Africa

Nigeria oil workers strike over job cuts called off

The labour ministry said that the dismissed workers would be given jobs in other parts of the Dangot

South Africa optimistic US trade initiative AGOA will be renewed

South Africa's Trade Minister Parks Tau has said he is optimistic that the United States' flagship t

Algeria sentences former labour minister to 7 years in jail for $45m corruption

An Algerian court has sentenced former Labour Minister Tijani Hassan Haddam to seven years in prison

Oil workers' strike sparks fuel shortage fears in Nigeria

A strike by a major oil workers union is threatening to disrupt fuel supplies in Nigeria as governme

South African ambassador to France dies after reportedly jumping from 22nd floor of Paris building

South Africa's ambassador to France was found dead on Tuesday outside a hotel in Paris after reporte

Daughter of Tunisia's former President Ben Ali arrested in France

A daughter of Tunisia's former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, ousted in 2011 during the Arab Spr