DAKAR, September 27, 2017 mdash;The third Investing in Africa Forum (IAF) saw the launch of a thought-provoking report on propelling the economy, called Leapfrogging Through Innovation. Prepared by the World Bank and China Development Bank, the report discusses opportunities to scale-up innovation in various economic sectors in Africa. Th ...

Newcastle (United Kingdom) (AFP) - South African George Coetzee set about making amends in letting victory slip away last weekend to seize a share of the lead with a seven-under par 63 on Thursday in the British Masters. The 31-year-old capped his round at Close House, Newcastle, sandwiching a sixth hole eagle in between six birdies and just one ...

Geneva (AFP) - The UN rights council voted Thursday to send experts to help authorities in crisis-wracked Burundi to investigate violations, casting doubt on whether an independent international probe would be allowed to continue. The resolution, presented this week by a group of African countries, was controversial since it came on top of a far ...

Potchefstroom (South Africa) (AFP) - South Africa batsman Aiden Markram said there were no hard feelings towards opening partner Dean Elgar after being run out three runs short of a century on Test debut on the first day of the first Test against Bangladesh at Senwes Park on Thursday. If you had given me 97 before the start of the day's play I ...

The Hague (AFP) - Dutch safety inspectors on Thursday slammed serious shortcomings which led to the deaths of two soldiers serving as UN peacekeepers in Mali in an accidental mortar explosion last year. The two men were killed outright in July 2016 and a third soldier, who was filming what was a training exercise, was seriously wounded by fl ...

Johannesburg (AFP) - Coach Allister Coetzee has resisted wholesale change after South Africa were annihilated in New Zealand two weeks ago, making just three for a Rugby Championship clash with Australia Saturday. Out of the team that started a 57-0 thrashing by the All Blacks in Auckland go winger Raymond Rhule, scrum-half Francois Hougaard and ...

Antananarivo (AFP) - An outbreak of plague in Madagascar has killed 19 people and may have infected 85 others in just two months, the Indian Ocean island nation's health minister said Thursday. Plague, a highly infectious disease carried by small mammals like rats, killed millions of people across the world in the past but has been largely wiped ...

This September Uber celebrates four years on the African continent, and with more than 1.8 million active riders using the app since Uber rsquo;s launch in Johannesburg in September 2013, it rsquo;s clear that Uber has achieved a lot in a short timeframe. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has certainly benefitted from Uber rsquo;s arrival. Citizen ...

Nairobi (AFP) - Surging demand from Chinese visitors has made Laos the world's fastest-growing market for ivory, conservation group Save the Elephants said Thursday. China, currently the world's largest ivory market, has pledged to phase out its sales by the end of the year but with ivory trinkets still popular among Chinese consumers demand is ...

Abidjan, C ocirc;te d rsquo;Ivoire, September 27, 2017 ndash; This World Tourism Day, September 27, 2017, the African Development Bank has called for collaborative actions from all stakeholders for sustainable tourism development in Africa. The Bank recognizes that Africa rsquo;s tourism and travel industry can serve as an engine of progress fo ...

Paris (AFP) - Close to half of the approximately 56 million abortions performed every year worldwide are unsafe, researchers said Wednesday in a study. All but a relative handful of those 25.5 million risky abortions -- which can endanger the lives of mother, child or both -- occurred in Africa, Asia and Latin America, they reported in The Lance ...