A few months ago, Sir Roy Welensky, the Central African Federation’s Prime Minister, looked with considerable gloom at a crucial aspect of the African economy. “Let’s face it,” he said, “as an ...

Ships carrying personnel for China's first overseas military base set sail on Tuesday to begin setting up the facility in Djibouti, as China's rapidly modernizing military extends its global reach.

May 31, 2005 — -- Ian Ainslie, on board Team Shosholoza's racing sloop, stares at the rippling surface of the water, trying to gauge the direction of the wind. As the team's strategist, it is his ...

The Durban-based Sail Africa Youth Development Foundation received a massive boost, winning World Sailing’s prestigious 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award at a virtual ceremony held on Thursday ...

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Deizy Nhaquile was nine when she first stepped into a dinghy in Mozambique, but she and her mother were fearful about the safety of the sport and decided she should stop.

World Sailing's global festival officially kicked off last week in Sri Lanka, where the Ceylon Motor Yacht Club hosted trial racing sessions and a regatta to celebrate empowerment and camaraderie as ...

Growing up in a racially segregated neighborhood in Cape Town, South Africa, Neal Petersen overcame both physical disability and apartheid to become the first man of African heritage to race solo ...

A teenager who only picked up sailing to keep out of mischief while her mother worked at a yacht club has become a sporting success story in Mozambique. Maria Mabjaia, 14, won the bronze medal in the ...

Olympic gold medalists Hannah Mills MBE (GBR) and Eilidh McIntyre (GBR) were voted female 2021 Rolex World Sailor of the Year on Thursday 2 December in a virtual ceremony streamed live from the Royal ...