Growing more than fruit: Turning Ghana's farms into healthy businesses
January 2, 2015 -- Updated 1103 GMT (1903 HKT) A street vendor in the Ghanaian capital of Accra sells her fruit. Over 53% of Ghana's total workforce was employed in agriculture in 2013, according to...
View ArticleMajestic Victoria Falls: 'Zimbabwe's goldmine' draws back thrill-seekers
November 18, 2014 -- Updated 1211 GMT (2011 HKT) Victoria Falls has been called the backbone of Zimbabwe's tourism industry. The falls, which are over one mile wide, are known by the local Kololo tribe...
View ArticleCheers! Whisky lovers discover new blends in South Africa
December 3, 2014 -- Updated 1106 GMT (1906 HKT) Better known for its wines, the business of spirit making is taking off in South Africa. Launched in 2009, Bain's Cape Mountain Whisky was the first...
View ArticleBiltong, steak & braai: South Africans cook up a recipe for tasty profits in UAE
December 10, 2014 -- Updated 1037 GMT (1837 HKT) South Africans are exporting their steak culture to the United Arab Emirates and seeing signs of success in the Gulf country which has a growing...
View ArticleSouth Africa's race to space: Could studying Big Bang bring big bucks?
December 22, 2014 -- Updated 1452 GMT (2252 HKT) | The ambitious Square Kilometer Array project aims to build a giant radio telescope that will help scientists paint a detailed picture of some of the...
View ArticleTop 10: Africa's most prosperous countries
December 18, 2014 -- Updated 1107 GMT (1907 HKT) Senegal ranks as the continent's 10th most prosperous nation, according to Legatum Institute's 2014 Africa Prosperity Report, up nine places since 2012....
View ArticleBattling Ebola: The African responses that 'will win this war'
updated 7:11 AM EST, Thu November 13, 2014 People walk past a billboard with a message about Ebola in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, on November 7. Public awareness campaigns are proving vital...
View ArticleFighting climate change? Don't ignore poor nations' creativity
November 12, 2014 -- Updated 1131 GMT (1931 HKT) Norway is the best prepared country for climate change, according to data released last week by the University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index. At...
View ArticleAfrican sushi: Mountainous fish farm links Lesotho with Japanese chefs
November 21, 2014 -- Updated 1100 GMT (1900 HKT) The Katse Dam wall is 2,200m above sea level in the Maluti Mountains. "Water temperatures are close to ideal [for trout] for most of the year due to the...
View ArticleSyrian wins song contest based on 'American Idol,' declines to wear flag
December 14, 2014 -- Updated 1237 GMT (2037 HKT) Syrian boys play in the ruins of a destroyed building in Aleppo on Tuesday, November 18. (CNN) -- In a region scarred by conflict and instability, a...
View ArticleTradition trumps modernity for Thailand's Lisu tribe
November 13, 2014 -- Updated 0340 GMT (1140 HKT) Editor's note: CNN's On the Road series brings you a greater insight into the customs and culture of countries across the world. During November, CNN...
View ArticleA world of thrills and chills for 2015
updated 2:21 PM EST, Thu January 1, 2015 January 1: Couples kiss in New York's Times Square to ring in the new year. January 6: Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at Chicago's North Avenue Beach....
View ArticleWhat I wish we hadn't learned in 2014
updated 8:28 AM EST, Mon December 29, 2014 January 1: Couples kiss in New York's Times Square to ring in the new year. January 6: Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at Chicago's North Avenue Beach....
View Article2014 women of the year
updated 7:56 AM EST, Thu December 11, 2014 January 1: Couples kiss in New York's Times Square to ring in the new year. January 6: Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at Chicago's North Avenue Beach....
View ArticleU.S. sailors attacked in Turkey, have bags placed over heads
November 12, 2014 -- Updated 1450 GMT (2250 HKT) (CNN) -- Three U.S. Navy sailors were assaulted and had bags placed over their heads during a stop in Istanbul, Turkey, according to U.S. military...
View ArticleAi Fukuhara: 'Cry baby' child prodigy still seeking ping pong perfection
November 12, 2014 -- Updated 1404 GMT (2204 HKT) HIDE CAPTION 'Ai-chan': Japan's table tennis queen 'Ai-chan': Japan's table tennis queen 'Ai-chan': Japan's table tennis queen 'Ai-chan': Japan's table...
View ArticleJesus: Married...with children?
November 12, 2014 -- Updated 1340 GMT (2140 HKT) Diogo Morgado plays Jesus in the film "Son of God." Some of Jesus' most famous teachings are often misunderstood, says Amy-Jill Levine. A painted tile...
View ArticleIndia sterilization program under fire after 11 women die
November 12, 2014 -- Updated 1355 GMT (2155 HKT) New Delhi (CNN) -- Chhattisgarh is one of India's most impoverished states, a place where 1,400 rupees (about $23) counts for a lot. That's what 83...
View ArticleMore Kardashian controversy: from butts to the 'KKK'
November 12, 2014 -- Updated 1328 GMT (2128 HKT) Sisters Khloe, left, and Kim Kardashian were the talk of the Internet on November 11. (CNN) -- If there's attention to be had, you better believe the...
View Article'Wheel of Fortune' host Pat Sajak has had it with your horseplay
November 12, 2014 -- Updated 1312 GMT (2112 HKT) Pat Sajak had enough with the horse answers on Monday's show. (CNN) -- Keep giving Pat Sajak answers involving a horse, and he is bound to say neigh....
View ArticleSport sleep coach's top tips to improve your slumber
November 12, 2014 -- Updated 1129 GMT (1929 HKT) HIDE CAPTION 10 tips for better sleep 10 tips for better sleep 10 tips for better sleep 10 tips for better sleep 10 tips for better sleep 10 tips for...
View ArticleWill Congress kill an Iran nuclear deal?
November 12, 2014 -- Updated 1059 GMT (1859 HKT) Washington (CNN) -- Republicans poised to take control of Congress are already threatening to kill what could turn out to be President Barack Obama's...
View ArticleWhat is Al-Shabaab, and what does it want?
December 2, 2014 -- Updated 1154 GMT (1954 HKT) (CNN) -- The attack is harrowing: Al-Shabaab militants raid a quarry in Kenya, separating non-Muslim workers from their Muslim counterparts and executing...
View ArticleFacing swamps, scorpions and civil war on a 3,750-mile walk along the Nile
November 11, 2014 -- Updated 1024 GMT (1824 HKT) British photojournalist Levison Wood set out to walk the length of the Nile River in December 2013. Wood started in Rwanda and made his way through...
View ArticleAl-Shabaab blamed for five beheadings
December 15, 2014 -- Updated 0746 GMT (1546 HKT) Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) -- A Quran teacher in central Somalia was the fifth beheading victim in one week at the hands of Al-Shabaab, the al...
View Article10 reasons to experience the mind-blowing AfrikaBurn festival
December 15, 2014 -- Updated 0556 GMT (1356 HKT) AfrikaBurn, held every April in the arid Karoo semi-desert four hours' drive north of Capetown, is Africa's answer to the U.S. Burning Man festival....
View ArticleThe Indian migrants who built Kenya's 'lunatic line'
December 11, 2014 -- Updated 1045 GMT (1845 HKT) The colonial British viewed the railway as a good way to open up the interior of Kenya and countering the ambitions of Germany in the region. As many as...
View ArticleAngelique Kidjo: 'Do I LOOK like I have Ebola?'
November 12, 2014 -- Updated 1115 GMT (1915 HKT) Grammy Award-winning singer Angelique Kidjo can't be silenced. African Voices is a weekly show that highlights Africa's most engaging personalities,...
View ArticleSeychelles tourism: Island paradise targets more beach goers
November 10, 2014 -- Updated 1118 GMT (1918 HKT) Seychelles is a collection of 115 islands. The 41 "Inner Islands" constitute the oldest mid-oceanic granite islands on earth. A sky view of Seychelles...
View ArticleCan we pull elephants back from the brink?
November 20, 2014 -- Updated 1600 GMT (0000 HKT) Elephants, particularly in Africa, have long been the target of poachers, who look for a quick profit on ivory from their tusks at the expense of a...
View ArticleOn the trail of orangutans in Malaysia
December 30, 2014 -- Updated 0215 GMT (1015 HKT) Borneo and the neighboring Indonesian island of Sumatra are the only places where orangutan can be seen in the wild. The Batang Ai Reservoir is a...
View ArticleZaha Hadid's Sleuk Rith Institute re-imagines the meaning of memorial
updated 12:42 PM EST, Fri November 21, 2014 The Sleuk Rith Institute, when completed, will house the largest collection of genocide related material in Southeast Asia. Designed by starchitect Zaha...
View ArticleCut the shawl talk: Chinese censors wipe Putin's move on China's First Lady
November 11, 2014 -- Updated 0620 GMT (1420 HKT) China's similar First Lady is seen accepting a shawl from Russian President Putin which she quickly slips off. Hong Kong (CNN) -- It was fleeting moment...
View ArticleStrange case of the melting house: Alex Chinneck's mind-bending buildings
November 25, 2014 -- Updated 1524 GMT (2324 HKT) British artist Alex Chinneck creates playful architectural illusions in highly visible spaces. A Pound of Flesh for 50p, a full-scale house made of wax...
View ArticleWorld's 'most complicated' Patek Philippe gold watch sells for record $24.4...
November 12, 2014 -- Updated 1611 GMT (0011 HKT) The Henry Graves 'Supercomplication' timepiece sold for $24 million at Sotheby's 2014 Important Watches sale, breaking its own record for a watch sold...
View Article6 other cool, current space missions
November 12, 2014 -- Updated 2110 GMT (0510 HKT) | Filed under: Innovations No probe has ever gone all the way to Pluto, but New Horizons aims to change that. The craft, launched in 2006, is set to...
View ArticleGoodreads selects best books of 2014
updated 3:44 PM EST, Tue December 2, 2014 Goodreads users have selected the best books of the year, and their top fiction pick comes from "Fangirl" and "Eleanor & Park" author Rainbow Rowell. In...
View Article'Spectacular' meteor shower wows stargazers
Join the conversation CNN iReport December 14, 2014 -- Updated 1638 GMT (0038 HKT) | Did you capture images of the Geminid meteor shower? Upload your photos to CNN iReport. (CNN) -- A spectacular...
View ArticleTurner Prize 2014 won by Irish film artist Duncan Campbell
December 2, 2014 -- Updated 1452 GMT (2252 HKT) Irish artist Duncan Campbell has won the Turner Prize, one of the world's most prestigious art awards, for his film It For Others, pictured. Previous...
View ArticleStunning geometric shapes appear in snow on frozen, isolated lakes
updated 9:03 AM EST, Mon December 1, 2014 Simon Beck creates massive geometric designs in the French Alps by trudging through the snow. His new book, Snow Art, features over 200 images of his drawings....
View ArticleIncredible images capture dazzling symmetry of Iran's mosques
November 11, 2014 -- Updated 0817 GMT (1617 HKT) Iranian photographer Mohammad Reza Domri Ganji has compiled a beautiful portfolio of images taken inside landmarks like the Nasir al-mulk Mosque, in...
View ArticlePhotographer recreates modern Spanish paintings with Senegalese locals
November 26, 2014 -- Updated 1512 GMT (2312 HKT) Two cultures unite as photographer Javier Hirschfeld captures Senegalese locals in a style inspired by Spanish painter Julio Romero de Torres. Poised,...
View ArticleAfrica's best journalists: Risking their lives
November 21, 2014 -- Updated 1113 GMT (1913 HKT) Kenyan journalist and this year's overall CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards winner, Joseph Mathenge was on scene at the Westgate shopping mall...
View ArticleTop 10 ethical travel destinations for 2015
December 12, 2014 -- Updated 0810 GMT (1610 HKT) New to California-based Ethical Traveler's annual list of most ethical destinations, Samoa recently co-signed a $1 million project for improving...
View ArticleFifty-five years on, Jane Goodall's famous chimps still surprise us
December 3, 2014 -- Updated 1038 GMT (1838 HKT) Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania is home to the most famous chimpanzees in the world. This particular family of chimps was first monitored by...
View ArticleStringer Bell, Luther, Mandela... the album?
November 18, 2014 -- Updated 1329 GMT (2129 HKT) Golden Globe-winning actor Idris Elba's first album, "Mi Mandela," goes on sale next week. The album is about his experience playing Nelson Mandela in...
View ArticlePostcards from home: documenting Nigeria's floating community
December 24, 2014 -- Updated 1438 GMT (2238 HKT) A fisherman throws out his net on the lagoon's calm waters. Fisherman immigrating from Benin and Togo initially settled Makoko over a century ago. But...
View ArticleLebanese singer, actress Sabah dies at 87
November 26, 2014 -- Updated 2038 GMT (0438 HKT) Click through to see people who died in 2014. Lebanese singer and actress Sabah, one of the Arab world's most prolific entertainers with a career...
View Article4 soldiers, 6 militants die in Al-Shabaab attack, Somali police official says
January 2, 2015 -- Updated 1938 GMT (0338 HKT) Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) -- At least 10 people, including four Somali soldiers, were killed in an attack by Al-Shabaab forces on an army checkpoint near...
View ArticleAl-Shabaab raids Somalia's largest African Union base
updated 8:15 AM EST, Thu December 25, 2014 Mogadishu (CNN) -- Somalia's militant Islamist group Al-Shabaab raided the country's largest military base for African Union troops on Thursday, detonating a...
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