DAR ES SALAAM— Tanzania’s anti-narcotics watchdog said at least 11,974.4 kg of illicit drugs were seized in the country between January and October this year.Gerald Kusaya, the commissioner general for the Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA),...
The World Cup men's football championship kicks off in Qatar Sunday with fans in Africa keen to watch five teams from the continent competing for the title. Cameroon's national team, the Indomitable Lions, one of Africa's most celebrated, will join tea...
At COP27, the United Nations climate change conference held in Egypt this month, China has figured prominently in a debate between Africa and Western nations over financial help to developing countries suffering the effects of climate change.This year ...
Russia said on Friday it hoped to clinch a prisoner swap with the United States to return convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, known as the "Merchant of Death," in an exchange that would likely include U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner.Ami...
The U.N. in Nigeria has described the killing of an aid worker by a soldier in northeast Borno State as deeply disturbing and sad.A soldier with Nigeria's 25 Task Force Brigade on Thursday shot a woman working for the French aid group Médecins du Monde...
Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates pledged an additional $7 billion in development funds to Africa. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said the money would be spent over the next four years to support African countries as th...
Today's visit to Libya, as scheduled, started from Tripoli, where I was to meet with President Menfi. However, Ms. Mangoush, the Foreign Minister of the Libyan Transitional Government (GNU), tried to force her presence at the airport so that I would ha...
