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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that "some optimism has returned" to the global economy and has predicted slightly faster growth. The IMF revised world economic growth for 2012 to 3.5%, up from its previous forecast of 3.3%. It also expects...

La situation demeure confuse dans la capitale de la Guinée-Bissau, moins d'une semaine après le coup d'État militaire qui a entraîné la chute et l'arrestation du premier ministre Carlos Gomes fils. Pendant que des citoyens fuient la capitale, l'opposition...

On first acquaintance, it's hard to see Ikal Angelei as a rebel. Too young, too mild-mannered (perfect English diction), too much at ease in T-shirt and trousers. It's a salutary lesson in never judging the book by the cover; because this young Kenyan...

A grimly familiar sequence of gunfire in the capital, military communiqués on the radio and the arrest of government officials is repeating itself in the small coastal state of Guinea-Bissau — apparently the latest West African nation to succumb to a...

Talks got under way Saturday in Turkey between Iran and six world powers, as international diplomats seek to persuade Tehran to rein in its nuclear program. Iran's top negotiator, Saeed Jalili, said ahead of the talks that he intended to bring "new initiatives"...

La chambre des Représentants du Connecticut a voté à son tour pour l'abandon de la peine de mort, une semaine après le Sénat de cet État, qui devrait devenir prochainement le 17e État américain à mettre fin à la peine capitale. Le vote (86 à 62) a eu...

Senior officials at an all-Africa conference on science and technology in Kenya have said that if high levels of youth unemployment across the African continent are to be successfully reduced, innovation and entrepreneurship need to be included in university...

An administrative court on Tuesday suspended a committee appointed to draft a new constitution, all but guaranteeing that Egypt will elect a president before it ratifies a new charter, and raising the stakes in the race. After more than a year of street...

L'armée syrienne bombardait mardi plusieurs localités, faisant de nouveaux morts, en dépit des assurances de Damas sur un retrait partiel de ses troupes et l'application du plan de l'émissaire international Kofi Annan. Mais la France et la Grande-Bretagne...

Malawi's Vice-President Joyce Banda has been sworn in as president following the death of Bingu wa Mutharika. She becomes southern Africa's first female head of state after taking the oath before parliament in the Malawian capital, Lilongwe. Ms Banda,...

Bells rang from Roman Catholic churches throughout Havana as Cubans celebrated a holiday on Good Friday for the first time in more than half a century. The day off, granted at the request of Pope Benedict XVI on his recent visit to the communist island,...

President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi has died, doctors and cabinet ministers have told the BBC, but the lack of a formal announcement is leading to widespread anxiety. Mr Mutharika, 78, suffered a cardiac arrest on Thursday and state media say he was...

Au Mali, la junte militaire qui a pris le pouvoir après un putsch le 22 mars accepte une transition dirigée par un président intérimaire civil. L'accord a été conclu avec la Communauté économique des États d'Afrique de l'Ouest (Cédéao). Le président de...

Pundits are calling it the World Cup of scientific research. And this time, unexpectedly, Africans could emerge as the winners. In an increasingly intense contest, two continents are tussling over a prize worth an estimated $3-billion: the right to host...

La rébellion touareg du Mali a proclamé vendredi l'indépendance du territoire de «l'Azawad» dans le nord du pays, vaste territoire désertique au nord du pays dominé par des groupes armées islamistes et criminels et au bord du «désastre humanitaire». L'initiative...