Vintage biplanes prepare journey across Africa
A dozen biplanes from the 1920s and 1930s will fly 8,000 miles from Crete to Cape Town next month in…
10 years ago
Africa
Africa unites to battle pirates and illegal fishing
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Africa will come together to battle piracy and illegal fishing for the first time at an…
10 years ago
Helicopter crashes en route to Chevron Angola oil platform, at least four dead
(REUTERS) Four people died and two were missing after a helicopter crashed en route to a Chevron oil platform off…
10 years ago
There are four species of giraffe, not one: scientists
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- There are actually four species of giraffe, not one as previously believed, researchers said Thursday…
10 years ago
2.6 billion people in Zika risk areas in Africa, Asia: study
by Mariëtte Le Roux PARIS, France (AFP) -- At least 2.6 billion people, over a third of the global population,…
10 years ago
Study sounds alarm for slow-breeding forest elephants
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Even without poachers, Central Africa's forest elephants would need almost a century to get their numbers back…
10 years ago
UN fears IS in Libya could relocate from Sirte
UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Monday that Islamic State fighters could set up new…
10 years ago
Africa summit tackles violence against albinos
by Nicolas DELAUNAY DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) -- A "Miss and Mister Albino" contest, heavy sentences for ritual murder…
10 years ago
Largest ever lion airlift
[youtube id="hx4hjl63aHM"] Thirty-three lions removed from circuses in Peru and Colombia will be in Africa by next week, after spending…
10 years ago
Asia most exposed to disasters, Africa most vulnerable: study
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Countries and mega-cities across Asia are highly exposed to natural hazards ranging from cyclones to earthquakes,…
10 years ago
Part of missing Malaysian Airlines plane found in Africa
KUALA Lumpur, Malaysia - A part of a Boeing 777 similar to the missing MH370 of the Malaysian Airlines was…
10 years ago
Adolescent deaths from AIDS tripled since 2000 – UNICEF
THE number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, according to new data released today…
11 years ago
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