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Waste not, want not: Ghana's mushrooming bio-waste initiative

Managing food waste is both a challenge and an opportunity for developping countries. Every month, the St. Baasa factory in west Ghana transforms

22/06/2015

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Do you know: can waste be food?

22/06/2015

Somalia

Somalia: four Islamist gunmen killed during intelligence agency attack, say security officials

Four Islamist gunmen have been killed after detonating a car bomb and shooting their way into a national intelligence agency training site in Somali

21/06/2015

Mali

Tuaregs sign Mali peace deal

Tuareg-rebels and Mali’s government have signed a peace deal offering partial autonomy to the marginalised group

21/06/2015

Cinema

"The Rooftops" - a film which casts a critical eye on Algerian society from the rooftops of Algiers

This week in Cinema Box, veteran director Merzak Allouache casts a critical eye on Algerian society from the rooftops of Algiers. ‘The Rooftops’

19/06/2015

Egypt

Egyptians mark Ramadan with new enthusiasm

After the deadly violence of recent years, Ramadan in Egypt is taking place amid a new sense of optimism. As well as fasting from sun up to sun down

19/06/2015

Chad

Chad bans burqa after two suicide bombings

Chad which is a predominantly Muslim country has banned people from wearing the full-face veil, following two suicide bomb attacks. The Islamist

18/06/2015

Egypt

Egypt: death sentences upheld for Mursi and other Brotherhood leaders

A Cairo court has upheld death sentences for toppled president, Mohamed Mursi and other leaders within the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement. They

16/06/2015

Tunisia

Train and truck in fatal collision in El Fhas, Tunisia

A passenger train and a truck have been involved in a fatal collision in the Tunisian town of El Fahs some 60 kilometers from the capital Tunis

16/06/2015

Egypt

Egypt's Mursi sentenced to life in prison for conspiring with foreign groups

An Egyptian court sentenced former Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to 25 years in prison on Tuesday in a case related to conspiring with foreign

16/06/2015

Algeria

Hollande visits Algeria for talks on fighting terrorism

French President Francois Hollande visited Algeria on Monday for talks on security issues. Hollande called the fight against terrorism a “common

16/06/2015

Sudan

Al Bashir back home after South Africa fails to arrest Sudan leader on war crimes charges

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has arrived back in Khartoum after avoiding an international arrest warrant on war crimes charges. Bashir left

15/06/2015

Chad

At least 27 dead in two attacks on Chad, government blames Boko Haram

At least 27 people have died in two attacks in the Chadian capital N’Djamena. Four suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters are said to be among those

15/06/2015

South Africa

Sudan's Omar al-Bashir: wanted, but not detained

He is wanted by the ICC on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity and was blocked by a court from leaving South Africa. But Sudan's president has departed, officials say, and is heading bac

15/06/2015

Culture news

Religions merge in Egyptian music and dance festival

This colourful Cairo carnival aims to unite Egypt with song and dance.

15/06/2015

Libya

Libyans claim Mokhtar Belmokhtar killed in US airstrike

One of the most feared Islamic militant leaders, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, has reportedly been killed by a US airstrike in Libya, according to the local

15/06/2015

Libya

Al Qaeda militant is 'killed in US air strike' inside Libya

The al Qaeda militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar and seven others have been reported killed in a US air strike inside Libya. Belmokhtar’ is thought to have

15/06/2015

South Africa

South Africa: ICC calls for arrest of Sudan's president during regional summit

A South African court has issued an interim order blocking Sudanese President Omar Bashir from leaving the country, until a judge hears an

14/06/2015

Libya

Abducted Tunisian consulate staff in Libya are well

Ten kidnapped staff from the Tunisian embassy in Libya’s capital Tripoli are said to be in a good condition. The Interior Minister of Libya’s

14/06/2015

Libya

Tunisian embassy staff kidnapped in Tripoli

In the Libyan capital Tripoli 10 staff of the Tunisian embassy have been kidnapped after an armed group stormed the building according to the

12/06/2015

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe exchanges 250,000,000,000,000 local dollars for US$1

12/06/2015

Egypt

African leaders sign pact to create 'Cape to Cairo' free trade bloc

African leaders have signed a agreement in Egypt to create a new free-trade zone stretching from Cairo to Cape Town. The Tripartite Free Trade Area

10/06/2015

Egypt

Egypt boosts tourist site security after Luxor suicide bombing

Egyptian authorities are stepping up security after a suicide bomber blew himself up near the ancient Karnak temple in the southern city of Luxor. It

10/06/2015

Egypt

Egypt: at least 4 wounded in Luxor suicide bombing

Witnesses and security sources say at least four people have been injured in a suicide bombing in a car park next to the Kamak Temple in Luxor

10/06/2015

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Egypt: Football riot death sentences upheld by court

10/06/2015

Egypt

African free trade agreement to be signed in Egypt

The leaders of 26 African nations have been laying the groundwork for an African Free Trade Union in the resort of Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt. Behind

09/06/2015