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Plastic bags are used daily across Africa - the bans are hoped to tackle the pervasive problem of waste. In both Tunisia and Kenya,...

For Sylvie Nantcha it is vital that she sends money to her mother in Cameroon every month. "In our country there is no social welfare and...

Nigeria is to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite (an artificial satellite with a wet mass between one and 10 kg 2.2–22 lb)  into the orbit,...

A former Indian minister, who is serving a 10-year jail term for corruption, has passed a school final examination at the age of 82,...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 17 mummies in desert catacombs in Minya province, the antiquities ministry announced Saturday.The mummies, yet to be dated, were...

The 3,700-year-old burial chamber of a pharaoh's daughter is believed to have been found near the remains of a recently discovered pyramid in Egypt. The...

President Zuma has not had the best week, starting with being booed off stage at the Cosatu May Day rally this past weekend. Party...

The popular South African author Karel Schoeman has been reported dead. His lawyers confirmed on Wednesday that he died by committing suicide.Local media reports...

Global press freedom has hit a 13-year low, the US rights organization Freedom House said on Friday. Earlier this week, Reporters Without Borders warned...

Kenyans are gearing up for a presidential election in the first week of August and I have the effrontery to assert that it will...