Nigerian officials have announced a last-minute postponement of the country’s presidential election, holding a press conference at nearly 3 a.m. Saturday – just hours before the polls were set to open. Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said electoral officials will be meeting during the day…
Scientists aboard South Africa’s Agulhas II, a polar supply and research vessel searching for a century-old shipwreck in the Weddell Sea of Antarctica, say they’ve been forced to end the mission after weather and equipment setbacks. The team reached the site of the Endurance, lost to the elements in 1915…
Ambassadors of the United Nations Security Council are in West Africa, visiting in Côte d’Ivoire before paying a critical visit to Guinea-Bissau ahead of the nation’s delayed elections. They’re expected to meet with President José Mário Vaz, Prime Minister Aristides Gomes, political party leaders and the country’s electoral commission, among…
China’s Huawei is set to become the first cloud service provider with a data center…
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, now in its seventh month, has spread…
South Africa has issued the latest appeal to the international community to lift longstanding sanctions…
The results of a post-mortem examination completed Thursday in the death of Kenyan human rights…
Sierra Leone has begun a long-awaited inquiry to determine what happened to millions in funding…
Africa is making great progress on common-market goals but faces many challenges in dealing with refugee crises and the conflicts that cause them, said African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat on Thursday as he delivered opening remarks ahead of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. The African Continental Free…
The United States on Thursday announced the launch of the new Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (WGDP) with the aim of reaching 50 million women across the world by 2025. The White House rolled out the plan as U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka promoted it in a Wall…
Embattled social media company Facebook announced on Thursday it will open a new facility in Kenya to provide better content review services on the continent. Facebook is partnering with Samasource in Nairobi to open the center, a first in sub-Saharan Africa. It is expected to employ 100 people by the…
An innovative fintech project in Togo aims to protect street children who work and make money, but don’t have access to banking or similar financial services. It launched this week with the first 30 participants, on the way to a target of 150 youth made safer and more money-smart by…