United Nations (United States) (AFP) - United Nations peacekeeping missions, under threat from budget cuts if Washington's promise to slash its UN spending goes ahead, are already costing as little as possible, a UN official said Friday. The comments come after US President Donald Trump this month proposed to cut Washington's contribution to UN ...
Johannesburg (AFP) - Cameroon began their reign as African champions with a 1-0 friendly victory over Tunisia in Monastir Friday thanks to a Vincent Aboubakar goal. The Turkey-based striker took advantage of his first scoring opportunity to beat Aymen Mathlouthi after 14 minutes in the Mediterranean resort. Aboubakar had several other chances ...
Bangui (Central African Republic) (AFP) - At least 50 people have been killed and dozens more injured since Tuesday after armed men attacked three villages in the central Bambari region of the Central African Republic, local residents who fled their homes told AFP. Prosper Tchoulekrayo, who escaped from Yasseneme village, said the attackers had ...
Madrid (AFP) - One in five youths in several North African countries and Lebanon would like to emigrate in search of better prospects, including those with university degrees, according to a survey conducted for the European Commission. The survey of 10,000 people in Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia found a deep sense of frustration ...
Abidjan, C ocirc;te d rsquo;Ivoire, March 24, 2017 ndash; The African Development Bank (AfDB) participated in the Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) Annual Meetings from February 20 to 24, 2017 in Marrakech, under the theme ldquo;Aligning Africa Transport Policies with the Sustainable Development Goals. rdquo; The meeting brought together ...
Estoril (Portugal) (AFP) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Friday the election of Ahmad Ahmad as Confederation of African Football chief was a vote for change after almost 30 years under Cameroonian Issa Hayatou. Ahmad, head of Madagascar's football federation, won the election in the Ethiopian capital this month by 34 votes to Hayatou's ...
Lagos (AFP) - The World Health Organization said Friday 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in 13 countries in west and central Africa as part of efforts to eradicate the disease on the continent. The synchronised vaccination campaign, one of the largest of its kind ever implemented in Africa, is part of urgent measures to perman ...
Durban, South Africa, March 24, 2017 ndash; South Africa 39;s President, Jacob Zuma has called on his fellow African and world leaders ldquo;to prioritize access to water and sanitation. rdquo; Speaking in Durban South Africa during a joint event to commemorate World Water Day and launch the 2017 World Water Development Report, Zuma s ...
Cairo (AFP) - In six years, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak has gone from symbolising the hubris of Middle East dictators swept away by the Arab Spring uprisings to an emblem of dashed hopes. The strongman who ruled for 30 years had warned that if it were not for him chaos would grip Egypt. To the dismay of protesters who put their faith in the revolut ...
London (AFP) - Royal Dutch Shell has sold its onshore oil and gas interests in the central African nation of Gabon for $587 million to private equity firm Carlyle Group, it said Friday. The Anglo-Dutch energy giant announced in a statement that it has sold the assets to Carlyle for the equivalent of 544 million euros in a deal expected to comple ...
Freetown (AFP) - Evangelical preacher Emmanuel Momoh prayed for five years that he would discover the diamond he needed to pull his family out of poverty in eastern Sierra Leone. The 39-year-old pastor obtained his first mining licence in 2012 when the paltry income he received from the Deeper Life Church in Kono, the country's key mining distri ...
Rome (AFP) - More than 250 African migrants were feared drowned in the Mediterranean Thursday after a charity's rescue boat found five corpses close to two sinking rubber dinghies off Libya. The UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) said it was deeply alarmed after the Golfo Azzuro, a boat operated by Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms, reported the recove ...
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