Electric railway line opens
Ethiopia and Djibouti have launched the first fully electrified cross-border railway line in Africa. It links Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, t
International
Get the latest international news, world news, features and top stories from all over the world
Antonio Guterres set to be UN secretary general
Former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres has been tipped as the next United Nations secretary-general after none of the five Security Council
Donors pledge billions aid in Brussels
World powers attending EU talks in Brussels have pledged billions of dollars to fund Afghanistan until 2020, amid fresh calls for the revival of a pea
Trio win Nobel Chemistry Prize for tiny molecular machines
The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded for the development of the world’s smallest machines. Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir Fraser Stodda
President asks parliament to ”turn page” with new constitution
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara called on parliament on Wednesday to approve a new constitution that he says will draw a line under years of t