Africa

The president of the Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, is banning exportation of cocoa beans for a month, beginning on Monday. The president hopes to cut the revenue to the incumbent ...

Some of the lawmakers argue that the pirates are heroes instead of villains as they keep foreign fishing ...

Tunisians have started to set to rights 23 years of financial bleeding by the ousted president and his ...

The United Nations will deploy an additional 2000 peacekeepers to the Ivory Coast to prevent the post-electoral violence ...

Whether or not southern Sudan chose independence in the recent referendum, officials say much work will need to ...

Abdelkader Zitouni, leader of the Green Tunisia Party, will meet with interim President Mohammed Ghannouchi on Tuesday to ...

Tunisia's Interim prime minister said Sunday that a new coalition government will be announced after President Zine El ...

Even if separated, South and North will remain mutually dependent when it comes to oil.

An Algerian man died from a self-immolation on Saturday in a protest against unemployment, Reuters Africa has reported.

Tunisia's President, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, has fled the country by military plane, after dissolving parliament and declaring ...

Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali today dismissed his government, declared a state of emergency, and promised new ...

Worldwatch Institute hopes decision-makers will learn from what works

He has held Tunisia in his grip for 23 years—leader Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.

Spirit of Adventure cruise ship dodged a possible pirate attack in the Indian Ocean this week, according to ...

Gbagbo lost recent presidential elections but has refused to step down, pushing the Ivory Coast to the brink ...

In 2009, 122 rhinos were illegally killed, and in the first week of 2011, already five rhinos have ...

In southern Sudan, the minimum threshold of 60 percent, needed to validate the self-determination referendum in its fourth ...

The second day of the week-long self-determination referendum in Sudan was marked by the killing of 36 people ...

Last month, Mohammed Bouazizi, a 26-year old unemployed university graduate, set himself on fire after police confiscated the ...

Southern Sudanese cast their ballots in the first day of voting in the historical referendum, which is expected ...

Two French hostages were found dead on Saturday after they had been kidnapped from a restaurant in Niger's ...

Assets belonging to former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, his wife, and members of his inner circle were ...

Africa's largest country is already preparing to split into two sovereign states.

An abducted member of the United Nations-African Union mission, Istvan Papp, has been released and is unharmed and ...

Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir said he will accept the outcome of a referendum on independence for Southern Sudan, ...

African presidents are offering Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo amnesty if he peacefully hands over power to ...

About 80 African migrants are feared to have drowned off the south Yemeni coast after their two boats ...