Protestors thronged the Sudanese capital Khartoum Thursday to mark one week since the army ousted president Omar al-Bashir, determined to complete their revolution seeking civilian rule. On April 11, the army brought Bashir's three-decade rule to an end as tens of thousands of protesters camped outside the military headquarters in central Kharto ...

Marrakesh, Morocco, April 17, 2019 (ECA) - Addressing inequalities across all sectors in Africa necessitates that the continent eliminates disparities in access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and the attendant consequences of lack of access - unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortion, maternal deaths - and gender-based violence, in ...

African leaders have switched tactics to prevent news from circulating by putting economic pressure on journalists, usually through an exorbitant tax or inflated media accreditation charges, according to media watchdog Reporters Without Borders' 2019 report on press freedom in sub-Saharan Africa. Political leaders are being quite innovative an ...

A large portrait of a bright-eyed young woman draped in a black graduation robe looms over a spotless, tiled lounge in Protea Glen, a suburb of Johannesburg 39;s Soweto township. It is a constant and gnawing reminder of potential that has gone unrealised for 10 years. It 39;s like you go to school, you go to school... and then ...

When we arrived here, there were TV crews and photographers, but now nobody comes, said Abdallah, amazed to see a journalist turn up at his Sudanese refugee camp in Chad. He fled over the border from Sudan 39;s western Darfur region in 2004, a year after the armed forces and their allies, the Janjaweed horseback militia, began the ...

Sudan on Thursday marks one week since the army ousted president Omar al-Bashir after protests against his 30-year rule, but the revolution remains unfinished as demonstrators campaign against their new military leaders. On April 11, the army removed Bashir as tens of thousands of protesters camped outside its headquarters in centr ...

Hatred of journalists whipped up by populist and authoritarian leaders is degenerating into violence across the world, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned Thursday. And the number of countries where journalists can work safely is plummeting, its annual World Press Freedom Index revealed. Political leaders 39; h ...

Ivanka Trump, daughter of the US president, unveiled Wednesday $2.0 million in aid for women working in Ivory Coast's key cocoa sector. Trump visited a cocoa plantation in Adzope, north of Abidjan, before taking part in the first West African summit on female entrepreneurship in the country's economic capital. Ivory Coast is the world's lead ...

Abolishing the myriad of obstacles for African women to become entrepreneurs must be a priority on a continent where poverty continues to grow, World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva said Tuesday. What we know is that women in Africa are more likely to be entrepreneurs but they face more obstacles than men to create and run their businesses, she ...

Marrakech, 16 April (ECA)-Access to finance by women in Africa is critical if the continent is to attain the sustainable development goals, Economic Commission for Africa rsquo;s (ECA) Deputy Executive Secretary, Giovanie Biha said Tuesday. Speaking at an event to discuss the African Women Leadership Fund (AWLF) in Marrakesh, Morocco ...

Moussa Marega 39;s path to the top in football bears little resemblance to the career enjoyed by Thierry Henry, but the FC Porto striker does share something in common with the France legend. We are from the same town. We were both born in Les Ulis in the Paris suburbs, Marega told UEFA.com. He was my first idol. He is also a strike ...

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on financiers with bases in Belgium, Kenya and Turkey on charges they funneled money internationally for the Islamic State extremist group. The Treasury Department said it had pinpointed successors to Fawaz Muhammad Jubayr al-Rawi, who was killed in a US-led coalition air strike in Syria in 2017 afte ...

Measles cases rose 300 percent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year, the UN said Monday, as concern grows over the impact of anti-vaccination stigma. Measles, which is highly contagious, can be entirely prevented through a two-dose vaccine, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has in rece ...

Legendary Sound engineer, Zapp Mallet has revealed that he has been disqualified by the selection committee of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) from contesting in the Union 39;s upcoming national elections. The Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) will be going to the polls on June 26, 2019, as the term of office of its current president Bice ...

A hobby is an activity that you do just for fun and at your own leisure time. It may be singing, dancing, drawing, speaking or any other creative activity that you perform with little or no efforts. While there are folks out there that have leveraged on their hobby or talent to earn a living and become popular, others see their hobby as just a h ...

Ghanaian actress and movie producer Ama K. Abebrese has bemoaned local film producers and directors to concentrate on making quality movies in order to sell the country to the international market. The production of substandard films in the country indeed became a common practice few years ago that triggered the debate from movie lovers bla ...

An Italian man and his Canadian companion abducted last December in Burkina Faso are alive but may have been moved to another country, a Burkinabe government spokesman said. An Italian missionary abucted last September in Niger meanwhile may since have been briefly held in Burkina Faso, the spokesman added. Burkina Faso's government spokesman ...

WASHINGTON D.C., 12 April 2019 On the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Spring meetings, Canada announced a $1.1 billion commitment in temporary callable capital to support the African Development Bank. Canada s announcement, to be approved by the Bank s governors, was made by Maryam Monsef, the Canadian Minister of International Developm ...

Five Africa Cup of Nations facts after draw for 2019 tournament was made in Cairo Friday: -- Egypt will be hosts for a record fifth time. They previously staged the Cup of Nations in 1959, 1974, 1986 and 2006, winning three of those four tournaments and finishing third in the other. -- Only three countries, hosts Sudan, Egypt and Ethiop ...

Clashes erupted in Algiers on Friday as protestors tossed back tear gas grenades and attacked police vehicles after a huge demonstration demanding the departure of figures close to ousted leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika, AFP journalists said. For the eighth Friday in a row, vast crowds marched through the Algerian capital pressing demands for B ...