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Analysis: War-scarred Ivory Coast reopens for business

YoopyaFeb 10, 2014May 19, 20230

(Reuters) – Ivory Coast is re-emerging as the prime investment destination in French-speaking West Africa after a decade of political turmoil but President Alassane Ouattara

Thousands rally in Niger in support of president

YoopyaFeb 10, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou rallied in the capital Niamey on Saturday in a show of force against an increasingly

Muslims flee capital of Central African Republic

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 25, 20230

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Thousands of Muslims fled for their lives from the capital of Central African Republic on Friday, climbing aboard trucks

Free education lures Somali children from streets

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 29, 20230

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Two years ago Mohamed Aden was a shoe shiner in Mogadishu, walking the streets of the Somali capital in search of

Youths riot in Kenya for third time over mosque raid, one dead

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – Muslim youths fought police in the Kenyan port of Mombasa and one person was killed on Wednesday, witnesses said, in a third day

IBM starts rolling out Watson supercomputer in Africa

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – IBM (IBM.N) began rolling out its Watson supercomputer system across Africa on Thursday, saying it would help to address continental development obstacles as

South Africa’s Harmony Gold stops operations after accidents

YoopyaFeb 7, 2014November 1, 20230

(Reuters) – South Africa’s Harmony Gold stopped all its operations for a 24-hour safety shift on Friday after at least eight workers were killed in

South Africa’s AMCU union, platinum firms resume wage talks

YoopyaFeb 5, 2014November 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Wage talks between South Africa’s AMCU union and the world’s top three platinum producers resumed on Tuesday to try to end a nearly

Special Report: Areva and Niger’s uranium fight

YoopyaFeb 5, 2014November 25, 20230

(Reuters) – When France began mining uranium ore in the desert of northern Niger in the early 1970s, Arlit was a cluster of miners’ huts

U.S. urges South Sudan to honor ceasefire, free political prisoners

YoopyaFeb 4, 2014November 25, 20230

(Reuters) – The United States urged South Sudan’s leaders on Monday to implement a January 23 ceasefire between the government and rebels as an advance