More than 4,000 prisoners serving time for minor crimes in Ivory Coast are to receive a presidential pardon, the government said following a cabinet meeting Wednesday. A statement said 4,200 prisoners of a total 19,000 nationwide would received pardons as an act of clemency, and that, while their crimes would not be expunged from their records ...

Solar energy could be a huge source of power in Africa, but its potential has been stymied by storage batteries that are too expensive and inadequate for use in poor countries. The World Bank aims to break through that bottleneck, announcing plans Wednesday to invest $1 billion -- and leverage it by another $4 billion -- to boost developing coun ...

Madagascar's government faced a backlash on Wednesday after it moved to have the publication of an opinion poll ahead of presidential elections cancelled, claiming it was protecting public order . The survey, commissioned by the German Friedrich Ebert foundation, canvassed voting intentions ahead of the first round of presidential voting on Nov ...

Scientists in the US said Wednesday they have discovered a way to suppress HIV in patients for months at a time using a twin dose of antibodies that could revolutionise how the disease is treated. Globally, a record number of people receive antiretroviral drugs to manage HIV, but they must follow strict medical regimes to stay healthy, typically ...

US First Lady Melania Trump on Wednesday announced that she would visit Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt on her first major international solo trip to promote child welfare and education. Trump, 48, made the announcement at a reception welcoming spouses of visiting heads of state and other foreign delegations on the sidelines of the UN General Ass ...

After more than a century of conflicting evidence, Anglo-French animosity and a H.G. Wells novella involving murder most fowl, scientists said Wednesday they have finally solved the riddle of the world's largest bird. For 60 million years the colossal, flightless elephant bird -- Aepyornis maximus -- stalked the savannah and rainforests of Madag ...

CAPE TOWN, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) - Thousands went to the streets here in the South African capital on Tuesday morning to voice their anger over rising crime and high unemployment. Protests took place in several communities hit hard by crimes and unemployment. The mass rally was largely peaceful, except at one location where protesters scuf ...

NAIROBI, Sept. 25, (Xinhua) - China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) has drilled the longest railway tunnel in East Africa, the company said Monday. The tunnel is part of phase 2A of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) that runs from the Kenyan Capital city of Nairobi to Naivasha town. An Aijun, general manager of SGR project head offi ...

In Ivory Coast, cocoa once guaranteed farmers a sweet life. Then the world's number one producer was whacked, as oversupply and falling demand from health-conscious consumers hit prices. But some producers proudly say they are not only weathering the cocoa storm but even flourishing. The thanks, they say, are due to fair-trade deals that d ...

When asked to name a long-running war somewhere the world, many people are likely to point to notorious hotspots such as Afghanistan or Syria. How many would name Kivu? Yet this conflict in the heart of Africa ranks among the longest, bloodiest and potentially most dangerous wars in recent history. Fighting in Kivu, a region in the east of ...

The West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR), a renowned community radio station based in Dakar, Senegal, has organized a training programme for some radio journalists in Ghana. The two-day programme aimed at equipping selected radio journalists with professional production techniques in curbing irregular migration with radio reporting. Starting on ...