London (AFP) - Luther and The Wire actor Idris Elba has offered fans a chance to pound my yams during a date with him to raise money for an African charity. Hi there. Idris Elba here. I'd like you to be my Valentine. That's right love, just you and me, no one else around, just us, he said in an online video. The British star of west A ...

Johannesburg (AFP) - Hashim Amla marked his 100th Test match with a century on Thursday, then said scoring runs after a lean period was more important than the occasion. Amla was unbeaten on 125 after he and JP Duminy put South Africa in command as they reached 338 for three at the close on the first day of the third and final Test against Sri L ...

Carthage (Tunisia) (AFP) - Tunisia will assume its responsibilities on unwanted migrants, President Beji Caid Essebsi said Thursday after Germany threatened to cut development aid to countries that stall on the return of rejected asylum seekers. In response to failings which kept the suspected attacker at a Berlin Christmas market on December ...

Johannesburg (AFP) - Hashim Amla made a century in his 100th Test match as he and JP Duminy put South Africa in command on the first day of the third and final Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday. Amla became the eighth player to achieve the feat and the second South African after former captain Graeme Smith. JP Duminy also hit a century as th ...

Johannesburg (AFP) - JP Duminy and Hashim Amla shared a century partnership as South Africa recovered from a double blow on the first day of the third and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Wanderers Stadium on Thursday. South Africa were 193 for two at tea after deciding to bat on a well-grassed pitch in overcast conditions. Duminy was on 8 ...

Interpol - the world rsquo;s largest police organization - has told Al Jazeera that they have identified cases where member countries have not complied with their rules on international wanted alerts. The disclosure comes in Interpol: Red Alert , a People amp; Power documentary on Al Jazeera, which follows allegations that ...

A new pan-African news portal www.africafeeds.com has been launched in Accra, Ghana. The portal will provide readers in Africa and beyond the latest and relevant news about Africa and the world in general. Readers of the site get at first hand, content on latest breaking news about Africa in all areas including entertainment, business ...

Ouidah (Benin) (AFP) - Every January, thousands of voodoo worshippers joined by crowds of tourists and descendants of slaves trudge down the long sand track leading to the beach at Ouidah in Benin. The cars, motorbikes and women in wrap skirts with tribal scars on their cheeks head to the Gate of No Return monument overlooking the crashing waves ...

Sarcelles (France) (AFP) - Riyad Mahrez? He's an example goes the mantra in Sarcelles, a north Parisian housing project where strings of high-rise blocks were built in the 1950s and 1960s primarily to accommodate French settlers from Algeria. It was in this town 16km (10 miles) north of Paris that the Algerian international was born and raise ...

Abuja (AFP) - The Black Stars of Ghana will again be one of the favourites for the Africa Cup of Nations as they aim to clinch a fifth title after their last triumph 35 years ago. Ghana are one of the most successful teams in the continent's football showpiece having won it in 1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982. However, they have since fallen short, ...