cooperation with regional countries so as to secure Japan 's energy import and boost its exports.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon and the UN Security Council on Saturday strongly condemned a deadly attack in Mali, which killed two Senegalese peacekeepers and injured at least seven others and four Malian troops.
The African Union (AU), the South African Embassy and the Ethiopian government on Sunday held memorial services for the late anti-apartheid leader and former South African president, Nelson Mandela, at the AU headquarters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
Anidi Oghenetejiro Omoghene gets a buzz while flying through the air as he performs his acrobatic moves on stage in front of an audience.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday hailed the success of a peer review mechanism agreed among African leaders a decade ago, saying that it has not only fostered more principled leadership and constructive national dialogue, but opened up more space for citizens to participate in the decisions affecting them.
The Chinese government on Thursday issued a white paper on China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation, underlining latest achievements of the mutually-beneficial cooperation between China and African countries.
The Chinese government on Thursday issued a white paper on China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation, underlining latest achievements of the mutually-beneficial cooperation between China and African countries.
U.S. President Barack Obama will make remarks later this month at the ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the march best remembered for Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, said the White House on Wednesday.
The South African government on Thursday evening dismissed the report that Mandela is in a vegetative condition in hospital.
As U.S. President Barack Obama is set to visit South Africa next month, a South African delegation left for the U.S. on Wednesday to seek more investment.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's maiden foreign trip includes three African countries, Tanzania, South Africa and the Republic of Congo.
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