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Congo Votes For Parliament With Opposition Calling Foul

Voters went to the polls in legislative elections in the oil-rich Republic of Congo on Sunday, the first since a...

News

Ten Years After Commercial Discovery of Oil In Ghana

Ten years ago this month when the announcement of commercial discovery of crude oil in Ghana was made, the price of a...

News

Congo Peacekeepers Accused of Sex Abuse To Leave CAR

About 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home...

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Congo Peacekeepers Accused of Sex Abuse To Leave C. Africa

About 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home...

International

Benin’s Parliament Rejects One-Term Limit On Presidency

Benin’s National Assembly has narrowly rejected a proposal by President Patrice Talon to amend the constitution. He...

Top Stories

1.7 Million Ghanaians Applied For US Visa Lottery In 2015

It has emerged that about 1.7 million Ghanaians sought to leave Ghana for the US in 2015 through the US visa lottery....

Top Stories

1.7 Million Ghanaians Applied For US Visa Lottery In 2015

It has emerged that about 1.7 million Ghanaians sought to leave Ghana for the US in 2015 through the US visa lottery....

Headlines

DRCongo Detains Guru Leader of Outlawed Cult

The Democratic Republic of Congo announced Saturday that it had detained the spiritual leader of the Bundu dia Kongo...

International

8.2 Percent of the World’s Facebook Users Are In African Countries

Facebook beat Wall Street expectations for sales and user growth in the fourth quarter of 2016, and it credits...

Business

Ghana To Do Palm Oil Business Without Causing Deforestation

Ghana, together with six other African countries, has agreed in a declaration signed on Wednesday to protect their...

Sports

West Africa Clashes With North Africa In Top Fixtures

Qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, will take place this weekend across the continent. The top-liners largely...

Politics

9 Countries Reach Accord On Sustainable Palm Oil Production In Africa

Over 40 people from public and private sector as well as civil society groups from nine African countries have...

International

Shift In U.S. Congo Policy Leaves Kabila Exposed

Supporters of Congolese President Joseph Kabila carry his portrait photographs during a rally Shortly after Congo...

Technology

Tech in Africa Recap: All the Tech News and Stories That You Missed from August

August was an exciting month for a number of African companies, with a batch of funding rounds, acquisitions and new...