New Delhi, Feb.5 (ANI):Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam, the Prime Minister of Mauritius, and his wife Veena Ramgoolam, will pay a state visit to India from February 6 to 11.

He would also be accompanied...

African -American CEOs account for a mere one percent of the chiefs of the 500 largest companies in the US, a new study has revealed.

The study published in the current issue of the Academy of...

The Western Cape High Court has dismissed an application on the Dalai Lama's visa, claiming that it was too late to fix the past, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) said on Friday.

Judge Elizabeth...

In a new study, an international team of scientists pooled their radio observations into a database to produce the highest precision map to date of the magnetic field within our own Milky Way...

Opposition candidates in Senegal's upcoming election pledged a new round of protests aimed at stopping President Abdoulaye Wade from seeking a constitutionally questionable third...

The Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (Taqa) has established a division to invest in renewables, and will take part in Morocco's upcoming tenders for wind and solar. The company, which already has a...

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 5, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - This Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 photo shows Gibre George, who started a Facebook page called 'Don't Call Me African-American," in...

Violence Widely CondemnedROME, JAN. 9, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Thirty more people died in Nigeria over the weekend, the latest victims in a wave of anti-Christian violence that claimed more than three...

WASHINGTON – As Occupy protests continue across the country, members of the Nigerian-American community rallied Monday in front of the World Bank headquarters to voice opposition to the...

Tahrir Square protests.Around Mr Salema, hundreds of young fans known as "ultras", draped in football colours, many in tears, waved photographs of their dead friends and sang club...

KENYA'S military has struck al-Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last...

By Jomo Gbomo The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has issued a press release detailing new plans to attack oil infrastructures in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria. The statement...

Syria on Saturday dismissed as " media escalation" the report circulated a day earlier that the Syrian army heavily bombarded the central province of Homs, as the United Nations Security...

Durham, N.C. - The Bull City celebrated achievements in the African American community Saturday at the 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Black History Month parade.Ms. Black North Carolina Pia...

Didier Drogba of Ivory Coast reacts during their quarter-final match of the African Nations Cup soccer tournament against Equatorial Guinea in Malabo February 4, 2012. REUTERS/Luc...

US infrastructure firm, General Electric, has signed an agreement with the government to modernise Kenya's transport, health and aviation...

Kenya Airways expects at least a 25 per cent drop in profits in the year ending March from what it earned last year despite growing its customer...

The man accused of masterminding two deadly bombings at Nigeria's 50th independence celebrations will face trial in October after a South African court Monday delayed his case by nine...

"The cause of the fire could not be determined," Bothwell Mutandiro, director of the police forensic section, told an inquest into the death of Mujuru in a mysterious inferno in August last...

Google country manager Olga Arara-Kimani has left the firm days after the Internet giant said it had taken action against employees implicated in a recent data poaching...

Kenya's President Kibaki attends the 18th ordinary summit at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on January 28, 2012. AFP /...

PORTLAND, Ore. – An Oregon businessman is stranded in Tunisia after his name was added to the ‘no fly’ list. The FBI has not commented on why Jamal Tarhuni, who is a naturalized...

For the past 25 years, children in central Africa have fled their homes in the twilight hours to avoid capture (and worse) by the marauding Lord's Resistance...

Julius Malema, suspended leader of the African National Congress Youth League, lost his appeal Saturday, upholding his five-year suspension, officials say. Malema was suspended in November after...

Didier Drogba netted a brace as Ivory Coast sent Africa Cup of Nations co-hosts Equatorial Guinea out of the tournament with a 3-0 win. Didier Drogba netted a brace as Ivory Coast sent Africa Cup...

Excerpts: Syria/Lebanon re Free Syria Army, Tunisia breaking relations with Syria over crackdown February 04, 2012 +++SOURCE: Naharnet (Lebanon) 4 Feb.'12: "Lebanese Army Deploys in Wadi ...

Didier Drogba scored twice and missed a penalty as Ivory Coast reached the African Nations Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 win over upstarts Equatorial Guinea on Saturday. The 33-year-old, playing at his...

Equatorial Guinea on Saturday.After missing a penalty, the Ivory Coast's captain, Didier Drogba, took advantage of a defensive slip to score in the 36th minute and headed into the top corner in...

Zambia coach Herve Renard has hailed his team for the "efficient" way they sailed through to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. The Chipolopolo beat Sudan 3-0 in Bata on...

The Chipolopolos of Zambia sealed a historic place at the last four of the Africa Cup of Nations after beating Sudan 3-0 in their quarter final clash on Saturday in Bata. It was the first time since...

The prospect of a semi-final berth makes Sunday's match against Tunisia "a very special game" for Goran Stevanovic as he prepares Ghana for the quarter-final clash at the 2012 Africa...

Ghana captain John Mensah insists he is fit to lead Ghana in the quarter-final of the Africa Cup of Nations against Tunisia on Sunday in Franceville. Mensah was an unused substitute in the Black...

Goran Stevanovic hopes Anthony Annan will be self motivated to fight for Ghana after the midfielder lost his mother this week. Annan, a key personnel for Stevanovic, on Thursday was handed the news...

Goran Stevanovic has blanked concerns that Adam Kwarasey's status as the No1 goalkeeper is under threat after conceding a 'casual' goal at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations against Guinea...

Zambia was the first team through to the African Cup of Nations semifinals after a clinical 3-0 win over struggling 10-man Sudan on Saturday. Defender Stophira Sunzu headed in from a free kick in...

People shout slogans during a protest in Lagos, Nigeria, Jan. 9, 2011. At least three persons have been killed and several others injured in Nigeria during a nationwide protest against fuel subsidy...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- A second foreigner working with Doctors Without Borders died of his wounds in an attack in Somalia that also killed the group's country director, though the aid organization...

ABUJA, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- At least 25 bodies had been recovered from Abuja Christmas day bomb blast scene, said Xinhua's reporter on Sunday in the Nigerian capital city. The reporter said six...

ABUJA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian government has signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to establish an enduring institutional framework...

A black ribbon on the tie of Sudan's coach Mohamed Abdallah in solidarity with the victims of Port Said stadium in Egypt, as he holds his hand across his breast during a minutes silence at the...

PIUS UTOMI EKPEI | AFP Ghana coach Gora Stevanovic (right) watches as captain John Mensah, recovering from a tight muscle injury, trains at Ngouoni ground, Gabon, on February 2,...

MARTY MELVILLE | NATION Kenya celebrate after defeating Wales to win the Bowl final at the Rugby Sevens tournament in Wellington on February 4,...

A slow-burning crisis is simmering at the Coast. A group known as the Mombasa Republican Council has emerged to channel the frustration of Coastals who feel they have been dispossessed and neglected...

It turned out to be the last long day of our drive from Kenya to South Africa. We left soon after dawn from the town of Victoria Falls, on the Zimbabwean side of the Zambezi River. For the rest of...

BATA, Equatorial Guinea — Zambia and Ivory Coast advanced to the semifinals of the African Cup of Nations on Saturday, each asserting its power with a 3-0 victory. Zambia defeated a Sudan team...