Deadly Attack At Ivory Coast Resort
At least 16 people have been killed in a shooting at a hotel popular with Westerners in the Ivory Coast. Four Europeans were reportedly amongst...
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Mobile Game To Tackle Infant Mortality in Africa Turns To Crowdfunding
A team of doctors based in Oxford and Kenya launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £100,000 to develop a game to train healthcare workers on...
US election 2016: Super Tuesday For The Rise of Hillary Clinton
Candidates bidding for their party’s nomination in the US presidential election face their biggest test yet in the “Super Tuesday” primary polls. Eleven states cast...
Meet Nicholas Marino Cycling All Remote Africa And Asia
Pictures by Nicolas Marino Nicolas Marino. Documentary and landscape photographer currently on a long cycling journey around remote Asia and Africa. In this page, I...
Black History Month 2016: Your Guide to Events Around the Country
Ninety years ago, Carter G. Woodson founded Black History Week to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12) and Frederick Douglass (Feb. 14)....
Women’s Role In Economic Development
If you empower woman, you empower a nation. Women are the people who are educating the next generation and if we make sure that...
Mali, Ivory Coast Vie For Final Ticket
The target is, of course, the same when Mali and Ivory Coast line up against each other in the last semifinal clash at Stade Régional...
ECOWAS Common External Tariffs Will Not Be Suspended
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has ruled out any plans to suspend the implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariffs (CET). Chief Revenue Officer of...
Why An Egyptian Appeals Court Overturned 149 Death Sentences
The grounds for the appeals court ruling are still unclear, but the new trial will be held in a criminal court. By Bamzi Banchiri Amr...
AviaDev Africa – Ready For Take-off: A Unique Platform Bringing Together Airlines, Airports, Hotel And Hospitality Investors For The First Time
PRESS RELEASE Unique opportunity to connect aviation and hotel sectors KIGALI, Rwanda, February 3, 2016/ — AviaDev Africa (www.AviationDevelop.com), a unique platform bringing together...
Sanders Closes In on Clinton in Iowa Caucus. But Senators Aren’t Feeling The Bern.
With the Iowa presidential caucus kickoff hours away Monday, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton has only a slight edge — 4 percentage points — over Bernie...
Record High Price For Maize Crop in Malawi, Southern Africa
IN PHOTOS About 14 million people face hunger in southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern,...
Scientists Find a Lost Tribe of Lions in Ethiopia
Taylor Hill is an associate editor at TakePart covering environment and wildlife. So the discovery of a “lost population” of lions in a remote national...
Breedlove Foods Launches National Campaign To Feed Africa
Provided by Breedlove Foods Breedlove Foods, Inc., a Lubbock-based humanitarian relief organization, launched its national campaign “Breedlove for Africa: Spreading Hope One Meal at a...
$166-million UN-backed Humanitarian Appeal Barely 1 Per Cent Funded
Libya: $166-million UN-backed humanitarian appeal barely 1 per cent funded Humanitarian food assistance at the Zintan main food warehouse in the Nafusa Mountains, Libya. Photo:...
Nigeria Seeks Loans To Stem Ballooning Deficit As Oil Slump Continues
Africa’s biggest economy, Nigeria, is looking for $3.5-billion (U.S.) in low-interest loans from the World Bank and the African Development Bank as it struggles with...
Concerns Over Serena’s Future
Serena Williams’ preparations for the Australian Open were thrown into disarray last night when a persistent knee problem flared up again, forcing her to retire...
Pope Francis Visits Mosque In War-torn Central African Republic
The popemobile rolled into the center of this country’s civil war Monday, crossing the dangerous border between Christian and Muslim neighborhoods as Pope Francis launched...
I Will Turn Ghana Around – Edward Mahama
Presidential hopeful Dr Edward Mahama has said he is embarking on a crusade to turn Ghana around. The five-time flagbearer of the People’s National...
Congo To Hold Presidential Election on March 20, 2016
The Republic of Congo will hold early presidential elections in March, authorities said, after a new constitution removed barriers to President Denis Sassou Nguesso extending...