Praia, Cabo Verde, 27 March 2019 ndash; The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that nearly 630 million years of healthy life were lost in 2015 due to the diseases afflicting the population across its 47 Member States in Africa, now amounting to a loss of more than 2.4 trillion international dollars ($) from the region rsquo;s gross d ...

The opposition in Comoros rejected Wednesday the re-election of President Azali Assoumani, saying his victory came at the cost of massive fraud, as the angry mood threatened to spark a new political crisis on the archipelago. The head of the CENI election board, Djaza Ahmed Mohameda, proclaimed Azali winner on Tuesday, with 60.77 percent of ...

Seven years in the making, the Continental Free Trade Area is almost established. A minimum of 22 states is needed to bring the trade bloc into force; only 21 African states have so far ratified the agreement. Nigeria, the continent 39;s largest economy, is still considering whether to join the club. The idea of an African common market ha ...