Democratic Republic of Congo ex-president Joseph Kabila, who yielded power to Felix Tshisekedi after December elections, moved Wednesday to assert his political clout, making the leaders of his FCC coalition sign a loyalty pledge. Kabila 39;s Common Front For Congo remains the strongest force in parliament, garnering an overwhelming majori ...

Entebbe, Uganda, 16 February 2018 ndash; In a meeting held on the 14-15 February in Entebbe, Uganda, members of the Climate Research for Development (CR4D) Institutional Collaboration Platform (ICP) unanimously adopted the CR4D five-year strategic plan. The participants further resolved to implement the strategy that emphasizes thr ...

A small seafood eatery two hours from Cape Town up the Atlantic coast has been awarded the prestigious title of Best Restaurant in the World by judges from 37 countries at the inaugural World Restaurant Awards in Paris. Wolfgat, named after the geological and archaeological caves in the fishing village of Paternoster, also won an award for ...

Photographers for Agence France-Presse received four nominations Wednesday in the 2019 World Press Photo of the Year Award, with the winners to be announced at a gala event in April. Kinshasa-based photographer John Wessels received two nominations in the General News-Stories category including for a series of pictures taken during an Ebola ...

A French Senate commission on Wednesday demanded an investigation of three close aides to President Emmanuel Macron after finding major flaws in the government 39;s handling of a scandal involving an ex-bodyguard. The senators accused the three aides, including Macron 39;s chief of staff, of contradictions in their testimony over the sc ...

Black History Month is in full swing in Bordeaux, where throughout February the city, more renowned for its wine than slavery past, takes the lead in celebrating black achievement and resilience. It is part an effort to grapple with the roots of the wealth of the city, which was France 39;s second largest port of the African slave trade. T ...

More than half of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa have anti-homosexuality laws, although others have moved towards legal tolerance, watchdogs say. Twenty-eight out of 49 countries have laws penalising same-sex relationships, according to Neela Ghoshal, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) specialist in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender righ ...