Hosts South Africa held by Mali

On-the-run conman, drug dealer and money launderer Martin Evans is arrested in South Africa, the National Crime Agency confirms.

The national Under-17 soccer team, Serengeti Boys, launched their 2015 Africa Youth Championship (AYC) campaign on a low note as they played out a barren draw with South Africa’s Amajimbos at the Azam Complex yesterday.

South Africa and Mali prepare to square off for the African Under-17 Championship title when they meet in the final on Sunday.

Ecobank, the leading pan-African banking group, has joined forces with the African Guarantee Fund, the first continent-wide guarantee fund, and AfricSearch, the recruitment firm, in co-hosting the first Africa Champions’ Forum in Senegal. This forum brings together leading lights from the private sector and development agencies, together with influential political decision-makers, all united around a single cause: to promote the growth of the continent by providing finance and advisory...

Brand South Africa joins the rest of the country in condemning the acts of violence

 Brand South Africa (http://www.southafrica.info) joins the rest of the country in condemning the acts of violence that have been levelled against some foreign national residing in some of the nine provinces of South Africa.

We assure all our partners in the continent that South Africa stands firmly against all intolerances such as racism, xenophobia, homophobia and sexism. As such security forces are hard...

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with an attack on the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali officials say.

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Tanzania Hosts South Sudan Peace Talks
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Representatives from South Sudan's warring factions met in Tanzania on Wednesday (January 21st) in an effort to end a civil war which has claimed thousands of lives, AFP reported. South Sudanese opposition leader Riek Machar is expected to meet later in ...
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Following the conclusion of the presidential election just held to replace the late President Michael Sata, the coast now seems clear for the resumption of orderly national life in Zambia.

 Gordon M. Acha, Head of the Correspondent Banking Group for Sub Sahara Africa, hosted Citi’s annual Africa Banks Forum in Zanzibar from August 11th to 13th. The annual event brings together Citi’s most esteemed financial institutions with the objective of  exploring trends, challenges and opportunities faced by financial institutions. This year the forum had 30 senior officials from banks in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mauritania, Malawi,...