Year: 2014

World’s toughest bike race?

The Tour d'Afrique is a four-month, 12,000 km cycle race across the length of Africa. Riders are in…

South Sudan ceasefire signed

The South Sudanese government and rebels sign a ceasefire deal after more than a month of fighting, according…

Teen turns $14 into paper empire

Award-winning entrepreneur Andrew Mupuya was just 16 years old when he decided to take on the world.

Beautiful dream ‘in wrong hands’

As violent demonstrations continue to rock the country, CNN asked Egyptian artist Aalam Wassef how he saw the…

5 police officers killed in attack in central Egypt

Five police officers were killed and two others were wounded in an attack early Thursday in central Egypt,…

Nigeria’s anti-gay crackdown

Nigeria is second only to South Africa as the country with the highest number of HIV/AIDS sufferers; one…

Tunisia’s hurting economy

Three years since the Arab Spring roiled the world, the World Economic Forum has its issues back on…

BRICS women rise up

Despite recent wobbles in the BRICS economies, most economists agree that the majority of world economic growth in…

Hundreds drown while fleeing Sudan fighting

Between 200 and 300 women and children who were fleeing fighting in South Sudan drowned when an overloaded…

Hundreds drown while fleeing Sudan fighting

South Sudanese government forces have recaptured the key town of Bor from rebels after fierce fighting, the town's…

Which emerging market will win?

At over 1500 meters above sea level, the picturesque setting of Davos inspires those attending the World Economic…

Flying hospital helps blind to see

The world's only "Flying Eye Hospital" is a DC-10 jet that flies around the world carrying out sight-saving…

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