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Computer bugs highlight e-waste problems
UK-based artist Julie Alice Chappell makes intricate insect sculptures to highlight the global electronic waste problem. Check out our...


Dakar’s economic reforms underpin 2035 ambitions
Senegal’s capital Dakar is showing off its new face, with a development boom. New infrastructure has been given a shot in the arm and in...


South African mercenaries' secret war on Boko Haram
Mercenaries from South Africa have proved quietly decisive in helping the Nigerian military turn around its campaign against Boko Haram,...


Chinese Billionaire Gives France Vacation to 6,500 Workers
The billionaire chief executive of the Chinese conglomerate Tiens has given 6,500 of his best salespeople a vacation that started in...


Migrants in Italy toil to put food on Europeans' plates
SYRACUSE, Sicily — Colorful plastic boxes lie evenly spaced on a freshly turned field, ready to be filled with potatoes destined for the...


Ghana and Ivory Coast clinch deal on maritime dispute - Annan
The presidents of Ivory Coast and Ghana reached a deal on Monday in talks on a maritime border dispute that had frozen new oil drilling...


Hollande inaugurates world's largest slavery memorial in French West Indies
France's President François Hollande inaugurated the largest slavery memorial in the world on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe...


Nigeria's Jonathan says friends abandoned him after defeat
Outgoing Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Sunday that some of his friends deserted him shortly after he conceded defeat to his...


Liberia declared officially free from Ebola
After 42 days without a new case of Ebola, Liberia is officially free from the disease - although Sierra Leone and Guinea remain...


South African opposition party Democratic Alliance elect first black leader
South Africa's Democratic Alliance, the country's main opposition party, has elected its first black leader. The move is seen as a major...
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