Nigeria denies assembling forces for military action in Niger
By Xinhua LAGOS, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian military has dismissed recent media reports that it is assembling its...
FAO gives new funding to South Sudan amid Sudan crisis
By Xinhua JUBA, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has announced funding...
Chinese currency gains popularity amid rising trade ties with Kenya: official
By Xinhua NAIROBI,Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) said on Wednesday that the Chinese currency renminbi, or...
Ghanaian president urges women, children to be heard in climate change discourse
By Xinhua ACCRA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday urged African countries to give...
U.S. orders partial evacuation of embassy in Niger
By Xinhua WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. State Department on Wednesday ordered a partial evacuation of the U.S....
ECOWAS defense chiefs meet over coup in Niger
By Xinhua ABUJA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- The defense chiefs of countries within the 15-member Economic Community of West African...
ECOWAS defense chiefs meet over coup in Niger
By Xinhua ABUJA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- The defense chiefs of countries within the 15-member Economic Community of West African...
South Sudan: Communities prepare for renewed flooding ahead of rainy season
By MSF In a parched landscape, an MSF tractor roars as it approaches a small village in Dentiuk, in South...
Official calls on Panyikang, Ruweng leaders to end war of words
The Commissioner of Fangak County, Biel Boutrus has called on the leaders of Panyikang County and the head of the...
Solar energy improves lives in rural Zambia
By Xinhua LUSAKA, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- In some parts of rural Zambia, especially remote ones off the national grid,...
African countries urged to build robust, secure digital infrastructure to tackle cybercrime
By Xinhua KIGALI, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Delegates attending the Cybertech Africa conference in the Rwandan capital of Kigali on...
Niger crisis could worsen security situation in West Africa: UN envoy
By Xinhua UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The security situation in wider West Africa could worsen if the crisis...