N'Djamena (AFP) - Eleven Chadian opposition activists remain in detention a week after being arrested during a banned rally in the capital N'Djamena, a legal source said Friday. The arrests were made on November 17 during an attempt by the opposition to defy a ban by President Idriss Deby's government on a demonstration organised as public anger ...

Berlin (AFP) - The wanted son of ousted international athletics president Lamine Diack took millions of euros from Russian competitors in return for total protection from failed doping tests, a new investigation said Friday. Germany's ARD television and France's Le Monde newspaper said six athletes each paid between 300,000 and 700,000 euros ( ...

Jointly organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the 11th African Economic Conference (AEC) will take place in Abuja, Nigeria, from December 5 to 7, 2016 under the theme ldquo;Feed Africa: Towards Agro-Allied Industri ...

Blantyre (Malawi) (AFP) - Malawi will hold public consultations to assess whether to reform colonial-era laws that ban homosexuality, the government said Friday. The southern African nation was the focus of controversy in 2010 when it jailed a gay couple for gross indecency after they held the country's first same-sex public wedding . Then p ...

The Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union will at the end of this month host the 2016 Africa Trade Week with a special focus on the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA). Organised by the AU rsquo;s Trade and Industry departments in collaboration with the ECA rsquo;s Regional Integration and Trade Division, the ATW2016 will put ...

The African growth story is no longer a fairy tale. Over the past decade multinational companies, private equity funds and infrastructure development programmes have channeled capital to the continent as they began to realise the true potential it holds, but like most emerging market regions, Africa is no longer the lsquo;flavour of the month ...

Berlin (AFP) - The wanted son of ousted international athletics president Lamine Diack took millions of euros from Russian competitors in return for total protection from failed doping tests, a new investigation said Friday. Germany's ARD television and France's Le Monde newspaper said six athletes each paid between 300,000 and 700,000 euros ( ...

The two-day workshop aimed at Stakeholders working to confront the challenge of stemming illicit financial flows (IFFs) from Africa ended in Nairobi Tuesday, with participants agreeing to add impetus to the fight to stop the bleeding that is costing the continent over $50 billion annually. Economic Commission for Africa 39;s Head of Specia ...

The Acting Director for Peace and Security, Dr. Admore Kambudzi received, on behalf of the AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Sma iuml;l Chergui, a Delegation of Finnish Ambassadors representing several missions across Africa. The Delegation headed by the Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Ambassador J ...

This year the British High Commission through our Department for International Development (DFID) supported the launch of the Government of Ghana rsquo;s National Survey on Domestic Violence. The UK has had a long-standing and productive relationship with the Government of Ghana to progress its gender equality agenda. Tackling domestic violence ...

Kumasi (Ghana) (AFP) - Dressed entirely in black, Tina Owusu Panin joined thousands making their way to a Ghanaian palace to mourn their mother -- the revered queen of the powerful Ashanti kingdom. Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II died on Monday last week at the venerable age of 111, plunging the West African nation into grief. Built on the w ...

Adelaide (Australia) (AFP) - Iron-willed Usman Khawaja batted out the entire day to tilt the third day-night Test towards Australia with a masterful century against South Africa on Friday. At the close on the second day in Adelaide, the Australians were 307 for six in reply to the Proteas' 259 for nine declared, with Khawaja unbeaten on 138 off ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 25 November 2016,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Despite the best intentions of major businesses, too many corporate social responsibility projects do not always deliver the expected outcomes intended. Businesses may go into communities without mechanisms to follow-up and support. Or the projects may not be suited to t ...

lsquo;Malaysia: Babies for Sale, rsquo; a new Al Jazeera documentary, finds: bull; Babies are being traded like commodities in Malaysia bull; Price is determined by race, skin colour, sex and weight bull; Corrupt doctors and government officials are falsifying birth documents bull; Critics blame M ...

Adelaide (Australia) (AFP) - Usman Khawaja and captain Steve Smith led the charge for Australia after the loss of two early wickets on the second day of the day-night third Test against South Africa on Friday. At tea in Adelaide, the Australians were 109 for two in reply to the Proteas' 259 for nine declared, with Khawaja unbeaten on 58 and skip ...

Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) - South Africa coach Allister Coetzee insisted Bryan Habana still had an international future despite dropping the Springbok great and including three debutants for Saturday's crunch game against Wales in Cardiff. South Africa arrive at the Principality Stadium having already lost seven of 11 Tests in 2016, equalli ...