Though her official visit to South Africa and Botswana is focused on youth leadership, education, health and wellness, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama didn’t leave a stone unturned to prove that she was still a fashion icon.
Michelle Obama arrives in Botswana.
We take a look at Angelina Jolie, Michelle Obama, and Shakira, and their humanitarian efforts.
A look at the schedule of the First Lady's good-will tour to southern Africa.
The First Lady is landing in South Africa Monday to start a week-long good-will tour.
According to Amnesty International, as many as 527 people were executed in 2010. A staggering number of 17,833 people are counting their days in the death row in various countries. Following is an overview of the system of death penalty in China, Iran, the United States, Saudi Arabia, North Korea and Yemen which top the chart of executions worldwide.
The nuclear emergency in Japan has led more than two dozen countries to either shut down their embassies in Tokyo or to relocate further south in the country, according to the Foreign Ministry.
De Beers, the world's largest diamond producer, returned to a profit in 2010 as production rose 34 percent and diamond prices recovered to pre-crisis levels, although it remains cautious about the market this year.
Construction of a railway line connecting Botswana's Mmamabula coal field with the Namibian port of Walvis Bay, pegged at up to $9 billion, is expected to start in 18 months, a government official said on Friday.
Proposed changes to revenue sharing within the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) are unacceptable because they place an unfair burden on its poorer members, a senior Namibian official said on Friday.
The Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) is considering a major overhaul of revenue-sharing that will see South Africa keeping a far bigger slice of pooled customs receipts, according to a policy document.
Africa should have a greater presence in the Group of 20 nations rather than be largely excluded and simply told how to run their economies, Botswana's central bank governor said on Thursday.
Rough diamond prices are expected to rise further this year, but will not match last year's sharp double-digit percentage rebound, which was boosted by restocking from jewellers, the head of De Beers sales division said on Monday.
There are plenty of concerns surrounding U.S. Treasuries, yet a Treasury crisis doesn't seem to be happening.
The FIFA Ethics Committee, on Thursday, banned Nigeria's Amos Adamu and Oceania's Reynald Temarii from voting in the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids on December 2. The ballot will now go ahead with 22 voters deciding between the nine candidate nations.
