29 killed in bus crash in S Africa

2013-11-12 17:08:02

A head-on collision between a bus and a truck killed at least 29 people and injured dozens of others in South Africa on Monday night

Chinese culture on show in Africa

2013-11-11 23:56:55

Trade and economic ties between China and Africa are making great strides, but sometimes misunderstandings between the two distinct cultures hamper relations.

S African miners continue underground sit-in

2013-11-11 11:36:56

Thousands of miners continued their sit-in underground at South Africa's Anglo-American Platinum (Amplats) in Limpopo Province on Sunday.

Chinese are growing more protective of African wildlife

2013-11-07 00:47:50

China Daily publishes the e-mail addresses of its reporters along with their articles, which means I receive plenty of feedback, criticism and suggestions on the various issues I write about.

Training begins for weapons destruction

2013-11-05 00:14:22

Three Chinese experts on Monday began training in The Hague on how to verify the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons.

Four terror suspects deny charges in Kenyan court

2013-11-04 22:24:49

Four men suspected to be behind the September 21 terror attack on Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall on Monday denied seven charges in a Kenyan court.

Mali to probe into murder case of 2 journalists

2013-11-04 17:38:12

A judicial inquiry will be opened in Mali following the assassination of two French journalists after they were kidnapped on Saturday in the northern region of Kidal by armed men.

Mandela film premiered in S Africa

2013-11-04 17:32:45

A 35-million-US-dollar film which chronicles the life of former South African President Nelson Mandela was premiered Sunday evening.

Kenya enhances security as tourists flock to see eclipse

2013-11-04 01:11:24

Kenya's government has beefed up security for visitors, tourists and astronomers visiting the northern part of the country for Sunday's total solar eclipse.

Rwanda's role in connecting Africa

2013-11-04 00:53:00

This is already my third visit to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, in the past year. Rwanda itself is a relatively small country with few natural resources and poor economic ties with the outside world.

Ghana detains 43 suspected Chinese illegal miners

2013-11-01 13:46:36

Ghanaian authorities have detained 43 Chinese nationals for suspected illegal gold mining.

92 migrants died of thirst in Sahara desert

2013-11-01 11:05:13

Rescuers have found the bodies of 92 migrants, most of them women and children, strewn across the Sahara desert in northern Niger after their vehicles broke down and they died of thirst.