German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Czech premier Andrej Babis agreed Friday to focus on economic development in Africa to try to slow migration into the European Union. We are both convinced that we must achieve a win-win situation where the economic development of African countries will be possible and will give local young people reasons to ...

Niger has launched a mass polio vaccination campaign targeting more than three million children under five after new cases were detected, an official said Friday. The programme kicked off Thursday in the regions of Zinder, Maradi, Agadez and Diffa, said Rabi Souley, who is in charge of the programme. The mass vaccination come 12 years after t ...

Africa is being increasingly targeted by hackers and must invest in cyber security, industry leaders said at the third Africa Cyber Security Conference closing Friday in Ivory Coast. Although Africa is not a prime target, cyber threats have no more borders and data pirates attack anything that moves , said Michel Bobillier, a leader of IBM's ...