Sudanese demonstrators are expected to stage a million-strong march on Thursday to press for a civilian administration after talks with military rulers hit a snag. The two sides have agreed on forming a joint civilian-military council to run Sudan but are at odds over its composition. Protest leaders from the Alliance for Freedom and ...

Indian gender-row sprinter Dutee Chand on Thursday said Caster Semenya 39;s court defeat over testosterone rules was wrong , but backed the Olympic 800 metres champion to overcome the potentially far-reaching ruling. Chand, who fought and won a long battle over her own hyperandrogenism, or elevated levels of male sex hormones, said she fe ...

South African runner Caster Semenya on Wednesday lost her court challenge against IAAF rules forcing female athletes to regulate their testosterone levels, but judges voiced concern with the discriminatory regulations. The decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport means that women with elevated testosterone will have to take suppressive t ...

South Africa's Olympic athlete Caster Semenya on Wednesday said the decision by the Court of Arbitration to maintain IAAF rules forcing female athletes to regulate their testosterone levels will not hold her back. For a decade the IAAF has tried to slow me down, but this has actually made me stronger. The decision of the CAS will not hold me ba ...

Rumbling along the rutted roads of Ghana at the wheel of her giant truck, Abigail Asumadu-Amoah turns heads but keeps her focus. She is one of 21 drivers working for Ladybird Logistics, a company that claims to be the first company globally to employ only female drivers. In a tough industry dominated by men, the women are changing attitudes ...

Ghana on Tuesday rolled out the world's only proven malaria vaccine for infants as part of a landmark campaign against the deadly mosquito-borne disease, one week after Malawi became the first country to do so. Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, mainly in Africa, and it is hoped a vaccine will bring down the toll. Childr ...

Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue, best known for its racy covers of scantily clad bikini models, will feature for the first time a Muslim model wearing a hijab and burkini, the magazine said Monday. Somali-American model Halima Aden's rookie spread will be set in Kenya, where she was born in a refugee camp and lived until the age of se ...

After a synagogue shooting in the United States and a church attack in Burkina Faso, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the world is nearing a pivotal moment in the battle against hatred. As crime feeds on crime, and as vile views move from the fringes to the mainstream, I am profoundly concerned that we are nearing a pi ...

Gunmen killed four worshippers and a pastor in the first jihadist attack on a church in Burkina Faso, security and local sources said Monday. Sunday's attack took place in the small northern town of Silgadji near Djibo, the capital of Soum province, and two others were reported missing. Unidentified armed individuals have attacked the Protes ...

US sanctions on Iran, rising unrest in the Middle East and North Africa and oil price volatility are dragging regional economic growth, the International Monetary Fund said Monday. The IMF warned in a bi-annual economic outlook report that prospects for the region are clouded by elevated levels of uncertainty . Such uncertainty may increase ...

France 39;s bad boy rapper 39;Kaaris 39; had to stop a concert in Ivory Coast 39;s Abidjan Saturday after a near stampede. Police used truncheons and tear gas to contain crowd. A show by French-Ivorian rapper Kaaris in Abidjan had to be halted late Saturday after fans were injured during a crowd surge and subsequent violence, AFP repor ...

Two and a half years after French aid worker Sophie Petronin was kidnapped by armed jihadists in Mali, his son accuses the French Foreign Ministry of not doing enough to secure her release The son of an elderly French woman abducted in Mali has accuse ...

A show by French-Ivorian rapper Kaaris in Abidjan ended in violence as fans were injured while rushing towards the stage, AFP reporters said. Kaaris, wearing an orange jersey of the national Ivory Coast football team, was into the fourth song of his set at the Anoumabo festival of urban music (Femua) late on Saturday when fans knocked over ...

In the hilltop town of Ferrette near the border with Switzerland, few would expect to encounter Eritreans exploring the ruins of its medieval chateau or Chechens walking its steep narrow streets. But this tiny town in eastern France has opened its doors to asylum seekers who now represent some 10 percent of the population. As campaigning ente ...

'The Cell Door', drawn by late South African president Nelson Mandela during his 27-year imprisonment, will be auctioned at New York's Bonham's art gallery in May. A drawing by late South African leader Nelson Mandela of the door of his prison cell on Robben Island -- where he was held for 18 years -- will be put up for auction in early May in N ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday $64 billion in deals were signed at a summit on his Belt and Road Initiative and more nations would join the global infrastructure programme as he sought to ease concerns over the colossal project. Xi and 37 world leaders wrapped up a three-day forum in Beijing with pledges to ensure that projects in hi ...

Thousands of anti-government protesters have been camped outside the Sudan army headquarters in Khartoum for three weeks, staying put to demand civilian rule even after Omar al-Bashir quit power on April 11. The sit-in started on April 6 and has grown in size as pressure mounts against the military authorities in scenes reminiscent of other icon ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged dozens of world leaders on Saturday to reject protectionism and invited more countries to participate in his global infrastructure project after seeking to ease concerns surrounding the programme. Addressing 37 leaders from Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, Xi made a new pitch for his cherished Belt and R ...

A drawing by late South African leader Nelson Mandela of the door of his prison cell on Robben Island -- where he was held for 18 years -- will be put up for auction in early May in New York. Bonhams, which will host the sale on May 2, has put the value of The Cell Door, Robben Island -- completed in 2002 by the Nobel peace laureate -- at $60, ...

A quartet of in-form north African clubs, CS Sfaxien, Renaissance Berkane, Zamalek and Etoile Sahel, will contest the CAF Confederation Cup semi-final first legs on Sunday. All have impressed lately in the African equivalent of the UEFA Europa League, making predictions as to the likely outcomes in Sfax and Alexandria difficult. Record three- ...