Yaoundà (AFP) - Fifty-five people were killed and almost 600 injured when a packed Cameroon passenger train derailed on Friday while travelling from the capital Yaounde to the economic hub Douala, the transport minister said. The train, crammed with people due to road traffic disruption between the two cities, came off the tracks just before re ...

Yaoundà (AFP) - Fifty-three people died when a packed Cameroon passenger train derailed on Friday while travelling between the capital Yaounde and the economic hub Douala, state broadcaster Crtv said. The train, crammed with people due to road traffic disruption between the two cities, left the tracks just before reaching the central city of Es ...

Speakers will include representatives of partners such as International Organization of La Francophonie, African Union of Broadcasting, Morocco rsquo;s High Authority for Audiovisual Communication, UN Women, and Host Broadcast Services. Through this event, the Organization seeks to strengthen media pluralism and the adoption of gender-sensi ...

Today, the African People commemorate the Africa Human Rights Day across the continent under the theme ldquo;Women Rights ndash; Our Collective Responsibility rdquo;. On this occasion, H.E. Dr. Aisha Laraba Abdullahi, Commissioner for Political Affairs issued a statement on behalf of H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chair ...

The future for a sustainable growth and development of Africa depends on increasing the levels of intra-Africa trade and investment within the African continent. This was said by the Acting Chief Executive Officer of Trade Invest Africa (TIA), Ms Lerato Mataboge during a seminar hosted by TIA, an entity of the Department of Trade and Industry ( ...

The Ebola outbreak that swept across West Africa infected more than 28,700 people and killed more than 11,300 men, women and children. Whole families were ripped apart and communities were devastated by the disease, which saw schools close, economies grind to a halt and health systems collapse, leading to even greater loss of life. The shocking ...

International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will meet with her Austrian counterpart, Sebastian Kurz, the Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, on 24 October 2016 in Pretoria. Minister Kurz is visiting South Africa from 24-26 October 2016, heading a 50-person strong business delegation, which includes ...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ghana Grains Council held the sixth annual Pre-harvest Agribusiness Forum in Sunyani on October 20. The event brought together more than 1,000 farmers, buyers, processors, equipment dealers, transporters, financial institutions and others who work in agriculture and agribusi ...

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni received the President of the Ennahda party of Tunisa, Rached Ghannouchi, at the Farnesina today. In the talks, Minister Gentiloni confirmed Italy 39;s firm support to Tunisia on the bilateral and European level. He also expressed satisfaction for the vote of confidence Tunisia 39;s coalition government, of wh ...

Yaoundà (AFP) - A Cameroon passenger train derailed Friday, while travelling between the capital Yaounde and the economic hub of Douala in the south, causing substantial human and material damage , Transport Minister Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo'o said. The derailment happened near the central town of Eseka, Mebe Ngo'o added, in comments made to the s ...

The Hague (AFP) - Once a champion of the International Criminal Court (ICC), South Africa dealt a blow to the world tribunal Friday by announcing its intention to withdraw, a move that came on the heels of a similar move by Burundi. Here are five key questions following Pretoria's announcement: Is this the end of the ICC? Not according to ...

THE HAGUE (AFP) - The International Criminal Court -- dealt a blow Friday with South Africa's decision to withdraw from the tribunal -- has launched nine investigations in eight African countries since its establishment in 2002. A 10th was opened in Georgia, the only country outside Africa. Here are details of the main indictments and cases b ...

UNESCO and UNDP in partnership with WB4ALL are organising a Peacebuilding and Literacy through Tech Innovation Bootcamp for 16 students from the University of Juba from October 24 - 28, 2016 at the Regency Hotel in Juba, South Sudan. The purpose of the bootcamp is to develop two mobile applications ( ldquo;apps rdquo;) aiming at educ ...

The Commission of the African Union (AU), concluded the validation workshop on the draft Maputo Strategic Five-Year Work Plan (2016-2020) on the African Standby Force (ASF), at the AU Headquarters. This workshop was convened following the directive given by the 9th Specialised Technical Committee on Defence, Safety and Security (STCDSS), which ...

Port Louis (Mauritius) (AFP) - As the horses round the last bend, the crowd starts shouting, their cries crescendoing into deafening cheers as the jockeys bear down on the finish line. The Deacon noses across the line in first place and a man leaps in the air, frantically waving his arms, clutching in his hand the winning betting slip. Hors ...

The Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Rob Davies has welcomed the R120 million investment by the United State- based multinational company, 3M to expand its operations in South Africa. 3M is a science and technology company that produces thousands of imaginative products, and are the leader in scores of markets - from consumer, safety and graph ...

WWF South Africa is gravely concerned by current claims that have been widely published in the media, some of which form the basis of a recent affidavit submitted by the Minister of Finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan. The affidavit suggests that funds that were held in trust by Optimum Mines, specifically for mine rehabilitation, may have been rele ...

The Members of the Security Council heard a briefing from Mr. Modibo Ibrahim Tour eacute;, Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS), on the inclusive dialogue among political leaders, civil society and religious communities of Guinea-Bissau convene ...

Zambia says sustainable trade, infrastructure development, gender equality and empowerment, peace, health and education are among key prerequisites to the development of Africa. Zambia made the remarks at the just-concluded Africa-week joint debate on New Partnership for Africa rsquo;s Development (NEPAD), focusing on the progress in implem ...

KIGALI, Rwanda, 21 October 2016,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The MasterCard Foundation today presented its second annual Clients at the Centre Prize to Hello Paisa . The US$150,000 Prize recognizes the company 39;s innovative work in South Africa to facilitate international money transfer for foreign workers. The award came after the ...