JOHANNESBURG has emerged as the 11th most important city among emerging market countries, in a new study done by MasterCard. Cape Town and Durban were placed 33rd and 37th, respectively. "South Africa's status as an emerging regional economic powerhouse was confirmed today by the findings of the first...

Jean-Michel Severino, Director General of the French Agency for Development comments on the results of the aid perception barometer. Les Afriques: What are the main findings of the 2008 AFD / IFOP barometer on “Development aid: the perceptions and expectations of the French people”? ...

17 hours ago Two women and a man were arrested after customs seized almost half a million euro of drugs at Dublin Airport. In separate searches, officers recovered 20 kilos of herbal cannabis in a set of luggage, two kilos of cocaine in a false suitcase bottom and another one kilo...

13 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP) — Barack Obama picked former Senate leader Tom Daschle to lead his high-risk drive to end the US healthcare crisis and Wednesday stocked his White House staff with loyal campaign aides. The president-elect, who takes office in January, spent the day...

13 hours ago CHICAGO (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama called U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and four foreign leaders Wednesday to respond to their congratulatory calls after his election victory. Obama's transition office said the president-elect expressed his appreciation...

Nov 19, 2008 - 08:48 - Dakar, 19 Nov. 2008 (WAM) - Hamad Saeed Al Zaabi, UAE Ambassador-designate to Senegal today presented his credentials to President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal. Al Zaabi conveyed to President Wade greetings of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al...

DAKAR, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has pledged to clear up to 174 billion CFA ($335 million) in internal debts owed mainly to local companies by Jan. 31 after complaints from business people and donors. 'I wish to assure everybody that internal debts will be paid off in...

As part of the African Economic Conference taking place from November 12-14, 2008, in Tunis, a two-part workshop was held on Wednesday on Policy and Institutions. The first part focused on Economic Success Stories in Africa, with Tunisia serving as a central example, and the second part on the definition and measurement of...

Dr. Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana; M.A. As an Afro-German city councilwoman, in the name of the Diaspora in Europe but especially those of us resident in Germany, we offer our sincere congratulations on your stunning electoral victory. We feel immense happiness and pride at your ascendance to the highest position in...

Imagine if John McCain had beaten Barack Obama. A European equivalent of Mr Obama is an unlikely prospect Apart from disbelief among Democrats and bullet-dodging relief among Republicans, the world's public opinion would probably have come to the conclusion that...

By Martin Mutua President Kibaki on Wednesday became the first African leader to receive a telephone call from US President-elect Barack Obama. This hints that the presidency of Obama, whose father Barack Obama Senior hailed from Kogelo village in Siaya District, is likely to hold...

PARIS — In the general European euphoria over the election of Barack Obama, there is the beginning of self-reflection about Europe’s own troubles with racial integration. Many are asking if there could be a French, British, German or Italian Obama, and everyone knows the answer is no, not anytime soon. ...

Charles Darwin's discovery of evolution is the single most important discovery for humanity in terms of educating ourselves on what it will take to sustain human life on Earth. A continuation of educating our children in blind-faith ideals is a cruel contribution to the end of civilization as we know it. ...

Lines today announced it is planning to launch seven new flights connecting North America and Africa. New connections from Atlanta will go to South Africa, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Senegal and Cape Verde. New York is to be connected with South Africa and Nigeria. The large...

DAKAR, Tuesday - It’s now official and definite: Makcy Sall, who was until this Sunday the president of the Senegalese national assembly, has been dismissed from his seat. Though very controversial, the decision was voted by a majority of MPs. It puts an end to a year-long saga during which Macky Sall has...

Blacksburg, Va. -- Amid global concerns about food security, the U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded a $1 million grant to Virginia Tech's Office of International Research, Education, and Development to improve agricultural productivity and ease trade barriers in Africa. The African Food...

EVEN amid widespread angst over withered portfolios and a rocky economy, some Americans remain committed to helping the poorest of the poor. The question for the compassionate is how to make sure their charitable dollars will be used as effectively as possible. Skip to next paragraph Special...

President of the National Assembly of Senegal, Macky Sall, impeached Sunday, resigned from the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and has set up another his own party. The former Prime Minister and campaign director of President Abdoulaye Wade at the presidential election of February 2007, Sall announced his resignation...

DAKAR, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Senegal's National Assembly on Sunday voted to end the mandate of its head after the majority group in parliament accused him of blocking the work of the legislature. Lawmakers voted 111 against 22 to end the mandate of Macky Sall,president of the National Assembly,...

The new study, a joint effort by the UN Foundation (UNF), the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development and the Energy and Security Group, examines bioenergy's potential in the eight nations of the Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa (UEMOA), which comprises Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire,...

The University of Bamako, Ouagadougou University and University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, together with the French Conference of University Presidents, have agreed on a coordinated strategy for higher education and research, to promote a regional partnership between African and French universities and contribute to development...

The University of Bamako, Ouagadougou University and University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, together with the French Conference of University Presidents, have agreed on a coordinated strategy for higher education and research, to promote a regional partnership between African and French universities and contribute to development...

By Zoe Alsop, Special for USA TODAY NAIROBI, Kenya — Two years ago, Barack and Michelle Obama were tested for AIDS before an audience of thousands here in an effort to remove the public stigma from the disease. After the election of a man many Kenyans consider a native son, the question has become: What...

APA-Dakar (Senegal) Senegalese Parliamentarians on Sunday adopted a resolution to put an end to the mandate of incumbent Speaker of the House and former Prime Minister, Macky Sall. With 111 votes against 22, the resolution went off smoothly because of the MPs’ determination to quell the political upheaval...

By Daniel Wallis KOGELO, Kenya, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Within hours of Barack Obama's election victory, Kenya sent workers to bring electricity for the first time to his late father's rural village. Obama may find it hard to bring such fast, tangible benefits to a whole continent that greeted his...