Pretoria: The African Union (AU) opened its annual summit here on Sunday with focus on issues concerning women empowerment and the continent's long-term development.The summit is being held under the theme, "Year of Women empowerment
“If you haven't heard jazz yet you ain't heard nothing yet,” this is how a jazz lover would probably boast about his music sense.Art Blakey, author, once exclaimed, “Jazz washes away the dust of everyday
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Al-Shabab militants blasted their way into a Mogadishu hotel on Friday and took up positions inside, killing at least nine people and exchanging fire with security forces seeking to recapture the facility, a
United Nations: At least 50 Ebola hotspots remain in the three hardest-hit West African countries but new cases are declining and the deadly disease will be defeated, the U.N.'s Ebola chief said Thursday.The latest report
Washington: A newly discovered 'super mosquito' has the ability to survive the insecticides used to treat bed nets which are key to preventing the spread of malaria in humans, scientists say.Interbreeding of two malaria mosquito
Abuja: Two female suicide bombers were behind twin explosions which claimed dozens of lives at a market place in Nigeria's Kano state Wednesday, police said.The young girls, wearing hijab, carried out the attack by detonating
Madrid: Several thousand people demonstrated in Madrid today in support of independence for the disputed territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony in northwestern Africa.About 3,000 protesters marched from Atocha railway station to the
Monrovio: Liberians began fasting and prayers Wednesday for redemption from the curse of Ebola, that has gripped them. They will continue with the rituals for three days. So far this epidemic has killed 2,705 people
London: Wealthy countries were slow to tackle the Ebola epidemic as it began in Africa, former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan has said in tough criticism of the response to the crisis."I am bitterly
Berlin: Germany has appointed a special envoy to coordinate the aid efforts taken by the government to fight Ebola in Africa.Walter Lindner, former regional adviser for African affairs, has been named as the new envoy
United Nations: An advance team of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) has arrived in Ghana's capital Accra to set up the operation's headquarters, a UN spokesman said on Monday.Another advance team
London: The first British person to contract Ebola in Africa is to return to the country where he was infected in order to help others fight the disease.William Pooley was treated in a special isolation
New Delhi: State broadcaster Doordarshan's international channel is all set to become available to viewers in Europe, Africa and even Australia after Prasar Bharati yesterday entered into an agreement in that regard with German public
Washington: US President Barack Obama has ordered compulsory screening of all the African delegates arriving in Washington for a summit for Ebola virus symptoms.The issue of Ebola "is something that we take very seriously", Xinhua
Addis Ababa: President Macky Sall of Senegal will host a summit on financing Africa's infrastructure from June 14-15 in Dakar, announced the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Friday.The event aims to promote the participation
Abuja (Nigeria): The 2014 World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa wrapped up here in the Nigerian capital, attracting investment worth more than 68 billion U.S. dollars.The forum started Wednesday and ended Friday.“The funds are targeted
New Delhi:Bharti Entreprises' founder and chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal will co-chair the World Economic Forum on Africa beginning Wednesday in Nigerian capital Abuja. The Forum will focus on sustainable healthcare and service delivery.The event is
Johannesburg: An international logistics group has said growth in Africa's financial services sector is providing great opportunities to drive the continent's economic growth and development.In a report released here Friday, DHL Express Sub-Saharan (SSA) director
New Delhi: Reports suggest that social networking giant Facebook is in negotiations to buy a drone manufacturer with the aim of using its high-altitude autonomous aircraft to beam internet connections to isolated communities in Africa.Facebook
New Delhi: Kolmanskop in Namibia was founded in 1908 when a railway worker, Zacharias Lewala discovered a diamond in this place and showed it to his supervisor, who then got the gem tested and approved.After
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