Former Israeli fugitive Jacob "Kobi" Alexander was finally sentenced to prison for securities fraud dating from the last century, ending a decade-long saga, the US Department of Justice announced...
There is something unmistakably common in Africa: the continent's aging and long-serving presidents. Its five longest presidencies stretch between 29 and 36 years, adding to a cumulative 169 years....
A South African private equity firm has acquired the Kenyan unit of global insurance broker Aon for an undisclosed amount. Johannesburg-based Capital works have bought out Aon interests in Aon Kenya,...
The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it is concerned that the armyworm outbreak could spread to the whole of southern Africa, threatening crops. So far, seven of the 15...
An outbreak of armyworm caterpillars present in several southern African countries threatens to strip the entire region of key food supplies, warned the UN food agency Thursday. "It is probably only...
South African farmers are battling an alien armyworm invasion that has already caused devastation on their crops. The maize-destroying caterpillars have destroyed eight per cent of this farm....
Peeling back the maize plant's leaves reveals a small brown caterpillar -- an armyworm that writhes as it burrows into the heart of the crop, producing a sticky dark paste. Eighty percent of the...
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who is in The Gambia, has said he is “very pleased” the West African state intends to rejoin the Commonwealth. His visit, the first to The Gambia by a British...
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who is in The Gambia, has said he is "very pleased" the West African state is rejoining the Commonwealth. His visit, the first to The Gambia by a British foreign...
International experts will hold emergency talks in Harare on Tuesday to tackle an outbreak of crop-eating "armyworm" caterpillars advancing across several African countries. The armyworm has already...
Minister designate for information, Mustapha Hamid says his comments made about former President Dramani Mahama describing him as an “unrepentant ethnic bigot” was in rebuttal to the injurious...
The 2016 edition of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) scored Ghana 43 points out of a possible clean score of 100 and showed that Ghana’s performance has dropped by four percentage points from...
Africa has a long history of harbouring Europeans, Asians and even South Americans. Prior to, and after the era of colonialism in Africa, White Africans commonly called European Africans have been...
Management of Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines has announced plans to launch seven new destinations within five months this year. The move will be one of the greatest expansions...
Actress and human rights advocate Angelina Jolie on Thursday said U. S. President Donald Trump's executive order barring travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries hurts vulnerable refugees and...
Latest: AfDB, Alliance for Financial Inclusion sign MoU to enhance access to financial services in Africa Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe says the vote to readmit Morocco to the African Union (AU)...
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe says the vote to readmit Morocco to the African Union (AU) shows a lack of ideology by some African leaders. Speaking to state media on his return home from the AU...
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called on the new Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, to take the lead in effecting reforms at the UN, so as to...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called on the new Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, to take the lead in effecting reforms at the UN, in order to promote and...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the new Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, to take the lead in effecting reforms at the UN, so as to promote and deepen...
