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Petite Noir tours with 'Life is Beautiful'

South African musician Petite Noir is currently touring Europe with his debut album ‘La Vie Est Belle / Life is Beautiful’. Born in Belgium to a

07/03/2016

Business Series

Barclays quits Africa as profit falls

Barclays is quitting Africa after almost a century of doing business there. The announcement came as it reported pretax profit last year was 5.4 billion pounds, down 2% on 2014.

01/03/2016

Focus

4th annual Africa Development Forum: what is the focus?

Transforming agriculture from a subsistence activity into a driver of development and growth

29/02/2016

Uganda

Unrest in Uganda as opposition reject result of presidential election

Yoweri Musaveni granted another five-year term amid unrest, opposition arrests and widespread claims of vote-rigging

20/02/2016

Uganda

Violence and vote rigging threatens Ugandan ballot

Uganda prepares to go the polls with incumbant president Yoweri Museveni seeking a fifth term in office.

17/02/2016

Central African Republic

Polls close in Central African Republic presidential run-off vote

Voting has ended in Central African Republic’s (CAR)presidential election second-round run-off. Sunday’s vote will bring to an end two years of

14/02/2016

World News

The day I met Masika

“You know, sometimes, I no longer want to live,” Masika had told me, her eyes filled with tears. “But I still find the strength, for the children.”

10/02/2016

Sport

DRC parties hard as fans celebrate nation's CHAN 2016 victory

When DR Congo's youngster Meshack Elia netted his second goal to send Mali packing, Kinshasa was already partying. That was still before Jonathan Bolingi slotted home the third, to seal a record secon

08/02/2016

Zimbabwe

State of disaster declared in drought-ridden Zimbabwe

A severe drought has hit Zimbabwe, leading President Robert Mugabe to declare a state of disaster in most rural parts of the country. The government

05/02/2016

Italy

Despite cold weather migrants still risking everything to get to Europe by sea

Scores of migrants have been picked up off the coast of Libya in ten rescue operations over four days coordinated by the Italian coastguard. In one

27/01/2016

Europe News

WHO declares Liberia free of Ebola

The World Health Organisation has declared that Liberia is free of Ebola. It means the latest outbreak of the deadly disease is effectively over. The

14/01/2016

World News

Ebola hits affected countries in the pockets

Experts say the situation is looking up

12/01/2016

Sport

Ullevalseter retains Africa Eco Race crown

Norway’s Pal Anders Ullevalseter held his nerve to clinch the 8th edition of the Africa Eco Race on Sunday. The 47-year-old looked in control

10/01/2016

Sport

Africa Eco Race: Ullevalseter and Gerard win stage 10

Pal Anders Ullevalseter’s domination of this year’s Africa Eco Race has been impressive and the Norwegian once again topped the motorcycle podium as

08/01/2016

Sport

Aubameyang named African Footballer of the Year

Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was named African Footballer of the Year ending Yaya Touré‘s four year stranglehold on the accolade. The

08/01/2016

Sport

Dakar Rally: Loeb continues to shine with third stage win

Nine times world rally champion Sebastien Loeb celebrated his third win in this year’s Dakar Rally. The Frenchman – competing in his first Dakar –

07/01/2016

Sport

Ullevalseter continues march towards second straight Africa Eco Race title

Pal Anders Ullevalseter continued to cruise towards a second straight Africa Eco Race title in the bikes category after the Norwegian KTM rider won

07/01/2016

World

Africanews launches vision of unbiased information, embracing diversity

From the Republic of the Congo, rolling multi-platform news channel Africanews sets out to serve the continent’s more than 50 countries in English

07/01/2016

Sport

Africa Eco Race: Ullevalseter returns to winning ways in stage eight

Defending bikes champion Pal Anders Ullevalseter returned to winning ways in the eighth edition of the Africa Eco Race. The Norwegian KTM rider won

06/01/2016

Sport

Africa Eco Race: British KTM rider Newland wins stage seven

Britain’s Andrew Newland became only the second rider to win a stage in this year’s edition of the Africa Eco Race. The KTM rider won a rocky stage

05/01/2016