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An Argentine health insurance company admitted that medical tests presented at the trial over the death of late football icon Diego Maradona were, in fact, thos...
The Iran war is creating one of the biggest disruptions to the global energy market in decades. With more than 43% of the world's oil production now coming from...
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the fastest-growing in history, with confirmed cases surpassing 5,500 and the virus now spread...
South Africa's correctional system is operating at 58 percent over capacity, with 168,672 inmates crammed into facilities designed for just over 107,000, accord...
When an African country runs short of foreign currency, struggles to pay its debts or faces a serious balance-of-payments crisis, the International Monetary Fun...
Kenya, Ethiopia and Rwanda consider investment in $16 billion project as Dangote expands refining ambitions
For centuries, Africa's coastline has connected the continent to the rest of the world. Ships carrying oil, minerals, agricultural commodities, manufactured goo...
Africa holds 30 percent of the world's mineral reserves, including more than 60 percent of global cobalt, 90 percent of platinum group metals, and vast deposits...
Egypt has successfully conducted Africa's first trial of mobile telecommunications services using the 6GHz frequency band, achieving data transmission speeds of...
Nigerian defence-tech company Terra Industries has raised an additional $18 million, bringing its total seed funding to $52 million, as the two-year-old autonom...
African governments borrow money for the same reasons people take out loans—to build, to survive and to invest in the future. But when borrowing becomes a hab...
More than three decades after the end of apartheid, South Africa finds itself at another defining moment. With a second Government of National Unity, growing po...