Botswana has been named the best African country for safari adventures, narrowly edging out Tanzania for the first time in annual ratings conducted by SafariBookings.com. “Botswana – a study in contrasting landscapes, from the impossibly beautiful Kalahari Desert with its big skies to the watery wonderland of the famous Okavango…
South Africa is one step closer to implementing controversial land reforms through expropriation, after a key committee announced Thursday that it has adopted a recommendations report on amending the country’s constitution. The Joint Constitutional Review Committee (JCRC) said the African National Congress, the Economic Freedom Fighters and the National Freedom…
The African Union has approved a USD$681.5 million budget for 2019 during its extraordinary summit in Addis Ababa, which began Wednesday. The details include $273.3 million for financing the peacekeeping budget, with another $249.8 million to the AU program budget and $158.5 million for the operational budget. There are now…
The government of Eritrea responded to Wednesday’s United Nations Security Council decision to lift international…
Authorities in Sudan confirmed they are holding Mohamed Boshi, a vocal critic of the government who…
By Akere Muna On November 6, Paul Biya was inaugurated for the seventh time. The…
By Zandre Campos As Angola seeks to diversify its economy, one of the key sectors…
Dozens of cat mummies, along with 100 wooden gilded statues of cats and a bronze…
Africa Oil Week has wrapped up in South Africa, where the five-day energy conference was hosted by Cape Town. This year, 17 government ministers attended, the event organizers said in a closing statement; they included ministers from Nigeria, Mali, The Gambia, Namibia and Sudan. Additionally, during the course of the…
The United States has appointed a new special envoy for the Great Lakes Region, the U.S. Department of State announced Friday. Dr. J. Peter Pham, most recently director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington DC, was named to the post and will continue the work of…
The Democratic Republic of Congo is among nations where authorities are working to reduce the impact of organized crime that is thriving among armed groups in conflict zones and financing international terrorism. That’s according to experts who briefed the United Nations Security Council this week. They discussed progress and challenges…
Somali-American Ilhan Omar has become one of two Muslim women who are the first to serve in the United States Congress, after easily winning her race in the state of Minnesota. The Democrat Omar was declared winner of her U.S. House of Representatives race with 78.7 percent of the vote…