A leader of an umbrella group of local governments from across Africa insisted Friday that sustainable development is needed to cope with the challenges of rapid urbanisation on the continent. Thousands of delegates are meeting for the Africities Summit that brings together local leaders, civil society, governments and international donors eve ...

The UN Special Representative for the Central African Republic on Friday conceded the inability of the mission he heads to prevent attacks after at least 60 people were killed in the centre of the violence-wracked country. We are making all possible efforts to prevent outbreaks of violence of this nature but we find these efforts are not en ...

The newly-appointed prime minister of the tiny kingdom of eSwatini on Friday banned first class air travel for top government officials as part of a slew of measures to control spending. Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini, who took office a month ago, also announced that he will not buy a new car for himself but inherit the old one used by his prede ...

Constitutional crisis looms in Gabon as cronies manoevre to shield President Ali Bongo's temporary incapacity , one month after falling critically ill in Saudi Arabia. The 59-year-old president has been undergoing treatment at a hospital in the Saudi capital Riyadh, where he reportedly suffered a stroke on October 24. The influential African ...

The African Union on Friday said an internal investigation had found sexual harassment to be prevalent within the organisation. The admission comes after a committee was established in May to investigate anonymous allegations. It found some female employees, especially those on internships, volunteer programmes or short-term contracts, were ...

After a 15-year career in banking and marketing, Nigerian Mike Dada was looking for a platform to communicate the strength of Africa to the rest of the world . He decided to set up Afrima -- the All Africa Music Awards -- Africa's equivalent of the Grammys, whose fourth edition takes place this weekend in Ghana's capital, Accra. In 2014, pen ...

Why are films out of Africa struggling for exposure in festivals in France? Of the nine films competing for awards in the 3 Continents Festival in Nantes, not one of them is African. But artistic director Jerome Baron says the festival is trying to keep the creative fire burning in Africa. It's a fact, this year and in recent years, the festival ...

A report commissioned by the French President, published Friday, is recommending the country change its strict heritage laws to allow the return of thousands of African artworks looted during French colonisation. The report 's authors, Senegalese writer and economist Felwine Sarr and French historian Benedicte Savoy, say that African works being ...

Religious freedom is under threat in one of every five nations around the globe, in part because of an increase in aggressive ultranationalism , a Catholic NGO said in a report Thursday. Aid to the Church in Need found incidents of religious persecution in 21 countries in the two years to June 2018, including Niger, Myanmar, India and China. ...

Wales coach Warren Gatland has admitted to being wary of a resurgent South African team he says has reclaimed some of its old identity ahead of next year's Rugby World Cup. Gatland said Saturday's match at Cardiff's Principality Stadium had the feeling of a Cup game, with the Welsh bidding for a ninth successive victory, last achieved in 1999. ...