Africa

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday expressed condolences to his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, over a deadly train collision that killed 49 in the North African nation.Xi, on behalf of the Chinese gove

A South African man who was kidnapped by al Qaeda from Mali has been released and is back home, South African authorities said.Stephen McGowan was abducted while on holidays with his family in Timbuktu in November 2011.N

南非前总统曼德拉遗嘱公布The details of the final will and testament of Nelson Mandela have been made public. A 40-page summary of the late former South African president's will was released at the Nelson Mandela Center o

By CGTN AfricaThe UN human rights committee has called on the Nigerian government on Monday to intensify its efforts to find and free the remaining girls abducted by Boko Haram.The Independent UN Committee on the Elimina

By CGTN AfricaPresidential candidates in the upcoming poll in Kenya have been urged to ensure peace before and after the general elections set for next month.The African Union Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Maha

南非曼德拉雕塑耳中发现兔子A sculpture of a buuny has been discovered in the ear of a nine-meter bronze statue of Nelson Mandela. Artists say they added the rabbit as a personal stamp after the South African government st

Voters of the Republic of the Congo go to the polls on Sunday in legislative elections in the oil-rich African country, the first since violence-marred presidential polls last year which returned Denis Sassou Nguesso to

By CGTN'sFridah MlemwaEritreans have long said their capital Asmara is like no other city in Africa, and on Saturday the UN agreed, designating it a World Heritage site, says AFP.Asmara has modernist architectural de

南非将给学生免费发放彩色避孕套South Africa's government will distribute coloured and flavoured condoms among students to end condom fatigue, the health minister has said.Aaron Motsoaledi's comments came after a survey sh

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent congratulations to African countries on the opening of the 29th African Union (AU) summit.The AU ordinary session started Monday at the headquarters of the pan-African blo

South Africa fell into recession this month for the first time since 2009.The country is also dealing with an unemployment rate at a 14-year high and the nations credit rating was recently downgraded.The economic setback

By CGTN AfricaEgyptian wing maestro Mohamed Salah has been unveiled by English giants Liverpool after completing a 34-million-pound switch from Italian side AS Roma.Salah has signed a five-year deal with The Reds, sealin

By CGTN AfricaThe European Union pledged on Thursday 95 million US dollars to help fund relief operations for the hundreds of thousands of refugees that continue to stream into Uganda from neighboring South Sudan.Th

By CGTN AfricaIn Nigeria, traditional outfits usually worn by the elderly or on special occasions are making a comeback in West Africas fashion capital, Lagos.Models with Vivian Bennett designs during the African Fashion

科学家发现非洲以外人类最古老的脚印遗迹Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of human footprints outside of Africa, on the Norfolk Coast in the East of England.The footprints are more than 800,000 years old and