Namibia and Zimbabwe politicians confront new technology
Following the recent 'Twitter-Facebook inspired revolutions’ in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt and other Middle East countries, Namibian leader, President Hifikepunye Pohamba, has sent a strong...
Nicola Lo Calzo: Capturing Africa through the lens
With his striking portraits of Nigerians working and worshipping near the Niger River—a poignant photomontage entitled “Inside Niger”—award-winning 31-year-old Italian photographer Nicola Lo Calzo...
Libya: Light at the end of tunnel for freedom fighters
Muammar Gaddafi’s government has warned the international community that any attack on Libya would threaten air and sea traffic in the Mediterranean after it...
Ethiopia: Egyptian fears over new dam ‘groundless’
The Ethiopian government has downplayed the effect that a dam it is planning to build near the Sudanese border could have on lower Nile...
Drug addicts turn to HIV drugs for lethal mix
Drug peddlers in South Africa have introduced a new deadly drug whose ingredients contain life-prolonging antiretrovirals for people infected with HIV, a move that...
Libya: Towards Sudan’s Darfur type conflict?
Increasing civilian casualties in the conflict between Libya’s government forces and freedom fighters has led observers to classify Libya as the next Sudan. Authorities...
Aiding Children Accused of Witchcraft
Over a year ago, *Selene’s nine-year-old daughter *Emma began waking up every morning and saying that witches were taking her to the woods at...
Morocco: The loneliness of an intersex
Neither male nor female, Said, 45, was born intersex (hermaphrodite). As a result of this condition, Said has never had access to real work...
Uganda: Anti-gay minister of ethics and integrity resigns
Resigning from his ministerial position as Uganda's minister of ethics and integrity, James Nsaba Buturo has called upon Ugandans to continue fighting against...
Adobe caves in to Apple by converting Flash
For decades -- dating back to the 1980s -- Apple and Adobe Systems have had a deeply troubled relationship. The most recent phase of...
‘Daredevil’ sequel finally lands director
Director David Slade is shifting his filmmaking focus from vampires to superheroes. According to Variety, 20th Century Fox has tapped the "Twilight Saga: Eclipse"...
Janet Jackson signs film production deal
Janet Jackson is becoming a movie producer. The performer-actress has signed a production deal with Lionsgate to select, develop and produce a feature film...
Racist anti-Asian YouTube rant sparks outrage
When Alexandra Wallace recorded her rant about Asian students using cellphones in the library at the University of California, Los Angeles, she was alone,...
Leak spreads from second Japanese nuke facility
Reporting from Sendai and Tokyo, Japan A series of grim developments hit a shaken Japan on Wednesday, including reports that high-level radiation may have...
U.S-Egypt to pursue ‘strategic interests’ together
The new Egypt says it would preserve its 1979 peace treaty with Israel, and work closely with the United States on counter-terrorism. This eases...
Clean water for rural Ethiopia
After Lori Pappas first arrived in the Omo River Valley in southwestern Ethiopia three years ago, the first thing she did was conduct a...
Arab World’s Revolutionary Immolations and ‘Martyrdom’ Change
Self-immolations in the Arab world have been on the rise after Mohammed Bouaziz, a young unemployed Tunisian, dramatically set himself on fire to protest...
Libya: U.S, Germany, China and Russia not ready for war
United States President Barrack Obama has remained defiant to pressure demanding him to recognize the Libyan rebel council as a legitimate government and support...
Botswana diamond sector wage disparity favours South Africans?
World over, particularly in Africa, diamond deposits have often been a source of bloody conflicts. However, Bostwana, a largely desert southern African nation endowed...
Apple sells over 600,000 iPads in three days
Apple Inc.'s new iPad 2 flew off of the shelves on its first weekend.
The company's stores in major U.S. cities had sold out of...
2012 Olympics tickets available for sale
Tickets for the London 2012 Olympics have gone on sale, 500 days ahead of the event.
Some 6.6 million tickets are available from the London...
Disney kills ‘Yellow Submarine’ remake
The Walt Disney Co. has deep-sixed Mars Needs Moms producer Robert Zemeckis’ planned next project for the studio, the high-profile remake of the classic...
Hewlett-Packard moves into cloud computing
Since becoming chief executive of Hewlett-Packard four months ago, Léo Apotheker has remained mostly silent about his plans for the world’s biggest technology company.
He...
Fear of rising radiation levels grips Japan
An escalating crisis at a nuclear power plant compounded the human devastation in Japan Tuesday.
As the death toll from the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the...
Ivory Coast: Full-blown civil war looms
The stage for a civil war is now set in Ivory Coast as the rebel group- the New Forces- loyal to democratically elected president...
Travelers stranded by Japanese earthquake
The largest earthquake in Japan’s history hit the country’s northeast today, triggering tsunamis that have been felt as far as Hawaii and the west...
Cuba hands American 15-year prison sentence
American contractor Alan P. Gross has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for crimes against the Cuban state.
Gross, 61, was found guilty of...
Lauryn Hill announces spring tour dates
Fans of former Fugee Lauryn Hill have another chance to see the iconic singer in action now that she's announced new spring tour dates.
After...
‘Spider-Man’ replaces director Julie Taymor
It was 1996 when Disney Theatrical Productions took a chance on a little-known director of experimental theater named Julie Taymor. They handed her a...
Japan faces post-tsunami nuclear crisis
Rescue workers used chain saws and hand picks Monday to dig out bodies in Japan's devastated coastal towns, as Asia's richest nation faced a...