PODCAST: Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has been warmly welcomed at a summit of African leaders, despite international concerns about the legitimacy of his re-election. From the summit in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, VOA’s Peter Heinlein reports that in their opening speeches, Mr. Mugabe’s colleagues offered only gentle criticism of the conduct of the election, and none [...]

African Nations Cup, Ghana Accra: The 2008 African Nations Cup came to a close in Accra, Ghana earlier today.
Egypt, the defending champions of the African Cup of Nations cup won the 2008 tournament by beating Cameroon 1-0. Egypt has a record of six win and the second back-to-back win. Egypt added the 2008 [...]

African Cup of Nations 2008, Ghana: The defeat of the Ghana Black Stars by the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon with a scoreline of 1-0 in their favour has gone to further shatter to smithereens the idea of the “host-and-win” concept. When my Cameroon colleague told me that Cameroon would beat us—and that the home crowd [...]

African Cup of Nations, Ghana, Accra 2008: The ongoing African Cup of Nations enters the semi-finals stage on Thursday: Ghana v Cameroon, Semi-Final, 17:00 GMT; and Ivory Coast v Egypt, Semi-Final, 20:30 GMT.
These matches promise to be exciting and explosive encounters. The teams have demonstrated their staying power, will, and soccer mastery, but at [...]

Photo-essay showing the weekly food consumption for several families. The picture is from Chad, showing the Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp. Their food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23, see what other families consume worldwide…

Egypt put the mummy of the Tutankhamun on display in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings on Sunday, giving visitors their first chance to see the face of a ruler who died more than 3,000 years ago.
In the dimly lit burial chamber workmen removed the gilded lid of Tutankhamun’s mummy case and then [...]

Doing Business a ranking system developed by the World Bank provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 178 countries. Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 178, with first place being the best. A high ranking on the ease of doing business index means the regulatory environment [...]