Ivory Coast: 40% of world’s cocoa under threat of destruction
Coffee and cocoa producers in the Ivory Coast Thursday morning torched several bags of cocoa in front of the European Union headquarters at Plateau,...
George Washington Carver: A scientific pioneer
African-American scientist George Washington Carver was born in Diamond, Missouri (population: 800) prior to the abolition of slavery, yet he achieved fame for his...
Ugandans at polls to elect President and MPs amid delays
Thousands of Ugandans were at polling centres as early as 6.00 am ready to cast their votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections taking...
Malawi’s jailed witches get a lease of life
A human rights group in Malawi is causing a stir as it embarks on a mission to gather 10,000 signatures from locals to force...
Libyans struggle to pull off Tunisian and Egyptian success
Though the Facebook group which urged the “Day of Anger” protests on Thursday had more than 22,000 followers, events in Libya influenced by the...
Can the US allow democracy to take root in Egypt’s shifting sands?
According to Noam Chomsky, President Obama’s reaction to the Egyptian revolution conforms to the normal US response when one of their “favoured dictators” loses...
United States of Africa: Just a nice dream?
The idea of creating a single state out of the African continent is well touted by numerous scholars and political autocrats such as Gaddafi....
Libya stifles protests with pro-government rallies on TV
Human rights groups have warned Libyans that an all-out protest against President Muammar Gaddafi may result in human right abuses and crimes against humanity...
Silence over Ethiopian land grab broken
A Saudi Arabian investor has broken the culture of silence surrounding a widely criticized farmland acquisition by foreign investors in Ethiopia, which had hitherto...
Mathew Knowles Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Gospel Music Association
Mathew Knowles, the founder, President and CEO of Music World Entertainment (MWE), has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Gospel Music...
Rosa Parks: A Black heroine
African-American activist Rosa Parks (1913-2005) famously stood up for the Civil Rights Movement by sitting down in a segregated section of a Montgomery, Alabama...
Zimbabwe: Wives of officials off EU sanctions list
Thirty five Zimbabweans, mainly wives of President Robert Mugabe's close associates, who where on European Union travel sanctions have been let off the...
Uganda: Museveni rejects winds of change
As Ugandans prepare to cast their votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections on Friday, their president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has assured them that...
Togo – China: Development plans amid questionable record
China has promised to fund agriculture, health care and education in Togo as Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi visited the West African nation to...
Apple creates app subscription service
Apple Inc. laid out a new subscription service and broad rules cementing its power as gatekeeper for most of the digital content sold through...
Secret Coca-Cola recipe revealed?
The Coca Cola recipe was one of the most guarded trade secrets in the world until now. The ingredients have been leaked a while...
US reporter raped by Egyptian mob in Cairo
A senior CBS correspondent is recovering in hospital in the US after she was beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob while covering the...
Clinton addresses Internet freedom
Days after Facebook and Twitter added fuel to a revolt in Egypt, the Obama administration on Tuesday announced a new policy on Internet freedom,...
‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ releases first photo
These last few weeks of movie news have been big ones for comic book fans. The highly anticipated "X-Men: First Class" trailer debuted on...
11 year old girl suffers 8 month rape ordeal by 14 men
An 11 year-old girl was raped by 14 men, including eight juveniles and six grown up men, for a period spanning eight months.
Police in...
Teenage boy shocks court after raping 12yr old boy
A Zimbabwean teenage-boy stunned a local court by boldly telling a magistrate that anal sex was “brilliant” following accusations that he forced a 12-year-old...
Fuel crisis hits Southern African countries amid protests
Malawians are bracing for demonstrations countrywide by end February to protest against persistent chronic fuel shortage saying they are prepared to be shot at....
Egypt and Tunisia: Economic turmoil after revolution?
Shortly after revolting against their autocratic leaders, Tunisians and Egyptians are droning in the aftermath of their uprisings. The political uncertainty in Tunisia after...
Crisis hits Ivory Coast economy
Laurent Gbagbo, one of the two presidents of the Ivory Coast, has accused Washington of supporting his rival, Alassane Ouattara. He has also accused...
US asked to freeze Egyptian politicos’ assets
The post-Mubarak Egyptian government has asked the United States to freeze the financial assets of some officials from that country, according to a senior...
Jennifer Hudson may star in Aretha Franklin biopic
Aretha Franklin has finally abandoned her champagne wishes and Hollywood dreams of having Halle Berry portray her in the upcoming biopic on her life....
Charlize Theron cast in ‘Alien’ prequel
Without knowing much about it at all, Prometheus is already one of the most exciting films on the horizon in 2012. What was once...
Facebook downplays role in African uprisings
With Facebook playing a starring role in the revolts that toppled governments in Tunisia and Egypt, you might think the company’s top executives would...
Apple develops less expensive iPhones
Apple Inc. is working on the first of a new line of less-expensive iPhones and an overhaul of software services for the devices, people...
Libya: Gaddafi warns against use of Facebook, activists arrested
On 13 February 2011, ANHRI condemned the latest move by Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi as he warned against the use of the social networking...