Bashir Saleh Bashir, former chief of staff and reputed "banker" to the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was shot in Johannesburg and the incident has again raised questions ... Read more »
The Botswana govt says President Joseph Kabila's refusal to hold long overdue elections is driving deadly violence and a growing humanitarian emergency in the country. Read more »
The U.S. treasury has included Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, a factional leader of Boko Haram, on its sanctions list for global terrorism. Al-Barnawi's group is suspected of being behind ... Read more »
Rwandan filmmaker Samuel Ishimwe took home the Silver Bear Jury Prize in the short film category for his film, Imfura, at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival. Imfura ... Read more »
In China, criticism of the CCTV African skit on social media has been censored. This is not surprising, given that, every year, Chinese censors work hard to erase negative comments ... Read more »
A new report from the UN Children's Fund says five of the 10 most dangerous countries in which to be born are in West and Central Africa, where babies are 50 times more likely to ... Read more »
Ugandan-born Oxfam International Executive Director Winnie Byanyima has appeared before the UK Parliament's International Development Committee, where she said her priority now was ... Read more »
A 'racist' comedy sketch on China's most popular Lunar New Year TV show has sparked worldwide outrage for appropriating African culture and using blackface. Viewers in China ... Read more »
The World Health Organization has established a commission to help accelerate progress in tackling non-communicable diseases, primarily cardiovascular disease, cancers, diabetes ... Read more »
More than 15 million people between the ages of 30 and 70 die from heart and lung diseases, cancer, and diabetes annually, according to the World Health Organisation . The major ... Read more »
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