Investing in the youth of Africa is the theme of the 2017 edition of UNESCO 39;s Africa Week, which will be held at the Organization 39;s Headquarters from 22 to 24 May under the patronage of Alain Claude Billie-By-Nze, Gabon 39;s Minister of the Digital Economy, Communication, Culture and the Arts. The event featuring concerts, film s ...
Algiers (AFP) - Air Algerie flights in and from the North African country resumed Tuesday after negotiations between management and staff ended a brief strike. Public radio reported that the labour action had ended several hours after it began. The wildcat strike had blocked all domestic and outbound international services but not Air Algerie ...
Bouakà (Ivory Coast) (AFP) - Rebel troops in Ivory Coast on Tuesday said they were ending a four-day mutiny after coming to an agreement with the government over a pay dispute. We have found a basis for agreement. We are returning to barracks, Sergeant Cisse Fousseni told AFP as others said all their demands had been met. The government of ...
Addis Ababa (AFP) - A judge in Ethiopia's capital on Tuesday found a former opposition spokesman guilty of encouraging terrorism with a series of anti-government Facebook posts. Yonatan Tesfaye was arrested in December 2015 after writing on the social media platform that the government had used force against the people instead of using peaceful ...
Bamako (AFP) - Four Malian Red Cross employees, kidnapped Sunday in the country's restive centre, have been released, a local official told AFP. The four Malian workers of the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) were released Monday afternoon by their kidnappers. No ransom was paid, the local official said Monday on condition of an ...
Algiers (AFP) - Air Algerie on Tuesday suspended all flights in and from the North African country due to an indefinite strike action by its employees. The strike covers all domestic and out-bound international services but not Air Algerie flights from abroad. The airline, in a statement carried by national news agency APS, called on passenge ...
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