Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has unveiled a bespoke Windows-run smartphone exclusively available in Africa. The customised device is being launched today in partnership with Microsoft as part of its new 4Afrika Initiative. This includes plans to develop...
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Recent events in Mali, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan seem to confirm one of the most durable stereotypes of Africa, namely that the continent is unstable and uniquely prone to nasty political violence. Writing...
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Violence et discriminations contre les chrétiens ont connu une hausse "alarmante" en Afrique subsaharienne, a dénoncé mardi 8 janvier une ONG chrétienne qui publiait son "Index mondial de persécution" 2013. Selon l'association d'obédience protestante...
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Mae Azango was not home when they came to get her, and she wasn’t at her office when they looked for her there. About a week earlier, on March 8, her story about female genital cutting and the risks it poses to young girls had appeared on the front page,...
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Sitting at the first Africa CEO Forum this week, in the heart of Geneva, I asked myself if this was the right time to open the debate on Africa's private sector future. Was Geneva the right place? Critics will rightly argue that this sort of event should...
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La secrétaire d'État américaine Hillary Clinton a pressé lundi le président algérien Abdelaziz Bouteflika de soutenir une éventuelle action militaire africaine dans le nord du Mali pour en chasser des islamistes, les deux pays étant convenus de poursuivre...
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Africa could feed itself if trade restrictions were reduced and fertile land was put to good use, according to the World Bank. Just 5% of African cereal imports come from other African countries, it said. Removing cross-border barriers would free up trade,...
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AFTER giving a speech at a business conference in London a young analyst chatted with investment executives in the audience, then followed two of them to a nearby hotel lobby. Over glasses of Chablis the executives raved about their company’s worldwide...
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There is no winner this year for the world's most valuable individual prize - the Mo Ibrahim prize for good governance in Africa. The $5m (£3.2m) prize is supposed to be awarded each year to a democratically elected leader who governed well, raised living...
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It may have one of the fastest growing economies in the world -- but if you're young and out of work in Africa, the future remains bleak. The search for employment is a daily struggle for 24-year-old Sherrif Mohamed. He's one of millions of young unemployed...
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À la tribune du Parlement sénégalais, le président français François Hollande a solennellement proclamé vendredi la fin de la Françafrique, sa foi en l'avenir du continent noir, de son économie et de sa jeunesse et sa volonté d'entretenir avec lui une...
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Far too often, in the view of Africa’s budding female entrepreneurs, their continent is characterized as the recipient of aid that enables residents just to struggle by, and as a place that mistreats and marginalizes its women. Late in 2010, after a visit...
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La faim a reculé dans le monde, sauf en Afrique où elle a augmenté, touchant près de 870 millions de personnes, un chiffre toujours «inacceptable», a annoncé mardi l'Organisation de l'ONU pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO), déplorant que cette...
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BARELY a month goes by without a new oil discovery in Africa. Only five of the continent’s 55 countries are neither producing nor exploring for oil. Most places are also extracting lots of lucrative minerals. A resource bonanza is in train across the...
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Le président français participera bien au sommet de la Francophonie, qui doit avoir lieu du 12 au 14 octobre à Kinshasa. François Hollande l'a annoncé lundi 27 août, lors de son discours de politique étrangère inaugurant la traditionnelle conférence des...
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