Africa’s “Crowd-farming” company Livestock boosts investment in cattle in Africa
Cattle have long been considered a measure of wealth across Africa – but it is not just farmers cashing in. A pioneering app in South Africa lets investors, eager to…
Mediterranean shipwreck: Pope offers prayers for migrants killed
Pope Francis on Sunday offered prayers for migrants who died in the Mediterranean Sea this week, in what the U.N. refugee agency called the worst shipwreck in the area this…
Nigerian preacher awarded £2,500 for wrongful arrest by UK police
A Christian street preacher Oluwole Ilesanmi, 64, a Nigerian who migrated to the UK in 2010 has been awarded £2,500 for wrongful arrest after he had his Bible wrested from…
Africa has to have its own industrial capacity -AfDB
African nations will need to boost output of goods and services and integrate payment systems if they are to take advantage of a new $3.4 trillion economic initiative, according to…
55 bodies recovered from Libya shipwreck -Aid worker
Fifty-five bodies have been recovered so far off the Libyan coast, an aid worker said on Saturday, after a wooden boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized on Thursday. Search operations…
4-year-old girl raped by 36-year-old man, found dead in pit toilet
A 4-year-old South African girl from Bloemfontein girl, who had been missing since Sunday, was found dead in a pit toilet on Thursday. She had been raped. A 36-year-old man…
Latest Mediterranean migrants’ shipwreck takes death toll to over 600 this year
The latest shipwreck in the Mediterranean takes the death toll of migrants to over 600 this year, putting 2019 on track to be the sixth year in a row with…
Migrants: About 115 feared dead, 134 rescued in after worst Mediterranean shipwreck of the year
About 115 people are missing and feared to have drowned and another 134 were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat carrying migrants capsized off…
400 years on: Chains, shackles, auction documents are reminders of trans Atlantic slave trade
In late August 1619, a ship carrying “20 and odd” African men and women docked at Point Comfort, today’s Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. Their arrival, 400 years ago next…
President Essebsi of Tunisia dies at 92
Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, a major player in the North African country’s transition to democracy after a 2011 revolution, has died, the presidency said on Thursday. Essebsi was…