Police in Guinea surrounded the home of the country's main opposition leader, Cellou Dalein Diallo, on Tuesday preventing him from joining a new anti-government protest in the capital Conakry. At least five of Diallo's supporters were injured Tuesday in clashes near his home with police armed with clubs, shields and grenade launchers, an AFP cor ...

China on Tuesday defended its controversial decision to ease a 25-year ban on trading tiger bones and rhinoceros horns after conservationists warned that the government had effectively signed a death warrant for the endangered species. The State Council, China's cabinet, unexpectedly announced on Monday that it would allow the sale of rhino an ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday urged companies to take a closer look at Africa's huge economic opportunities, as Germany hopes that development of the continent will help curb illegal migration to Europe. For many years we have been very focused on Asia. I think that in future we should turn our sights more on Africa, Merkel said at an ...

With winter knocking at the door, Bosnia is racing to avert a humanitarian crisis for thousands of EU-bound migrants crossing its mountainous terrain and sleeping without proper shelter as temperatures drop. The poor Balkan state has become a well-trodden stop on the new route to the European Union for migrants escaping war and poverty in Asia, ...

If I was to vote, I would definitely vote for the rubbish bins because at least they feed us, scoffed Claudine Rajaonarison. She had been scouring the streets of Antananarivo since 4:00 am for plastic to sell. Rajaonarison, a 35-year-old mother of three, said she will not be voting for Madagascar's next president in the November 7 poll. Not ...

A female suicide bomber injured 20 people on a busy street in the centre of the Tunisian capital on Monday, authorities said, after a three-year break in attacks in the city. It's a tragedy, said Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, during a visit to the German capital Berlin. We thought we had eradicated terrorism ...(but it) is still in ...

A woman suicide bomber blew herself up Monday near police vehicles in the centre of the Tunisian capital, injuring nine people, the interior ministry said. Ministry spokesman Sofiene Zaag told AFP that all but one of the casualties were police, after a strong explosion Monday rattled the main Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis. Ambulances arrive ...

A dead city strike call by the opposition in Guinea largely emptied the streets of the capital Conakry on Monday, with no solution in sight to a pay dispute in the education sector. Streets were deserted in some parts of the West African city, while traffic was jammed in other areas where all drivers were being diverted, an AFP correspondent s ...

Activists in Equatorial Guinea alleged Monday that plainclothes security forces snatched and beat up the head of their human rights and development organisation at the weekend. Alfredo Okenve was sequestered... (and) mistreated by security forces wearing civilian clothes , the Centre for Studies and Initiatives for the Development of Equatorial ...

Security fears and a lack of jobs in African nations have hampered gains in governance across the diverse continent over the last decade, a study said Monday, warning that some promising nations had lost momentum . The annual Ibrahim Index of African Governance, which is watched closely by the continent's governments, also pointed to a deterior ...

The killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inthe Saudi consulate in Istanbul has sent shockwaves across the world. Khashoggi's case has resonated with journalists in Africa, who face challenges reporting freely. I come from a country, which is renowned to be a place where journalists are killed with impunity, says Omar Faruk Osman, Secret ...

Central African Republic's ex-Seleka rebels on Saturday gave government officials in areas under their control 48 hours to leave. The ultimatum came a day after the sacking of the National Assembly president which the rebels say was illegal. The state representatives posted in the zones occupied by the armed groups of the ex-Seleka have 48 h ...

King Mswati III of eSwatini on Saturday named a political novice as prime minister of the former Swaziland, to replace Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini who died last month. The new PM is Mandvulo Ambrose Dlamimi, national head of Africa's leading mobile operator MTN. Mswati, one of the world's last absolute rulers, has 14 wives, more than 25 childre ...

Namibia has scrapped a rule allowing only companies partly owned by black Namibians to apply for mining licences, mines minister Tom Alweendo told AFP on Saturday. The southern African country produces diamonds, uranium and other mineral resources, but a three-year recession has pushed the government into relaxing the rules in the hope of attrac ...

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 ...

The mayor of Mogadishu on Thursday ordered bars, restaurants and hotels along the city's Lido beachfront to close at midnight after complaints from religious leaders. In response to several complaints from society, notably religious leaders, the administration orders restaurants and hotels along the Lido beach to close after midnight, Mayor Ab ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition parties agreed on Thursday to name a single unity candidate by mid-November to run against President Joseph Kabila's choice in December elections. Tensions are running high before the long-delayed December 23 vote to chose a successor to Kabila, who bowed to international pressure this year to step a ...

A portrait made by algorithm smashed new boundaries Thursday, selling for $432,500 and becoming the first piece of Artificial Intelligence art sold at a major auction house, Christie's said. At first glance, Edmond de Belamy, the portrait of a gentleman dressed in black and framed in gold, could be any standard portrait from the 18th or 19th c ...