Some countries in East Africa, to protect local industries and national pride, have enacted de facto bans of secondhand clothing from abroad. The United States has cried foul.
Female leaders under 40 in biotech and pharma are building companies, unlocking new ways to treat cancer, and harnessing revolutionary gene-editing tools.
Zambia's justice minister said Wednesday that emergency measures imposed at the height of a political crisis that followed the detention of an opposition leader on treason charges would not be renewed.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, freshly re-elected but with no clear majority, is hoping for a regional poll victory Sunday for her conservatives before she starts perilous coalition talks next week.
The Vice President has asked African countries to open up their air spaces by reducing the taxes on inter-country flights to boost the tourism industry.
Chad is to boost protection for a key haven for endangered wildlife in the south of the country under an agreement with a conservation group.
Austria is set to move to the right in elections on Sunday with conservative Sebastian Kurz expected to become Europe's youngest head of government.
Michael Desmond held firm to a scorched mailbox and wept as he vowed that his childhood home -- turned to cinder by wildfire -- would rise anew.
Kenya's electoral authorities said Wednesday they had not received formal notice that opposition leader Raila Odinga had quit the presidential race re-run set for October 26.
Goldman Sachs has a recommendation for how stock investors can make money during corporate earnings season.
Kenya's electoral authorities said Wednesday they had not received formal notice that opposition leader Raila Odinga had quit the presidential race re-run set for October 26.
The Security Council will on Friday hold an informal meeting on Myanmar to hear former UN chief Kofi Annan provide details of a report on the plight of Rohingya Muslims, diplomats said.
UN investigators will this week travel to an air base in Syria that the United States and its allies say was used to launch the sarin gas attack on Khan Sheikhun, diplomats told AFP on Wednesday.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau threatened Wednesday to cancel a major arms buy from the US over a tariffs row, as talks on a North American free trade deal got off to a rocky start.
A Communication Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Emmanuel Danso Attefah has said President Akufo-Addo thinks more about the young people in country than former President, John Dramani Mahama.
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says there is every reason for Ghana and Benin to develop strong, strategic bonds based, inter alia, on the common democratic values that promote human dignity and solidarity.
The Minority in Parliament is demanding a change of name for the proposed Coastal Development Authority to Southern Development Authority.
The Republics of Ghana and Benin have resolved to reignite the Common Currency agenda of ECOWAS which has been on the drawing table of ECOWAS leaders the last 10 years but is yet to materialise.
A South African court will rule Thursday on whether the suspicious 1971 death of an apartheid-era activist in custody was suicide, as police officers claimed, or actually a regime killing.
Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen has stated that government will work to revamp the Trade Fair Centre.
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