ADDIS ABABA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU) announced Wednesday that the Africa Food Safety Agency will be established shortly in a bid to enhance food safety across the continent.
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five continents to carry data, including for developing artificial intelligence.
CAPE TOWN, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The African Mining Indaba 2025 kicked off on Monday in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa, with South African Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe calling for cooperation to shape the future of the continent's mining industry.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - The seven candidates for the world's most powerful job in global sport -- the presidency of the International Olympic Committee -- unveiled their plans and vision for the Games in a brief presentation to the IOC membership on Thursday.
RUSSIA’s domestic intelligence agency patrols the meandering river, alongside cameras, watchtowers and three rows of barbed-wire fencing.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African click-and-collect company Pargo is exploring an expansion into the rest of Africa, its CEO said in an interview, betting on e-commerce growth on the continent.
NAIROBI, March 31 (Xinhua) -- African floriculture experts gathered in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Monday to discuss strategies for boosting the continent's flower exports, enhancing market access, and improving supply chain efficiency.
ADDIS ABABA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU) has called on African countries to harness the continent's vast mineral resources through coordinated efforts to drive sustainable development, industrialization, and economic transformation.
African startups, addressing overlooked needs, are putting the spotlight on a burgeoning tech scene, despite challenges like inequality and limited digitalisation.
NAIROBI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The transformation of food systems in Africa to help the continent meet its hunger eradication goal requires sustained investments in quality seeds, technology, post-harvest storage and value addition, senior officials from the African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Tuesday.
IT is no secret that music fans love concerts, music festivals and gigs – nothing quite matches the adrenaline rush of watching one's favourite act perform live.
Twelve years since her last novel, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie returns with the highly anticipated 'Dream Count'
(Reuters) -German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday that the United States should not to be misled by any "stalling tactics" of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Africa’s fashion industry is rapidly growing to meet local and international demands but a lack of adequate investment still limits its full potential, Unesco said in its new report released at this year’s Lagos Fashion Week show.
FOR a region that lives and breathes football like South America, FIFA’s 2030 World Cup announcement could only be seen as a disappointment.
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping is seeking to paint China as a steady partner to investors roiled by a global trade war. A spat over a shipping lane coveted by Donald Trump is testing that push.
Recent years have seen growing use of telemedicine, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic. Experts say such digital tools can benefit patients in Africa the most because there are so few specialist doctors for the continent's 1.4 billion people.
ADDIS ABABA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Experts and policymakers have called on African countries to address persistent challenges and trade barriers to improve food security on the continent.
KIRSTY Coventry now holds the most powerful role in sports when she was elected as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee.
LONDON (Reuters) - Europe has warmed more than twice as much as the rest of the world over the past three decades and experienced the greatest temperature increase of any continent, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization.