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Since 2000, more than a billion people have lifted themselves out of the extreme poverty

Demographic trends show a billion people have lifted themselves out of poverty in the past 20 years

The health minister says overcrowding undermined the facility's infection control measures

Rwandan musician Kizito Mihigo was arrested in 2015 and jailed for 10 years for conspiring to assassinate Kagame

Nigerian and US officials confirmed CIA surveillance drones flying from a small airport in Dirkou.

Officials deny China's engagement in "debt trap" diplomacy

Zimbabwe's constitution requires losing presidential candidate to challenge within seven days of winner being...

China does more trade with Africa than any other nation

Coaches and officials will discuss the problems after their sides failed to shine in Russia

Nigeria's VP was in California to court US tech investors for what could herald a "fourth industrial revolution"

Many traders use provision which allows free trade of old ivory to illegally trade newer ivory

First time since 1982 that no team from continent entered knockout stages

90 per cent of Asia-Pacific corals will suffer severe degradation by 2050

After seeing his post, a Saudi benefactor at the University of Leeds sent him a laptop as a 'small gift'

According Avaaz, EU is the world's biggest exporter of legal ivory but that is thought to fuel poaching

he African elephant population is severely reduced as poachers brutally hunt them for ivory

Shortages of health workers a major concern as, every year, one million babies worldwide die the day they are born

Researchers hope combining nature with physics will enable them to develop crops that withstand plant diseases

Photos posted on social media show wrecked parliament in capital, as well as extensive flooding, downed power lines

OBOR patching up Africa and Central Asia

Discovery sheds new light on routes our ancestors took out of Africa, and helps experts understand human evolution

Chemical analysis of glass found at Nigerian archaeological site reveals composition entirely unique to region

US president repeatedly used the word “shithole” about African countries and the Caribbean nation of Haiti

When America’s biotech giant exported its know-how to small cotton farmers, there was a problem: Quality faltered

Europe contributes some 21 billion euros in foreign aid - more than the United States and China combined

Sanam Saigol flies us all the way to Africa and shares her life changing experience

IS has 'has aspirations to establish a larger presence' in Africa, says top US military officer

Central African Republic, Niger, Afghanistan mentioned in report

Persuaded by a social worker to stop beating his wife, Kanu decided to go to school

Tablets and smartphones are replacing the notebook and pen

Locally crowdsourced mapping applications are challenging Google Maps for dominance on the continent

Central African Republic topped the Norwegian Refugee Council's annual list of neglected displacement crises

The simple handset that remains the backbone of communication across the continent

Child marriage often cuts short a girl's education and increases the possibility of death in childbirth or injuries

Unlike refugee, IDPs remain in their own country and can't claim international protection

Attacks have involved hundreds of fighters with heavy weaponry, appeared to be aimed at Muslims

The mix of global warming with economic woes and political conflicts keeps peace from taking hold

I found it interesting that the ambassadors from Africa issued a strong statement collectively

Some 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are estimated to be living without access to main electricity grid

A dozen people were injured when a mob angered by the death of a local teenager launched an assault on Nigerians

Cyclone Enawo packed winds gusting as high as 300 kmh

Her death is being investigated after reports that health workers were afraid to treat her due to stigma of virus

Until just a few years ago, the West African Slender-snouted Crocodile was hiding in plain sight

When I look to Africa, I see a continent of hope, promise and vast potential

Armyworm, known as "fall armyworm" in the United States due to its tendency to migrate there in autumn, or fall

Story of Cameroon's unlikely Africa Cup of Nations hero

Announcement comes after last-chance talks with west African leaders before a military intervention

Morocco, Ivory Coast both drop points to lowly opposition

Leicester City winger beat out competition from Aubameyang, Mane

Leicester City winger leads Dortmund's Aubameyang and Liverpool's Mane