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Olympic torch continues its troubled tour in Thailand
The Olympic torch has arrived in Bangkok, after its stop in India yesterday. Important security measures have been taken to assure the torchs safety...
Olympic Torch : About 170 arrested in New Delhi
After Pakistan, this afternoon the Olympic Torch toured New Dehli and security was once again an issue. As in most of its last visits...
Alarming rise in food prices in China
According to Channel News Asia, food prices have risen by 21% in 2008 in China. This increase is linked to the worldwide food crisis...
The Olympic torch continues its tour in Pakistan
The Olympic torch arrived today in Islamabad the Pakistani capital from Oman. Heavy security measures have been taken and the itinerary the athletes will...
Tibet crises forces South African everest climber to postpone expedition
A South African man's attempts to climb Mount Everest has been postponed due to circumstances surrounding the outbreak of the violence in Tibet. "China...
Nigeria sends delegation to China in time for 2008 Olympics accreditation
The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has sent a delegation to China in an effort to beat the 15 April accreditation deadline for athletes due...
Boxing : Nigeria gets a new foreign coach for Beijing Olympics
Nigeria's amateur boxing authorities have announced plans to hire a foreign coach for the country's boxing team to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. An official...
Five boxers from Ghana to represent Africa at Olympics
Five Ghanaian boxers will hoist their national flag when t he boxing segment of the Beijing Olympic Games gets underway later in the year.
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Morocco holds talks with sports journalists
The Executive Committee of the African Sports Journalists' Union (ASJU) will meet over the weekend in Casablanca, Morocco, which is hosting the ASJU headquarters....
Raising cancer awareness by climbing everest
A young mountain climber from Durban, South Africa, is aiming for the summit of Mount Everest so he can donate proceeds of his adventure...
IMANI Center for Policy and Education Receives $100,000 Grant
The Atlas Economic Research Foundation announced that IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Accra, Ghana) is the only African think tank among its first...
China’s dilemma
Overseas investment by Chinese companies in countries such as Sudan has damaged and in some cases “hijacked” Beijing’s foreign policy, diplomatic scholars in the...
Chinese owned smelter fires 500 Zambians
The Chinese-owned Chambishi Copper Smelter (CCS) company in the northern copperbelt province of Zambia has fired all the firm's 500 striking workers, the local...
Development banks more and more efficient
Six major multilateral development banks (MDBs) have released the third report of their Common Performance Assessment System (COMPAS), a statement by the African Development...
two Chinese jet fighters for Ghana
The Ghana Armed Forces announced on Wednesday that it has taken delivery of two fighter jets to augment the fleet of the Ghana Air...
Zambian miners attack Chinese managers
An estimated number of 500 mine workers demanding better working conditions at a Zambian copper smelter (Chambishi smelter) attacked their chinese managers. The workers...
China to build metrolines in Nigeria
President Umaru Yar'Adua said Saturday in Shanghai, China, that the Government would soon embark on the development of metro lines for some major cities...
Chinese Peace envoy in Sudan
Head of Chinese envoy, Mr. Liu Guijin, arrived Sunday, in Sudan to find a lasting solution to the conflict that has led to the...
China responds to Spielberg : Olympics and Darfur
The response from China over director Spielberg’s decision to drop out of his role as an adviser came on Thursday. “Holding up banners and...
Spielberg Shuns China Olympics over Darfur
In protest against Chinas indifference towards the Darfour conflict and its relations with Sudan, Steven Spielberg announced his withdrawal as an artistic adviser for...
Chinese Company to build railway lines in Libya
Libya and a Chinese company on Sunday signed two agreements for 3.2 billion Libyan dinars (1US$=1.15 Libyan dinars) under which the Chinese company would...