U.S. consumer confidence falls for fifth straight month amid tariff and inflation concerns
Americans’ confidence in the U.S. economy weakened further in December, as persistent inflation and President Donald Trump’s tariff policies deepened public anxiety about the nation’s financial outlook. According to data…
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Soweto from the saddle
We're in a dimly lit shebeen (pub) in Soweto sharing beer from a communal cup and the conversation is getting heated.
Nearly a million flee CAR violence
As the violence in the Central African Republic reaches unprecedented levels, aid organizations say the number of internally displaced people edges toward a million, further hampering humanitarian relief efforts.
Trekking with a ‘gorilla whisperer’
Tracker Zephirin Okoko on how it took him years of persistence to habituate a specific gorilla.
Malawi: Africa’s next hot spot
Improving game parks, uncrowded beaches, friendly people -- Malawi is an African destination on the rise.
Three years to wait for a photo?
Three years to wait for a photo? Africa photographer David Gulden explains how he gets the shots that last.
4 nuggets of Joburg history
It's hard to believe Johannesburg didn't even exist 130 years ago. Then gold was discovered, and one of Africa's biggest economies was born.
Elephant poachers become the prey
Many of the guards trying to prevent poaching in the Republic of Congo used to be the ones hunting the elephants. The unit's successes haven't made them any friends.
End of line for ‘Lunatic Express?’
A Chinese-funded multi-billion railway project in Kenya could transform transport in east Africa.
When cricket took on apartheid
Gareth Evans was just a small boy when a team of West Indies cricketers arrived in apartheid South Africa. Vilified back home in the Caribbean, the lives of these men…
African migrants protest for Israeli asylum
Thousands of African migrants in Israel call for a labor strike and say they need asylum as they've undertaken dangerous journeys to flee genocide and dictatorial regimes.
South Sudan retakes town as peace talks loom
South Sudanese government forces retook control of a flashpoint town from rebels Sunday, an official said, as negotiators for the warring sides prepared to hold their first face-to-face talks to…
Obasanjo vs Jonathan, Nigerian masses and Chido’s missed point. By Dr. Eddie Ozumba
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South Sudan ethnic war continues; rebels target capital
Juba (AFP) - Artillery fire pounded Juba's government district Saturday even as warring factions met for the first time on the eve of direct talks in Ethiopia to pull South…
Al Jazeera: Release of journalists held by Egypt
The Egyptian government released on Tuesday one of four Al Jazeera journalists it had detained Sunday night, but continued holding the other three employees of the news network, which is…
11 dead, 40 injured in bomb attack in Somalia
The death toll of a twin car bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu rose to 11 Thursday, with many of the victims security force members, a police spokesman said. At…
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