Recent data from economists at the African Development Bank (AfDB) show that trade among African countries is alive and growing, expanding from 10% in 2000 to about 16% in 2014. Despite this modest improvement, the volume of intra-Africa…

Spanish police have confirmed the man shot in an operation outside Barcelona is Younes Abouyaaqoub - the chief suspect in the van attack in the city last Thursday.

French oil giant Total said Monday that it would buy Maersk Oil, a unit of Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, for $7.45 billion (6.35 billion euros).

Paris Saint-Germain's world record signing Neymar launched a scathing attack on his former club's directors, saying "Barca deserve much better".

Seven Burundian peacekeepers serving with the African Union have been killed in an ambush in Somalia by al-Shabab.

Police in South Africa have arrested three suspected cannibals, according to local media reports. One of the suspects walked to the police to claiming he was “tired of eating human flesh.”

About 70 Senegalese nationals arrested in Banjul for not having proper documentation have been expelled from The Gambia.

Nigerians residing in a Ghanaian community of Sowutuom are reportedly fleeing the community over fears of being attacked by Ghanaians, according to officials of the Nigerian community living in Ghana.

Two Switzerland nationals have been murdered in Kenya’s Mombasa town of Kiembeni. The two, an elderly couple were found murdered after arriving in Mombasa from Switzerland, according to officials.

Rwanda's Football Association (Ferwafa) is preparing to finalise its bid to host the 2019 Under-17 World Cup. The Ferwafa president Vincent Nzamwita insists the country is capable of host a tournament of such a stature.