Rome (AFP) - Rescuers saved some 1,400 migrants off the coast of Libya on Monday as Italy announced a record number of people arriving this year after crossing the Mediterranean, authorities said. It was a very difficult day but thanks to the work of the units that helped out, all of the migrants were rescued, a spokesman for the Italian coast ...

Washington (AFP) - One-eyed hostage killer Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of Al-Qaeda's most notorious allies in North Africa, was said Monday to have been slain in a French air strike. A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed a report in the Wall Street Journal that US intelligence helped France target the veteran jihadist. The ...

Paris (AFP) - Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who a US official said Monday is likely to have been killed in a French air strike, is the notorious commander of a group allied to Al-Qaeda in North Africa. One of the world's most-wanted men, the Algerian jihadist was dubbed Mr Marlboro for his past involvement in trans-Saharan cigarette smuggling and is eas ...

The first ever Africa Trade Week opened in Addis Ababa today with the Economic Commission for Africa rsquo;s David Luke, urging participants to come up with solutions to unanswered questions about the Continental Free Trade Area. Speaking on behalf of Abdalla Hamdok, ECA Acting Executive Secretary Mr. Luke said the CFTA is a bold initiative ...

Dr. Koos Marais, a surgeon and author of Die Keiservoel oor Namaland ( ldquo;The Kaiserbird over Namaland rdquo;) spoke at the opening of a human rights exhibit in Cape Town this week, addressing the role that psychiatry played in the Holocaust. His book about the German occupation of South Africa also reveals the beginnings of psychiatr ...

Secretary of State Peter Stenlund will attend an international conference in Tunisia dealing with the country 39;s economic, social and sustainable development, on 29 ndash;30 November. He will be accompanied by a Finnish business delegation. The conference will introduce the country 39;s Five-Year Development Plan and related commerci ...

The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) will host the economic policy dialogue to discuss the role that big business can play to enhance the Local Procurement and localisation. The Director-General of the dti, Mr Lionel October says buying locally manufactured goods and products will go a long way in creating jobs in South ...

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to attend the Africa Trade Week 2016. Africa Trade Week 2016 is a new Pan- African platform for advancing intra-Africa trade dialogue among mutli-stakeholders. The main objective of the Africa Trade Week is to provide a comprehensive, integrated and inclusive ...

A group of some 50 Mayi-Mayi Mazembe this morning attacked over 1000 Hutu displaced families, located at Luhanga in North Kivu, killing more than 20 and injuring a similar number. A MONUSCO detachment in the vicinity of Luhanga, upon hearing shooting, immediately deployed and engaged the Mayi-Mayi, repelling the attack. One Mayi-Mayi was killed ...

Fifty experts converged on the importance of territorial planning for competitive, inclusive industrial policies in an ECA meeting on ldquo;Territorialization of Industrial Policy and Inclusive Growth rdquo; held on 24-25 November in Tunis. Now that traditional, centrally decided development policies are being challenged, territories h ...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Egyptian Ministry of Interior (MoI) organized a training of trainers for 17 government officials from 13 to 24 November 2016 on passport examination procedures in order to strengthen security procedures at Egyptian border entry and exit points. Participants acquired the necessary sk ...

More than 5,000 people, some travelling from up to six hours away, cheered on wrestlers representing Yirol and Awerial communities at a riverside venue in Mingkaman for the Greater Yirol Community Wrestling for Peace Competition on Thursday. The event, one of the first of its kind in the area since South Sudan gained independence, was organized ...

The President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr Danny Faure, met with the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Sir Anerood Jugnauth, in the margins of the Francophone summit currently being held in Madagascar. They reaffirmed the close relationship that the two countries share and have agreed to enhance these relations in the future. They focus ...

The President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Jacob Zuma, has on behalf of the Government and the people of South Africa, conveyed a message of condolences to the government and the people of Cuba, following the passing on of former President Fidel Castro. President Zuma said Castro, who died aged 90, led the Cuban Revolution ...

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr. Marcel Alain de Souza, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Dr. Josephine Ojiambo, and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, arrived in Accra on November 22, 2016 for the signing ceremony for peaceful elections, spon ...

The Ashish J Thakkar Global Entrepreneurship Index of 85 countries ranks Singapore as the best environment for entrepreneurs Of the African nations, Namibia scores highest and comes 42nd overall ndash; ahead of other prominent African markets, such as Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa The research, conducted by ...

Soga (Guinà e-Bissau) (AFP) - The vivid red wound at the base of Gina's ankle has remained open for three months and refuses to heal, leaving the Guinea-Bissau islander in constant pain. I thought it was from a piece of wood, she told AFP, recalling the day when a snake sunk its fangs into her leg. They had to carry me back home because I ...