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WILL MOROCCO ROAR OR NIGERIA WILL SOAR?
Road to CHAN 2018 final Will Morocco roar or Nigeria will soar?... READ MORE›
WHY GHANA'S NATURAL HAIR FASHION IS BAD FOR BUSINESS
Mrs Pappoe admits the difficulty with natural hair is the combing... READ MORE›
ZAMBIA, NAMIBIA INTO QUARTERS, FANCIED I. COAST ELIMINATED
Zambia and Namibia qualified for the quarter-finals of the CHAN 2018 at the expense of fancied Ivory Coast and the Uganda Cranes... READ MORE›
SOLDIERS ATTACK AND BURN MILITARY BASE IN IVORY COAST
Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa grower, emerged from a decade-long political crisis as a rising African economic star and a darling of international investors... READ MORE›
SOLDIERS LOOT ARMS, BURN MILITARY BASE IN IVORY COAST'S SECOND LARGEST
Soldiers loot arms, burn military base in Ivory Coast's second largest city... READ MORE›
HEAVY GUNFIRE AT MILITARY CAMPS IN IVORY COAST'S SECOND CITY
Heavy gunfire erupted late on Tuesday at two military bases in Ivory Coast's second largest city, Bouake, residents, soldiers and a local member of parliament said... READ MORE›
'IT MAY DISAPPEAR': OCEAN THREATENS IVORY COAST VILLAGE
As rising seas and coastal erosion threaten an Ivory Coast village, neighbours are in a fight over dwindling resources... READ MORE›
CAMEROON WILL BE READY TO HOST AFCON 2019
Cameroon president Paul Biya has reiterated that his country will be ready to host the next African Cup of Nations AFCON slated for next year... READ MORE›
2017 REVIEW: TOP AFRICAN BUSINESS NEWS STORIES
Anti-CFA activist Kemi Seba is 2017 Africanews Personality of the Year... READ MORE›
THIS AFRICAN MIGRANT DREAMED OF REACHING EUROPE. A PHONE CALL CHANGED EVERYTHING.
Sudarsan Raghavan The Washington Post AGADEZ, Niger -- Aziz Dicko knew the risks -- or he thought he did... READ MORE›
ALGERIA'S MAHREZ WINS 2016 AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR IN ABUJA
African football champions Cameroon failed to qualify for the World Cup in Russia... READ MORE›
GEORGE WEAH, FORMER WORLD FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR, SET TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA
The EU's chief observer, Maria Arena, congratulated the candidates and the Liberian people on a peaceful vote that generally respected constitutional rules ... READ MORE›
MOROCCO: VISA FOR MUSIC SHOWCASES AFRICA AND MIDDLE-EAST ARTISTS
Mokoomba, from Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls, performs in English and various African languages... READ MORE›
CAMBODIA SEIZES SHIPMENT OF IVORY HIDDEN IN HOLLOW LOGS
The shipment, owned by a company based in Mozambique, left Ivory Coast and arrived in Cambodia in December 2016, an official said... READ MORE›
AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN LEADERS WANT TO EVACUATE THOUSANDS MIRED IN LIBYAN SLAVE TRADE
Before Gaddafi's fall, Libya drew West African migrants who intended to stay there and work in its lucrative oil and agricultural industries... READ MORE›
LIBYA TO ALLOW EMERGENCY REPATRIATION OF REFUGEES
The African Union, European Union and UN announced the creation of a task force to deal with the migration crisis, notably in Libya... READ MORE›
MIGRANTS IN LIBYA 'TO BE EVACUATED'
Footage of migrants being sold as slaves in Libya prompts the European-African initiative... READ MORE›
EMMANUEL MACRON ANNOUNCES EU PLAN TO LAUNCH 'CONCRETE MILITARY ACTION' TO RESCUE AFRICAN MIGRANTS ENSLAVED IN LIBYA
The Libyan government on Wednesday night agreed to allow the migrants to be evacuated, Mr Macron said... READ MORE›
VOLUNTARY EVACUATION PLANNED FOR MIGRANTS AS LIBYA BATTLES SLAVERY CLAIMS
A plan for a voluntary evacuation of migrants in Libya government-controlled detention camps has been put at the heart of an emergency migration plan for Africa... READ MORE›
WHY WE LOVE TO HATE DESPOTS' WIVES
In Zimbabwe, newly ousted first lady Grace Mugabe is probably Africa's most hated woman... READ MORE›
AU CHIDES ABUSES OF AFRICAN MIGRANTS IN LIBYA
I am very disappointed by the fact that the African Union allowed Colonel Gaddafi to be killed, he said... READ MORE›
MALE RAPE USED SYSTEMATICALLY IN LIBYA AS INSTRUMENT OF WAR
In identifying responsible individuals and entities for trafficking through Libyan territory, Delattre said... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO: SEVERAL WOUNDED BY GRENADE ATTACK AHEAD OF FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON'S VISIT
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived later Monday evening for a visit to Burkina Faso. He will head to a European-African summit in Ivory Coast Wednesday... READ MORE›
MACRON VISITS AFRICA AMID ANGER OVER HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SLAVERY
Across Africa, Libyan ambassadors have been forced on to the back foot as angry Africans have protested outside their embassies... READ MORE›
'LIBYA WAS HELL'
Investigation Protests meanwhile took place outside the Libyan embassies in several other African capital cities including Bamako, Mali and Conakry, Guinea over the weekend... READ MORE›
ZIMBABWE'S INCOMING LEADER HERALDS A NEW ERA TO CHEERING CROWDS
Zimbabwe's incoming leader Emmerson Mnangagwa declares a new era of democracy... READ MORE›
"THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN," SAYS ZIMBABWE'S NEW LEADER
Zimbabwe's former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is due to be sworn in to replace Robert Mugabe as President, addresses supporters in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 22, 2017... READ MORE›
"THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN," SAYS ZIMBABWE'S NEW LEADER
Zimbabwe's former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is due to be sworn in to replace Robert Mugabe as President, addresses supporters in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 22, 2017... READ MORE›
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CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY DRIVES RAINFOREST DISASTER IN IVORY COAST
Exclusive As global demand for chocolate booms, 'dirty' beans from deforested national parks in Ivory Coast have entered big business supply chains... READ MORE›
GHANA: AKUFO-ADDO WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Ghana's main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo won the country's national election, defeating President John Mahama, electoral commissioner Charlotte Osei said... READ MORE›
REVEALED: OIL GIANTS PAY BILLIONS LESS TAX IN CANADA THAN ABROAD
Le Billon said the tax gap between Canada and developing countries has also been influenced by lower prices for Canadian crude and higher production costs... READ MORE›
A U.N. PANEL REBUKES U.S. FOR 'HORRIFIC' EVENTS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
In a direct rebuke of the white supremacist march in Charlottesville this month, the committee issued an early warning on the United States... READ MORE›
SHIMON PERES FUNERAL: "ISRAEL GRIEVES FOR HIM"
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will attend the funeral of former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres on Friday, Abbas' office said... READ MORE›
ADAMA BARROW SWORN IN ON HOME SOIL AS PRESIDENT
Adama Barrow has been sworn in as president on Gambian soil, marking the end of a tense political standoff with the West African nation's former leader... READ MORE›
A FRENCH FARMER FED AND SHELTERED MIGRANTS. TODAY HE WAS FINED $3,200.
For the past two years, Herrou, 37, has continually defied French authorities by shepherding undocumented migrants across the Italian border and onto his hillside farm... READ MORE›
HOW ETHIOPIA BECAME A LAND OF PRYING EYES
Mr. Alene is a government official, whose job includes elements of both informant and enforcer... READ MORE›
SEA LEVEL RISE WILL DOUBLE COASTAL FLOOD RISK WORLDWIDE
The research takes in to account the large waves and storm surges that can tip gradually rising sea levels over the edge of coastal defences... READ MORE›
LIFE IN TUNISIA'S CLOSED REFUGEE CAMP
Life in Tunisia's closed refugee camp 'I lost my mind'... READ MORE›
ASYLUM SEEKER'S FUTURE IN LIMBO AFTER NEAR-FATAL BORDER CROSSING IN QUEBEC
Mamadou, originally from Ivory Coast, worked as a cab driver in New York City for the past 10 years... READ MORE›
TRAFIGURA, VITOL AND BP EXPORTING DIRTY DIESEL TO AFRICA, SAYS SWISS NGO
Traders blend cheap fuel with sulphur levels many times the European limit for sale in African countries, says Public Eye... READ MORE›
GLOBAL DISMAY MOUNTS OVER PARIS CLIMATE DEAL WITHDRAWAL
LONDON -- Dismay continued to mount around the globe Friday, a day after President Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement... READ MORE›
SOUTH AFRICA A NATION WITH SHARP INEQUALITY CONSIDERS A MINIMUM WAGE
South Africa, a Nation With Sharp Inequality, Considers a Minimum Wage... READ MORE›
THE END OF CHEAP CHOCOLATE? COCOA FUTURES SURGE MOST ON RECORD
Cocoa prices soared amid signs of tighter supplies in Ivory Coast, the world's top grower, raising prospects that chocolate costs will climb... READ MORE›
IVORY COAST JAIL SENTENCES FOR CHIMPANZEE TRAFFICKERS
During our investigation, Ibrahima Traore sent us videos of baby chimpanzees for sale, some were only a few months old... READ MORE›
CARGO PLANE CRASHES OFF IVORY COAST
A cargo plane has crashed into the sea off Ivory Coast, close to Abidjan airport, killing four people and injuring six... READ MORE›
GAMBIA SHUDDERS AS DEFEATED PRESIDENT YAHYA JAMMEH TIGHTENS GRIP BEFORE INAUGURATION
The United Nations said Wednesday that at least 26,000 Gambians had fled into Senegal... READ MORE›
THE DARK, VIOLENT UNDERWORLD OF THE BABY CHIMP MARKET
'In 10 years, in 20 years, we won't have any more chimpanzees.'... READ MORE›
MUTINYING SOLDIERS SEAL OFF IVORY COAST'S BOUAKE
Ivory Coast was plunged into civil war in 2002 following a failed attempt to oust then-president Laurent Gbagbo... READ MORE›
ITALY OFFERS SWIMMING LESSONS FOR REFUGEES TRAUMATIZED WHILE CROSSING THE MEDITERRANEAN
MESSINA, Italy -- Abdoulie Jallow lives on the Sicilian coast, but until recently, looking at the Mediterranean Sea filled him with dread... READ MORE›
IN ONCE-WELCOMING ITALY, THE TIDE TURNS AGAINST MIGRANTS
The community has turned against the asylum seekers who have been setting sail toward Italy in search of a better life... READ MORE›
WHY DEMOCRACY PREVAILED IN GAMBIA
The African Union announced that it would no longer recognize Mr. Jammeh as president as of Inauguration Day... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIAN ECONOMY WILL BE AFRICA'S MOST EXPANSIVE IN 2017 - WORLD BANK FORECAST
Ethiopia's economic growth since 2015 has been pegged at 10.8 percent putting a significant gap between them and Kenya... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | PARTS OF NIGER AND MALI ARE ALREADY LAWLESS. U.S. STRATEGY MIGHT MAKE IT WORSE.
Chadian troops and Nigerien Special Forces participate in the Flintlock exercises with the U.S. military and its Western partners in Mao, Chad, March 7, 2015... READ MORE›
IVORY COAST MUTINY DEAL REACHED, SAYS PRESIDENT, BUT UNREST CONTINUES
President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast says he has reached an agreement with soldiers who have mutinied... READ MORE›
DEAL REACHED TO END ARMY MUTINY
A two-day mutiny by soldiers in nine cities across Ivory Coast ended peacefully on Saturday after the government pledged to improve troops' salaries and living conditions... READ MORE›
SEA LEVELS SET TO 'RISE FAR MORE RAPIDLY THAN EXPECTED'
The new research follows other recent studies warning of the possibility of ice sheet collapse in Antarctica and suggesting huge sea-level rises... READ MORE›
SOUTH AFRICA TO WITHDRAW FROM INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane this week formally notified the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, of South Africa's intention to withdraw from the international court... READ MORE›
'SOMEONE WANTED TO BUY MY DAUGHTER'
Three photos are all that Yaya Sangare has to remind him of the family he once had... READ MORE›