African countries
US backs 2 permanent seats for African nations on the UN Security Council
Politics
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States announced Thursday that it will support the addition of two new permanent seats for African ...
China nears goal of providing digital TV access to 10,000 African villages
World
[Source] China’s ambitious project to provide digital TV access to 10,000 remote villages in 23 African countries is nearing completion, with over ...
Ethiopia is worried over a defense deal between Egypt and Somalia as tensions rise in Horn of Africa
World
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Ethiopia is increasingly concerned over a recent defense deal between Egypt and Somalia, two countries that Addis Ababa ...
Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilizers are in part to blame
World
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-acre ...
Rare plants hidden in toys
World
When South African officials at Cape Town’s international airport came across cardboard boxes labelled as toys being sent to China they became ...
South Africa in eight charts ahead of crucial vote
World
South Africa, one of the continent’s richest and most influential countries, goes to the polls on 29 May amid concerns about unemployment, ...
One woman’s battle to push Africa’s space race
World
Cameroonian scientist Marie Makuate has been at the forefront of using information harvested by satellites to help save the lives of people ...
Factbox-Cameroon rolls out the world’s first malaria vaccine
World
(Reuters) – Cameroon launched the world’s first routine vaccine programme against malaria on Monday. It is one of 20 African countries planning ...
US Treasury’s Adeyemo hopes Congress will extend US-Africa program
Politics
By Andrea Shalal NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo on Thursday said he hoped Congress would extend a ...
