CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – When the country’s president demanded that a soon-to-turn 38-year-old striker be included in the World Cup squad, it was seen as a new low for African football. The game on the continent had long been dogged by the fatuous interventions o... More »
(Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Tuesday said it would expand its App Store, Apple Music and other services to dozens of new markets in Africa, the Middle East and beyond in the biggest geographical expansion of its services in almost a decade. Apple said it ... More »
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone have been disqualified from the preliminaries for the 2019 African Nations Cup finals, confirming places for Kenya and Ghana at the continental championship next June-July. Sierra Leone’s fate was decided by the Confederation... More »
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s old Palais de Justice sits among some of the most sought-after real estate in the capital Dakar, where it shares a stunning sea view with the nearby French ambassador’s residence. So, many Senegalese were surprised when 18 months ag... More »
China's economy cooled further last month, with industrial output, fixed asset investment and retail sales missing expectations as the government extended a crackdown on debt risks and factory pollution. More »
Suicide bombers killed 17 people and injured 21 in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the police commissioner of Borno state said on Wednesday. More »
By Ronnie Cohen(Reuters Health) – Up to one-fourth of adults in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from chronic kidney disease and only a small fraction ever More »
Children attend a class at a primary school in Muna Garage IDP camp, Maiduguri, Nigeria November 7, 2016. UNICEF/Naftalin/Handout via REUTERS Aid agencies must get food to close to 3 million people by July to avert a famine in Africa’s Lake Chad region caused ... More »
The snow-covered landscape is reflected in a logo in front of FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Africa will be looking to double the number of places it has at an expanded World Cup, the continent’s football asso... More »
By Kieran GuilbertGADO-BADZERE, Cameroon (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 250,000 refugees from the Central African Republic are living in ea More »
By Kieran GuilbertGADO-BADZERE, Cameroon (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Alone, hungry and traumatized having watched her parents die in war-torn Cent More »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the National Palace in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa October 11, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on a trip to Ethiopia, said she wanted the African Union to get involved in trying to solve... More »
Togolese authorities said on Saturday they had slaughtered 11,500 chickens in response to an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu at two farms in the capital Lome and the town of Adetikope, about 25 km north of Lome. More »
LONDON A baby gorilla has been delivered by a rare caesarean section at a British zoo in an operation performed by a hospital gynaecologist, the zoo said on Tuesday. Vets at Bristol zoo in western England called in expert medical help after the mother Kera sho... More »
KYE-OSSI, Cameroon A month after six central African nations scrapped visa requirements for their citizens, the long lines at the Kye-Ossi border crossing in southern Cameroon show the challenges facing efforts to boost trade on the continent. Multilateral ins... More »
