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Beneath the Islamic beards and burqas

Beneath the Islamic beards and burqas

The most striking scene in Nick Broomfield's powerful 2007 film Battle for Haditha is not one of violence but a simple love scene. A...
Morocco : The Gerets controversy reaches fever pitch

Morocco : The Gerets controversy reaches fever pitch

Success has a price. One that most Moroccans couldn’t afford as they stress Eric Gerets’ exaggerated salary : according to the local press, the...
MobiCash: A new money transfer service for Moroccans

MobiCash: A new money transfer service for Moroccans

"MobiCash" a new feature in international money transfer for Moroccans living abroad has been put in place by Maroc Telecom since the beginning of...
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Aviation: Lufthansa, Brussels, Swiss together in the African skies

Lufthansa, Swiss and Brussels Airlines have merged forces to provide a seamless travel, otherwise known as a ‘free-from-disturbance', product towards Africa. With 200 flights...
Water crisis in Algeria may get worse

Water crisis in Algeria may get worse

A report on the availability of potable water in Africa has listed Algeria among 17 African countries affected by water shortage. According to the report,...
Football : Race for top goal scorer spot at Beijing Olympics

Football : Race for top goal scorer spot at Beijing Olympics

It is more than a contest for a place in Saturday's final match as Nigeria's Obinna Nsofor and Belgium's Moussa Dembele also have to...
Zambia seizes corrupt properties in Belgium to fund health sector

Zambia seizes corrupt properties in Belgium to fund health sector

The Zambian government has disclosed it earned about 13.6 billion Kwacha from the sale of seized properties and that the money will be spent...
European MPs and illigal immigrants protest in Brussels

European MPs and illigal immigrants protest in Brussels

Several hundred illegal immigrants supported by European MPs as well as humanitarian NGOs, trade unions and students, demonstrated on Wednesday before the European parliament...
Air transport IT summit to hold in Belgium

Air transport IT summit to hold in Belgium

The annual Air Transport Information Technology (IT) Summit, hosted by SITA, a firm that specialises in air transport communication and solutions, will take place...
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Cameroonian suicide in Belgium sparks riots at detention facility

A young Cameroonian asylum seeker in Belgium has committed suicide by hanging himself in the toilet of a detention centre in Merksplas, Belgium, with...
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Belgian journalist held in Congo

A Congolese human rights group, Voice of the Voiceless (VSV), has denounced the arrest of a Belgian independent journalist M. Collin in Bas-Congo province...
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Mozambican and six others win environmental prizes

A Mozambican musician, Feliciano dos Santos, is one of this year's winners of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. A statement from the prize jury, received...
Chad: Rebels withdraw from N’djamena

Chad: Rebels withdraw from N’djamena

Chadian rebels who surrounded the presidency in N'Djamena on Sunday in a bid to oust President Idriss Deby have withdrawn completely following helicopter raids...
African gender crusaders seek more from parliamentarians

African gender crusaders seek more from parliamentarians

African women rights activists meeting here Wednesday ahead of the African Union (AU) heads of state summit have called for enhanced access to higher...
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Harubuntu 2008 : a competitive exam to push those who contribute to Africa’s development

A competition to bring out the African potential and those who make it happen. This is what Harubuntu 2008 is about. It is open...
Deby-Sarkozy Meeting in N’Djamena

Deby-Sarkozy Meeting in N’Djamena

Chad President Idriss Deby Itno meet today French President Nicolas Sarkozy in N'Djamena for a short visit of... 2 hours! They spoke about the...