The Sahel Alliance contributed the majority of 2.4 billion in development funding pledged Thursday aimed at preventing terrorism in Sahel African countries, as the region struggles with jihadism and lawlessness. The Alliance -- which was launched last year and includes the European Union, the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the UN Deve ...

Accra, December 7, 2018 ndash; The Golden Baobab Prize today announces its 2018 Longlist. The Prize, considered as one of the most respected awards in the African children rsquo;s literature industry, champions opportunities for African writers and illustrators to produce more culturally-relevant children rsquo;s books. The 2018 Golden Baob ...

Accra, Dec. 7 ndash; Rwanda and Tanzania face the African Court on Human and People rsquo;s Rights (African Court) at the close of the Continental Court rsquo;s four-week sitting of the 51st Ordinary Session in Tunis, Republic of Tunisia. The Session was held outside the seat of the African Court in Arusha, Tanzania, at the invitation of the Go ...

Danish-American actor Viggo Mortensen, who presented his latest film this week at Morocco's Marrakesh film festival, is ready to make his directorial debut. He sat down with AFP on the sidelines of the festival to speak about Green Book , which won the Toronto International Film Festival audience prize, in which he leads, and his plans to go be ...

Road accidents kill someone every 24 seconds, with a total of 1.35 million traffic deaths around the world each year, the World Health Organization said Friday, demanding global action. The number of fatalities annually has swelled by around 100,000 in just three years, with road accidents now the leading killer of children and young people betw ...

The charity-run migrant rescue ship Aquarius will end its missions in the Mediterranean, with humanitarian group MSF blaming Italy and other European states for smearing and obstructing its work. The vessel, chartered by SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), has been stranded in Marseille, in the south of France, since October afte ...

Champions of the fight against sexual violence, Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, a former captive of jihadists, will on Monday receive the Nobel Peace Prize, which this year highlights rape as a weapon of war. Murad, 25, and Mukwege, 63, will be jointly presented with the prize in Oslo, after they were announced as ...