Angola’s bullring in Luanda was the scene of red capes since colonial times. Then it became abandoned for decades before a brief stint as a concert venue. Angola’s government has made promises to renovate the ring, now a squatter's camp, but so far, nothing has become reality.
In Ivory Coast, a so-called "Superphone" using a vocal assistant that responds to commands in a local language is being pitched to the large segment of the population -- as many as 40 percent -- who are illiterate.
French prosecutors said Friday they had seized a house in the Paris suburbs linked to the son of the president of the Republic of the Congo, in a probe into suspected "ill-gotten gains".
Queen Elizabeth II was "a towering icon of selfless service" who occupied a special place in Kenyan hearts, the country's outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta said Friday, announcing three days of national mourning following her death aged 96.
Egypt, Greece and Saudi Arabia are in talks to jointly host the 2030 World Cup football tournament, an Egyptian official said Friday in televised remarks.
Denmark has agreed with Rwanda to move forward on a controversial system that could see asylum seekers transferred from Denmark to the east African nation, the foreign ministry said Friday.
Tigrayan rebels have proposed a conditional truce in the war in northern Ethiopia, a spokesman for the group said Friday, as fresh fighting forced a halt to aid deliveries in the stricken Tigray region.
Police in the Chadian capital N'Djamena fired tear gas on Friday to disperse supporters of a leading critic of the country's ruling junta as he was summonsed for questioning following clashes last week., AFP Reports
Beer-drinking will be OK at the Qatar World Cup, the tournament's chief insisted Thursday, despite severely restricted alcohol sales in the Muslim Gulf state.
US health authorities announced Thursday they would carry out a clinical trial to test different dosing strategies of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine, amid uncertainty over its effectiveness.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has set its pairings for the preliminary and last-32 rounds of the 2022-2023 CAF Confederation Cup, which starts on Friday:
Egypt is to establish a licensing framework for digital entertainment platforms like Netflix that will require them to conform to the majority-Muslim country's "social values," the regulatory body said.
Allied Democratic Forces rebels have killed five civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the army and local officials said Thursday, in the latest violence to hit the troubled region.
Cash-strapped Tunisia is facing a dearth of imported foodstuffs from dairy products to coffee, forcing informal rationing at supermarkets and threatening some food and beverage companies.
Burundi’s Parliament Wednesday approved the appointment of Gervais Ndirakobuca, the interior minister, to become the new Prime Minister, thereby replacing Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, less than a week after President Evariste Ndayishimiye warned of a coup plot against him.
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry Wednesday held a meeting in Egypt alongside 24 African officials, in preparation for the COP27 climate conference, during which the U.S. official expressed concern over climate change and added the world is “in trouble.”
Burundi's president has put 52-year-old Gervais Ndirakobuca in the nation's prime minister post, replacing Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, a former police chief who was appointed by Evariste Ndayishimiye shortly after he came to power two years ago.
A tower bristling with sensors juts above the canopy in northern Democratic Republic of Congo, measuring carbon dioxide emitted from the world's second-largest tropical rainforest.
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