The Democratic Republic of Congo wants special economic zones for its growing mining industry to encourage companies who export raw materials to transform them into finished products locally, president Kabila said this week at a mining conference. We need to establish special economic zones for the final users of Congolese natural resources , p ...

Dressed as zombies, superheroes, villainous ogres and masked angels, thousands of fans flocked to Africa's first Comic Con on Friday for the start of the three-day event outside Johannesburg. Tickets for the comic, animation and gaming convention were sold out before the gates opened, with 18,000 people expected on each day, and organisers appea ...

The UN warned Friday that shelling and air strikes in Yemen's Hodeida province have targeted humanitarian workers and infrastructure, threatening its ability to feed 3.5 million very hungry people. The World Food Programme (WFP) said it was extremely concerned about the series of security incidents in Hodeida city these past few days in and a ...

Ugandan navy speedboats sliced through murky Lake Edward towards a fleet of wooden canoes carrying illegal fishermen from the Democratic Republic of Congo, hightailing it back to their own waters. Stop the boat, hands up, surrender any weapons, yelled Lieutenant Deogratius Kato as the soldiers surrounded a motorised canoe after a 20-minute cha ...

Mauritius rsquo; forward-thinking and nimble policies have resulted in the island nation riding the wave to the centre of investment and development in Africa. Firmly established as Africa rsquo;s most progressive business orientated jurisdiction, Mauritius rsquo; forward-thinking and nimble policies have resulted in the island nation riding the ...

Wearing a black Hate Hero T-shirt, a large pair of headphones clamped over his ears, the young singer croons into a microphone at a simple recording studio inside a prison in Burkina Faso. Known as Johnyto, the 25-year-old is serving two years for being an accomplice to robbery at an overcrowded prison known for its abysmal conditions in Bobo- ...