Africa

The Djibouti International Free Trade Zone was launched in July this year. Djibouti is one of the African countries that several foreign countries are courting. Experts say there is no "one size fits all" approach to doing business with Africa and fo

The battle for trade, business in Africa

Sep 24, 2018, 5:00 am

Tanzania buries ferry disaster dead as toll hits 224

Sep 24, 2018, 4:17 am
Bodies recovered from capsized boat in Tanzania as death toll reaches 207

Survivor pulled from capsized Tanzanian ferry as death toll reaches 218

Sep 22, 2018, 4:24 pm
Rescue workers at the scene where a ferry overturned in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, yesterday.

Death toll exceeds 100 in Tanzania ferry disaster

Sep 22, 2018, 5:00 am

'It felt like dumping rather than giving him a decent burial': Fear and anger as cholera strikes again in Zimbabwe

Sep 21, 2018, 6:42 pm

Death toll reaches 136 in Tanzania ferry disaster, scores still missing

Sep 21, 2018, 2:29 am

At least 27 drown as riverboat capsizes in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sep 19, 2018, 10:29 pm

To fight poverty, world should invest in Africa's youth: Bill Gates

Sep 18, 2018, 2:10 pm

African tourism alarmed by rhino, elephant losses to global poaching and trafficking

Sep 16, 2018, 11:52 am

At least nine killed in Burkina Faso twin attacks

Sep 16, 2018, 5:18 am