GROUPS SAY TRUMP FAILING ON HIV FIGHT

Funding from the US has been critical to combatting HIV Aids globally, health experts and activists say... READ MORE›

FIRST CHINA-INVESTED WIND POWER PROJECT IN AFRICA STARTS OPERATION

China Daily Handsets made by Transsion Holdings, a little-known Chinese smartphone company based in Shenzhen, have become hot products in Africa, Guancha.cn reported... READ MORE›

MARTIN SCORSESE'S MISSION TO SAVE LOST AFRICAN CINEMA

I'm aware, more than ever, that we know very little about African cinema, Scorsese said at the launch of the project... READ MORE›

UBER BULLISH ON AFRICA DESPITE OPPOSITION FROM LOCAL TAXI FIRMS

Africa's growth thus far has been faster than America and a large part of that is because there is such deficiency in public transport ..... READ MORE›

FRANCE CHARGES EIGHT OVER ALLEGED PLOT TARGETING POLITICIANS AND MOSQUES

He was detained after posting that he planned to attack black people, jihadists, migrants and scum ... READ MORE›

AFRICA CAN ENJOY LEAPFROG DEVELOPMENT

A recent World Development Report on Education found that most sixth grade students in Sub-Saharan Africa are not sufficiently competent in reading or math... READ MORE›

A CHINESE MUSEUM PAIRED AFRICANS WITH ANIMALS, PROMPTING CHARGES OF RACISM -- AND THEN THERE'S THIS TRANSLATION APP

Africans face considerable racism inside China, and latest incidents underline just how slowly attitudes are changing... READ MORE›

HERE'S AFRICA'S LARGEST CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INSIDE 42 OLD GRAIN SILOS

South Africa is host to Africa's largest contemporary art museum opened in the port city of Cape Town... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT INTERNET SHUTDOWNS COST AFRICA DEAR

The report said that various internet shutdowns had been in place in sub-Saharan Africa on 236 days since 2015... READ MORE›

'CORRUPTION IS NOT AFRICAN' - RWANDA'S PAUL KAGAME TELLS THE WORLD

The continent is known for its religious fervour and Africans are very much on spirituality whatever form it takes... READ MORE›

'CORRUPTION IS NOT AFRICAN' - RWANDA'S PAUL KAGAME TELLS THE WORLD

The continent is known for its religious fervour and Africans are very much on spirituality whatever form it takes... READ MORE›

'CORRUPTION IS NOT AFRICAN' - RWANDA'S PAUL KAGAME TELLS THE WORLD

The continent is known for its religious fervour and Africans are very much on spirituality whatever form it takes... READ MORE›

MONKEY ATTACK SETS OFF DEADLY TRIBAL CLASHES IN LIBYA

Days of deadly tribal clashes have erupted in southern Libya after a pet monkey attacked a high school girl... READ MORE›

SAVING THE WORLD'S WILDLIFE IS NOT JUST 'A WHITE PERSON THING'

But this is not to say that Africans do not value wildlife... READ MORE›

JEWS ARE WORLD'S BEST-EDUCATED RELIGIOUS GROUP, STUDY REVEALS

At the other end of the educational scale, Hindus and Muslims have the fewest years of formal schooling, with an average of 5.6 years... READ MORE›

WORLD WIDE WEB? MAP RESIZES COUNTRIES BY NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS

In 2011, Qatar and South Korea were the only countries outside Europe and North America in the group of countries with highest internet penetration... READ MORE›

The reasons for Indian mothers' relatively poor health are many, including a culture that discriminates against them... READ MORE›

WEAK POWER GRIDS IN AFRICA STUNT ECONOMIES AND FIRE UP TEMPERS

South Africa, which has the continent's only nuclear power plant, has around half of sub-Saharan Africa's power generating capacity, roughly 44 gigawatts... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS OF AFRICAN REFUGEES STORM SPAIN'S KILLER FENCE

Hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans living illegally in Morocco try to enter Ceuta and Melilla, Spain's other North African enclave each year, hoping to get to Europe... READ MORE›

BARBIE CHALLENGES THE 'WHITE SAVIOUR COMPLEX'

The Barbie Savior Instagram account challenges the way that some people perceive volunteer and development work in Africa... READ MORE›

MEASLES VACCINATION RATES IN PARTS OF AFRICA SURPASS THOSE IN NORTH AMERICA

In 2000, WHO reported that 60 of the 777,000 measles deaths worldwide occurred in occurred in sub-Saharan Africa... READ MORE›

AFRICANS SEE CHINA TIES AS A BENEFIT

Two surveys indicated that Africans' view is positive toward the increasing Chinese engagements on the continent... READ MORE›

MIGRANTS FOUND HIDDEN IN CAR AND SUITCASE

Police have detained two Moroccans who tried to smuggle migrants into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta... READ MORE›

ETHIOPIA DESTROYS SIX-TONNE STOCKPILE OF POACHED IVORY

Ethiopia has about 1,900 elephants in nine designated sites, the African Wildlife Foundation says, citing an Ethiopian government report... READ MORE›

HIV VACCINE TO BE TRIALLED IN SOUTH AFRICA

New hiv vaccine to be trialled in south africa... READ MORE›

THE EFFECTS OF OBAMAS PRESIDENCY IN AFRICA READERS OPINIONS

I would like President Obama to encourage our African presidents to build more schools and pay teachers well... READ MORE›

OBAMAS POWER AFRICA PROJECT IS OFF TO A SPUTTERING START

Nigerian officials say that while they welcome the Power Africa initiative, they have only had conversations about potential projects... READ MORE›

GRAPHIC WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THE DARK

In sub-Saharan Africa, the urban electrification rate is 60 percent, compared with only 14 percent in rural areas... READ MORE›

DRIVE TO GET CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL FAILING WORLDWIDE

Across all age groups, sub-Saharan Africa remains the region with the worst out-of-school rates... READ MORE›

REBELS WITH A CAUSE: AFRICA'S WHISTLEBLOWERS NEED URGENT PROTECTION

Human rights lawyers William Bourdon of Paris and Baltasar Garzon of Madrid are founders of the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa PPLAAF ... READ MORE›

WHY MANY NORTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS FEEL SHUT OUT IN QUEBEC

Canada Why many North African immigrants feel shut out in Quebec... READ MORE›

SWITZERLAND REPLACES DENMARK AS THE WORLD'S HAPPIEST COUNTRY

According to the third World Happiness Report compiled by the United Nations' Sustainable Development Solutions Network SDSN, the European nation ranks as the world's happiest nation... READ MORE›

A RAISIN IN THE SUN THROUGH THE EYES OF AFRO-SWEDES

The work of Swedish missionaries in Africa in the 20th century brought some Africans to Sweden, particularly adoptees and students... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: OBAMA PLAN TO 'POWER AFRICA' GETS OFF TO A DIM START

As with many African aid projects, rights groups have criticized Power Africa as mostly being a vehicle to subsidize U... READ MORE›

AFTER EUROPE AND TURKEY STRIKE A DEAL FEARS GROW THAT MIGRANTS WILL TURN TO ITALY

Tens of thousands of migrants risked their lives on dangerous journeys aboard rickety smuggler boats leaving the coasts of Libya or Egypt to reach Italy... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT URGED TO REVERSE AFRICA FOREIGN AID CUTS

At the Australian National University the number of African students on scholarships has shrunk from 20 to 2... READ MORE›

THE BEST NEWS IN THE WORLD

But to effectively end extreme poverty by 2030 - the goal of the World Bank Group and our 188 member countries - our aspirations must be higher still... READ MORE›

A DECADE AFTER DEBT FORGIVENESS AFRICA STILL HOOKED ON DOLLARS

Data from Frankfurt-based index provider Concerto Financial Solutions shows 37 sub-Saharan African nations with outstanding local currency debt of just under 260 billion by end-2016... READ MORE›

EARLY DEATHS AWAIT 69 MILLION CHILDREN BY 2030

Severe drought has hit this year and children such as him struggle to get an education being so stuck in poverty... READ MORE›

BODIES OF 34 MIGRANTS FOUND IN NIGER DESERT

Thousands of migrants have arrived in Algeria in recent years, mostly from neighbouring Mali and Niger... READ MORE›

EGYPT OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF 'DOGS AND SLAVES' REMARK

Many Egyptians took to Twitter to protest the alleged comments with the hashtag WeAreSorryAfrica... READ MORE›

KENYAN PRESIDENT BURNS 15 TONNES OF ILLEGAL IVORY

Twenty-five years since ivory trade was banned, new demand from emerging markets threatens Africa's elephants and rhinos, Kenyatta said at the event... READ MORE›