The event will showcase and celebrate diverse fashion talents and designs from Egypt, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, Morocco, and South Africa. Read more »
Leaders representing twenty-six African countries have signed an agreement to launch a free-trade zone spanning the length of the continent. Read more »
The theme of the African Union summit is likely to be eclipsed by pressing peace and security issues, while xenophobia, migration and terrorism will also be high on the agenda, ... Read more »
The AU meet presents an opportunity to consider how healthy oceans and the prosperity and security of people are intertwined, writes Timothy Walker for the Institute for Security ... Read more »
The new whistleblowing platform Afrileaks - a kind of Wikileaks for Africa - launched, giving journalists a secure, anonymous platform to leak confidential information ... Read more »
From governance to gender equality, competitiveness to security, there were few challenges to Africa's development which did not come in for intensive debate at this year's World ... Read more »
Africa can boost its capacity to generate power - and, as a result, economic growth and jobs - without precipitating catastrophic climate change, Kofi Annan has argued in an ... Read more »
According to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index, not only are 15 of the 20 least competitive countries in the world in Africa, they include economies which are ... Read more »
Two of the 10 most censored countries in the world are African, says the Committee to Protect Journalists. Eritrea is the worst in the world, behind even North Korea and Saudi ... Read more »
Albert Essien, Group CEO of Ecobank, has won the African Banker of the Year Award at the ninth edition of the African Banker Awards, hosted by African Banker magazine under the ... Read more »
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