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World Bank looks for backers for $16B plan for Africa to adapt to climate change

The World Bank has announced it is calling for some 15 billion euros to pay for a “plan”

World

Education projects in Egypt and Uganda win 2015 Wise Awards

Egypt-based Nafham and the Educate! project in Uganda have been named WISE Awards winners at this year's World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha. This edition of Learning World looks into what t

Kenya

Kenya: Pope Francis visits slum, calls for more to be done about poverty

On his final day in Kenya, Pope Francis calls on the government to do more to lift people out of poverty.

Kenya

Pope disgusted by 'barbarous attacks' in God's name

Pope Francis celebrated mass with tens of thousands at the university of Nairobi. Pope Francis, in Kenya, denounces "barbarous attacks" carried out

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Pope calls for religious reconciliation at the start of African tour

Pope Francis was given a warm welcome when he arrived in Kenya at the start if a three nation trip, his first ever to Africa. His tour will also

Mali

Jihadist strike on Mali luxury hotel defies French troop presence

In March this year, the Malian capital Bamako, so far spared from any terrorist attack, saw five people killed — including one Belgian and one French

Focus

Turkey's rising role in Africa

Under the Ottoman Empire Turkey ruled North Africa for hundreds of years, but after the empire fell in the 1920s, the country lost interest in the

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Africa : cities and development, for today and the future

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Malta migrant summit: EU leaders unveil Africa fund and debate Turkey deal

Desperately seeking solutions to Europe’s migrant crisis, EU leaders have unveiled an emergency trust fund for Africa. It is part of a bid to combat

Europe News

Africa trust fund will bring migration and development policies 'closer together'

The EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development has told euronews that an emergency trust fund for Africa is aimed at bringing

Malta

EU offers 1.8-billion-euro Emergency Trust Fund to Africa

On the final day of the Valletta Summit on Migration, the European Union offers 1.8 billion euros in aid to Africa.

Economy

Beer giants AB InBev and SABMiller agree terms for mega merger

The mega beer merger is a step closer. The world’s biggest brewer AB InBev has launched its bid of over 100 billion dollars for its nearest rival

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EU leaders to urge African nations to take back economic migrants

The European Union is to call on African leaders to play their part in trying to solve the migration crisis by taking back the economic migrants

South Sudan

'Dozens perish, three survive' South Sudan plane crash

Eyewitnesses say dozens of people have died after a cargo plane crashed on take-off at the main airport in Juba, the capital of South Sudan

Economy

New destinations seek to get in on the act at World Travel Market

The tourism industry’s leading global event includes some 250 new exhibitors this year. At the 2015 World Travel Market in London, upcoming tourist

Kenya

World Travel Market 2015 interview – Phyllis Kandie, Kenya

World

Innovative education ideas reap rewards and awards in Kenya and Ghana

WISE, the World Innovation Summit for Education, kicks off this week in Doha. Around 1,500 experts and policy makers will discuss the latest hot

Tanzania

Tanzania in tightest election in decades

Tanzania is in the grip of one its closest elections in decades. Tanzania's elections expected to be country’s tightest in history

Cinema

'Lamb': a rare Ethiopian gem

‘Lamb’ is a tender and beautifully shot debut feature by young Ethiopian director Yared Zeleke. Ephraim has recently lost his mother. He lives in a

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Ebola: is the epidemic over?

It has now been a week since any new cases of Ebola were declared in the three West African countries at the centre of a recent epidemic. The World