South Africa’s once-booming taxi industry is facing one of its toughest challenges yet, with sales of minibus taxis plunging ...

Holcim AG, a global building materials company, is reportedly finalising a $1 billion deal to divest its 83.8 per cent stake in Lafarge Africa to Huaxin Cement Co., a Chinese firm.The Senate Committee ...

N obody is quite sure how the ferry sank. Ayuen Samuel, who manages the old shipyard in Juba, South Sudan’s capital, thinks ...

After his death, the Church in Africa has said Pope Francis has played a special role for Catholics on the continent.

Kenya's police have said the fatal shooting of a lawmaker by a gunman aboard a motorcycle in the capital Nairobi on Wednesday ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A national political conference launched by Mali’s military regime has recommended naming junta leader ...

Hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police officers seeking refuge at the United Nations' base in Goma since the eastern city's capture in January are being transferred to Kinshasa, the International ...

In a bold move to assert itself as a continental aviation powerhouse, Ethiopia is embarking on a $7.8 billion infrastructure ...

One of the UK’s flagship economic development programmes for Africa, Manufacturing Africa (MA), yesterday signed a strategic ...

The AUA could reduce Africa’s dependence on the dollar, which exposes African economies to volatile exchange rates. It would also lower the cost of capital for infrastructure projects by 30 to 40 ...