Ailing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Thursday warned of the risk of chaos , on the eve of a major planned protest against his bid for a fifth term in office. Bouteflika, 82, uses a wheelchair and has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013, and his bid to secure another term at the April 18 election has spa ...

CAF Champions League surprise side CS Constantine of Algeria will be the first qualifiers for the quarter-finals if they avoid defeat Friday at home to Club Africain of Tunisia. Having already beaten Africain in Tunis through a late Abdenour Belkheir goal, the club formed in 1898 have grounds for optimism. But France-born coach Denis La ...

Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo had ldquo;major faults rdquo;, but were possibly the most democratic the country has ever held, according to the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy. In a wide-ranging interview with RFI, Donald Trump 39;s Africa policy chief talked about the ldquo;serious rdquo; nature ...

Hundreds of travellers were stranded at Nairobi airport Wednesday, and some were treated for tear gas exposure, as striking workers and police faced off at East Africa 39;s busiest air traffic hub. After flights began to be grounded from midnight, passengers were advised not to come to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) -- East ...

In a cramped apartment on the outskirts of Moscow, Lamin has little more than the clothes and the Bible he brought with him when he came to Russia on a temporary World Cup visa last summer. The 23-year-old Gambian shares the two-bedroom flat with nine other people -- the youngest a newborn baby girl, the daughter of a Congolese flatmate. ...

Hundreds of travellers were stranded at Nairobi 39;s international airport Wednesday as riot police were deployed and teargas fired to disperse striking workers. With flights grounded since midnight, passengers were advised Wednesday morning not to come to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport -- East Africa 39;s busiest according to th ...

The first Moroccan to scale the seven summits of the world 39;s continents, Bouchra Baibanou wants to inspire a new generation of women who dare to believe in themselves . With will power and perseverance, you can get there, said Baibanou, 49, weeks after reaching the summit of Antarctica 39;s Mount Vinson. Conquering the 4,897 met ...

The impoverished Sahel state of Niger on Tuesday launched a campaign to vaccinate six million children against meningitis, which killed nearly 200 people two years ago. Children aged between one and seven years will be immunised over the week-long nationwide programme, Health Minister Idi Illiassou said. He called on parents to massive ...

A UN envoy is moving ahead with plans to hold a second round of talks this month on settling the decades-old conflict in Western Sahara, the UN spokesman said Tuesday. Horst Koehler, a former German president who has been leading the UN peace effort between Morocco and the Polisario Front, held a first round in December in Geneva that did n ...

Hundreds of students from universities across Algeria on Tuesday marched in the capital to protest against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika 39;s determination to run for a fifth term in April elections. Hey Bouteflika, there won 39;t be a fifth term, the students chanted in central Algiers, an AFP reporter said. Onlookers appla ...

Nawal El Moutawakel took just 54 seconds to go from the dark to the light when she became the first Muslim woman from Africa to win Olympic gold in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1984 Games. The 56-year-old Moroccan has since forged a successful career as a sports administrator having twice been Minister of Sports, and is an influential me ...

Bandits shot dead six people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo overnight, sparking angry protests by residents who blockaded the main street running through Goma city on Sunday, officials said. In a separate incident in South Kivu meanwhile, the army said they had killed six members of a former rebel militia. In North K ...

When the Soweto Gospel Choir was named as winner of the Grammy for Best World Music Album, it earned the ensemble a place in the music history books. Announced by Questlove, drummer from the US hip hop band The Roots, the award sparked an explosion of excitement among the South African singers. He was almost stuttering, like: 39;And ...

Captain and fly-half Handre Pollard kicked 20 points as the Bulls beat the Lions 30-12 Saturday -- their first Super Rugby victory in Johannesburg since 2012. Pollard, deputising as skipper for injured lock Lood de Jager, slotted six penalties and a conversion from eight shots at goal at Ellis Park. It took his season tally to 52 points ...

As the revolt against Bouteflika 39;s fifth presidential bid is widely followed on social media, Algeria 39;s octogenarian president sacked his campaign manager on Saturday. Algeria 39;s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika sacked his veteran campaign manager Saturday, state media reported, following mass protests against the ailing leader 39 ...

Africa 39;s top film festival heads to a climax on Saturday after a fierce debate about gender equality and sexual aggression in the continent 39;s movie industry. In its half-century of history, the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (Fespaco) has never awarded its top prize to a female director -- a fact that faced ...

Sierra Leone has chosen the chimpanzee as its new national symbol as part of efforts to protect the endangered species and rebrand the country as a sustainable tourist destination. The Western chimpanzee is now the national animal of Sierra Leone , Agriculture Minister Joseph Ndanema announced at a ceremony honouring renowned British prima ...

Off-form CAF Confederation Cup trophy-holders Raja Casablanca are bottom of Group A with just two points ahead of a vital away match against fellow Moroccans Renaissance Berkane Sunday. Helped by two goals from Togolese Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba, Berkane triumphed 4-2 away to Raja last weekend and home advantage gives them a good chance of succeedi ...

A contagious bacterial infection known as equine strep throat has killed more than 4,000 donkeys in northern Niger since early December, local officials said Friday. Of the 8,392 donkeys affected by equine distemper or equine strep throat, more than half succumbed since the infection appeared in the first 10 days of December, said the r ...

In the 50 years that Africa 39;s top film festival has been running, women have always watched male directors walk off with the Golden Stallion of Yennenga award, named for a legendary warrior princess. There 39;s discrimination in the cinema and in television, just like in other aspects of life, says Alimata Salemembere, a pioneer of T ...