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LIVE: 2016 Ibrahim Index - A Decade of African Governance

The 2016 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) will be released on Monday, October 3, 2016 under the theme: A Decade of African Governance.

South Africa

Surge in elephant and rhino poaching looms over UN wildlife summit

A surge in elephant and rhino poaching in Africa is the backdrop to the latest meeting of CITES – the UN’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in…

Tanzania

Tanzania quake kills 13 and injures nearly 200

At least 13 people have reportedly died and nearly 200 others injured in northern Tanzania after a 5.

World

Bongo declared president-elect of Gabon with 49.80%, Ping polled 48.16%

Incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been declared winner of Gabon's presidential election after polling 49.80% of the votes while his main opponent, Jean Ping polled 48.23 %.

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Sport

Kenya disbands Olympic committee over Rio performance

Sport

Feyisa Lilesa fears for his life after Ethiopian government protest

Ethiopia will not bar runner Feyisa Lilesa from entering the country after he made an anti-government gesture upon finishing second in the Olympic marathon on Sunday, according to a government…

Kenya

Kerry pushes for swift deployment of 'protection force' in South Sudan

Visiting Africa, John Kerry has stressed his commitment to tackling renewed violence in South Sudan.

Mali

Islamic extremist pleads guilty in The Hague

Malian citizen Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi’s trial in the International Criminal Court in The Hague is a legal first.

Zimbabwe

Police break up bank protest in Zimbabwe

Memories are still fresh of 2008 when inflation hit 500 billion percent, wiping out people's pensions and savings.

South Sudan

South Sudan : one year since peace deal

One year to the day since the signing of the peace agreement in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and there is renewed tension between the two warring factions in South…

Kenya

Kenya and UN work to change a refugee camp into a settlement

Refugees in Kenya who have fled the fighting in South Sudan are being given a chance to become self sufficient under a new initiative from the government and the UNHCR.

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Geothermal energy helps power Kenya's future

Kenya’s rift valley boasts a mind-blowing safari landscape.

Italy

Italian campaign warns would-be migrants against travelling to Europe

The Italian government has launched an awareness campaign aimed at would-be migrants considering travelling from Africa to Europe.

World

[Photos] The African passport with 5 language inscriptions

The passport are currently issued to Heads of States and diplomats and is believed to have high security features. The first recepients were Chairperson of the African Union, Idris Deby Itno and Rwand

World

African passport launched, Idris Deby & Paul Kagame get first copies

The African passport has finally been launched and the first two copies issued at the 27th African Union (AU) summit in the Rwandan capital, Kigali.

World News

Sudan's al-Bashir in Rwanda for summit, despite ICC arrest warrant

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday arrived in Rwanda for an African Union (AU) summit, defying an international warrant for his arrest by the International Criminal Court…

South Sudan

UN calls for calm following deadly clashes in South Sudan capital

Fears are growing of a return to civil war in South Sudan after renewed fighting between forces loyal to the country’s president and vice president.

South Sudan

Gunbattles erupt in South Sudan's capital

Gunbattles erupted in South Sudan on its fifth independence anniversary and as peace talks were underway in the capital Juba.

Costa Rica

Costa Rica bottleneck traps hundreds of African migrants

Europe is not the only region facing a refugee crisis.

Italy

Italy smashes ruthless migrant-trafficking gang

Italian police have smashed a major people smuggling and drug trafficking ring.