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Canada: A cameroonian  appointed Minister

Canada: A cameroonian appointed Minister

Maka Kotto, a Cameroonian borned has been appointed Minister of Culture and Communication of Quebec. He became the first African-Canadian to reach this level...
Morocco: Bombardier Aerospace   implanted in Nouaceur

Morocco: Bombardier Aerospace implanted in Nouaceur

The president of Bombardier Aerospace Guy Hachey was received Tuesday by King Mohammed VI in Rabat palace. The Canadian group in Morocco ...
Child obesity causes heart problems

Child obesity causes heart problems

According to a study carried out in a hospital in Vancouver, Canada, children who are obese are at risk of developing atherosclerosis. And this...
Canada cracks down on cadmium jewelry

Canada cracks down on cadmium jewelry

Cadmium, a metal that is toxic if ingested or inhaled, has come under fire from the Canadian Ministry of Health. The Ministry has asked...
Nigeria: Rebels resume oil attacks?

Nigeria: Rebels resume oil attacks?

Two Americans, two French, two Indonesians and one Canadian have been taken hostage by militiamen in Nigeria after an attack on an oil company...
Guinea-Canada: Suspicious death of ex-Junta leader’s son

Guinea-Canada: Suspicious death of ex-Junta leader’s son

Thursday, the Camara family anxiously awaited the results of an autopsy on the body of their eldest son, Moriba Camara "Junior", who was found...
Access to HIV/AIDS drugs: A crisis in waiting

Access to HIV/AIDS drugs: A crisis in waiting

Years after agreement was reached at the World Trade Organization to allow poor countries to continue to import cheaper generic versions of patented medicines...
Uganda: Anti-gays launch campaign against US, UK, Canada…

Uganda: Anti-gays launch campaign against US, UK, Canada…

Anti gays in Uganda have resolved to mobilize Ugandans to stop buying goods from United States and the other countries which are threatening to...
Canada’s first “Black only” school under heavy criticism

Canada’s first “Black only” school under heavy criticism

The "Africentric Alternative School" in Toronto is Canada’s first "Afrocentric" public school. Catering for students of African or Afro-Caribbean descent, the school's main aim...
Mali President hailed for Canadian hostage release

Mali President hailed for Canadian hostage release

Malian President, Mr. Amadou Toumani Toure, has been hailed for his role in the release of kidnapped Canadian diplomats Robert Fowler and Louis Guay,...
Sudan: Gov’t doing its best to free kidnapped aid workers

Sudan: Gov’t doing its best to free kidnapped aid workers

A Canadian and a French national, serving humanity in Darfur, under the Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI) agency have been kidnapped by Islamic Gunmen, at...
Cigarette smoke harmful to kids and kills one out of two…

Cigarette smoke harmful to kids and kills one out of two…

Exposing children to cigarette smoke could put them at serious risk of nicotine addiction, without ever having smoked a cigarette themselves. A recent Canadian...
Abductors of Canadian diplomats still unknown

Abductors of Canadian diplomats still unknown

The missing UN special envoy to Niger Mr. Robert Fowler is still no-where-to-be-found. According to reports, the United Nations head office has rallied aid...
Rebels abduct UN special envoy and three others

Rebels abduct UN special envoy and three others

Reports from Niamey, Niger, claim that the UN's special envoy to the country, Robert Fowler has been kidnapped. He was with abducted along with...
Canadian author sued by ex international goalie over false allegations

Canadian author sued by ex international goalie over false allegations

Former Ghana international goalkeeper, Abubakari Damba, Tuesday said he had instituted moves to sue Declan Hill, a Canadian journalist, over allegations that he was...
Canada deploys a frigate to Somalia against pirates

Canada deploys a frigate to Somalia against pirates

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday welcomed Canada's decision to deploy a frigate to Somalia to protect the agency's food ships...
Researchers from Canada and Uganda breakthrough on new malaria drug

Researchers from Canada and Uganda breakthrough on new malaria drug

Canadian and Ugandan researchers at Makerere University said they had recorded a breakthrough in their search for new drugs to treat malaria, noting that...
Marijuana and Tobacco :  Discovering the new highs

Marijuana and Tobacco : Discovering the new highs

Marijuana and tobacco are an explosive combination for the lungs. It appears that regular tobacco smokers who also use marijuana run a considerably increased risk of...
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New Niger Delta plan to follow Canadian and South African models

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) in collaboration with some International experts have concluded arrangements to adopt the South African and Canadian models in...
Food crisis : Developed nations must stop subsidies, poor ones must eat local

Food crisis : Developed nations must stop subsidies, poor ones must eat local

A principal researcher from Canada’s North-South Institute, Dr. John W. Foster, Tuesday urged governments from developed countries “to phase out agricultural subsidies” given to...
Iamgold forced to relinquish gold nuggets from Guyana

Iamgold forced to relinquish gold nuggets from Guyana

When one knows about the number of deaths and physical malformations caused by both the legal and non-legal exploitation of gold, the question...
Report: AfDB should be Africa’s premier development institution

Report: AfDB should be Africa’s premier development institution

Given the huge development challenges Africa faces, the continent, more than any other region, needs a premier continental development bank, an Independent High Level...