Tunisian director Youssef Chebbi won the coveted "Stallion of Yennenga" award at the biennial pan-African film festival Fespaco with the murder mystery "Ashkal".

The Biometric System has contributed to increasing the credibility of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria.

The Government of Ghana says it has launched the world's largest education outcomes fund - $30 million to get out-of-school children into the classroom and improve learning levels in primary schools.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) expects e-commerce in the birthplace continent to grow by 50% by 2025, according to UNECA Executive Secretary António Pedro, at the opening of the African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Niamey, Niger.

The African Union has postponed a conference on combating illicit financial flows in Africa, scheduled for mid-March in Tunisia, due to criticism of government repression and racial attacks against sub-Saharan citizens.

Ugandan Parliament Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa condemned the European Union's practice of exporting pesticides and banned products to developing countries, urging them to demonstrate strongly as a team."