A passenger train has caught fire in South Africa after colliding with a truck, killing at least 14 people and injuring 268, rescue workers say.
Some of the bodies are "burnt beyond recognition", Free State Health Department spokesman Mondli Mvambi told South African news site Times Live.
Video footage showed a...
Lawyers for US President Donald Trump are seeking to stop the release of a book containing damaging allegations about his administration.
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House is due for release on Tuesday.
It cites former top aide Steve Bannon as describing a meeting with a group of Russians...
Africa returned home from the Eleventh Ministerial Conference (MC11) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) without getting any of what it tabled. The conference ended on the 13th of December 2017 in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, and again failed to address the longstanding demands of Africa which were...
Ethiopia has signed an agreement to build two geothermal power plants at a combined cost of $4 billion, to be run by the country’s first privately-owned utility.
The Corbetti and Tulu Moye plants will produce a combined 1,000 MW of power upon completion in eight years time in the volcanically-active...
Uber is officially a transport company and not a digital service, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.
The ride-hailing firm argued it was an information society service - helping people to make contact with each other electronically - and not a cab firm.
The case arose after Uber was...
The election of South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa as the new leader of ruling African National Congress (ANC) opens up tentative prospects of a policy shift and rise in business confidence, ratings agency Moody’s said on Tuesday.
Moody’s lead sovereign analyst for South Africa, Zuzana Brixiova, said that in...
The first Regional Round-table on Infrastructure Governance was held in Cape Town at the beginning of November. Peter Eigen, founder of Transparency International), who addressed the event, reflects on the vital importance of openness and transparency for successful and sustainable infrastructure projects.
Corruption is nothing new and it’s certainly not unique...
Like most African countries, Ethiopia is among the world’s poorest and most densely populated - experiencing climate change effects including changes in rainfall patterns and severe droughts. However, Ethiopia has taken advantage of the challenges and is transforming its once faltering economy into the world’s fastest-growing economy, according the...
The African Union (AU) is calling on individual member states to take charge and act decisively to human trafficking and slave trade of their citizens by solving root causes of migration.
Acting Director of the AU Peace and Security Department, Dr. Admore Kambudzi said African governments must create conducive environment...
General Electric is to cut 12,000 jobs in its power business, 18% of the division's global workforce.
The US industrial group expects the "painful but necessary" job losses to help save $1bn next year as demand for fossil fuel power plants wanes.
GE intends to cut 1,100 jobs from its UK...