Ethiopia: Four NGOs get government ban
Ethiopian authorities have revoked the licenses of four Non-Governmental Organizations (two local and two foreign). The government of the Horn of Africa country claims...
Uganda: Bribery and voters’ register inflation evoked ahead of polls
Commonwealth Observer Group currently in Uganda will base their findings on the credibility of the electoral process and see whether the elections will be...
Miss Zimbabwe pageant, an uncomfortable political event
The prestigious Miss Tourism Zimbabwe beauty pageant was on Sunday morning (February 13) hijacked by the military and Zanu PF officials who scrambled to...
The Other Africa in pictures: Philippe Sibelly, a man with a mission
Philippe Sibelly is a man with a mission: to balance the “deficit of image” surrounding the African continent. Given the Western world’s daily...
Netbook sales fall as iPad-like tablet sales rise
Remember the Last Big Thing in computing? You’ll be forgiven for having forgotten it was the netbook — a small notebook computer with a...
Tupac Shakur biopic begins filming Spring 2011
Production company Morgan Creek announced that the new Tupac biopic is scheduled to begin principal photography in the late spring and early summer with...
China ranks as world’s 2nd largest economy
China has overtaken Japan as the world's second-biggest economy.
Japan's economy was worth $5.474 trillion (£3.414 trillion) at the end of 2010, figures from Tokyo...
No Blacks nominated for 2010 Academy Awards
Crammed into this year’s field of 10 best picture Oscar nominees are British aristocrats, Volvo-driving Los Angeles lesbians, a flock of swans, a gaggle...
Grammy Awards surprises with Arcade Fire win
The 53rd Grammy Awards telecast was all about the grandeur, with enormous production numbers crowded with as many pop stars as the presenters could...
Egypt: U.S. playing safe as events unfold in Arab world
The United States has expressed concern over the handling of post Hosni Mubarak-Egypt by the Egyptian military. Following the suspension of the constitution and...
Ethiopian government price ceiling to be readjusted?
Ethiopia has been hit by an acute shortage of basic commodities following a recently imposed price ceiling. To study the cause of this shortage,...
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe going blind?
Veteran Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe was last Friday (February
11) evening whisked to Singapore for “ an urgent eye review” amid
reports that he could...
Human trafficking and sex slave rings on the rise in Southern Africa
Human trafficking between Zimbabwe and South Africa has reached alarming proportions as an average of 7000 people per month are said to be involved....
After clampdown Algeria protesters vow to return
As the much doubted domino effect of the popular Arab revolt takes root, President Bouteflika of Algeria is seemingly the next to face the...
Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Bahrain, who’s Arab world’s next?
The successful revolt in Tunisia under the autocratic regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who had ruled for 23 years inspired confidence in...
Algeria protests take place amid 30,000 police deployment
A real tussle between the government and the opposition is gaining momentum as the wind of revolt that is currently shaking the Arab world...
Egypt: President Hosni Mubarak resigns
It was 18 days of sometimes violent demonstrations that forced the man who ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years to step down. Friday...
Femi Kuti: “Real music lets you deal with the reality of life”
Nigerian superstar Femi Kuti is that rare son of a legend who’s been able to carve out a stellar career of his very own....
Contraception after childbirth: Condoms, pills or contraceptive implants?
Although the idea of talking about contraception just after giving birth may seem strange, experts have highlighted its importance.
According to gynaecologist Katty Ardaens,...
Stroke, what are the risk factors?
Each year, 130,000 people in France alone suffer a cerebrovascular accident (CVA or stroke). The frequency of strokes increases with age, as the arteries...
Beware of cancer friendly pollutants at home!
How do you rid your house of the pollutants found in adhesives, paints, floor, wall and ceiling coverings, furniture and treated and natural woods,...
Treating serious or superficial burns
Burns, whether superficial or deep, should not be taken lightly given that they are prone to complications and superintfections. A few tips on what...
Night shifts and sleep patterns
Between the ages of 25 and 45, it is not unusual for people to do night work with staggered or irregular hours. Working...
Egypt: Bloody day of rage warned
The revolution in Egypt is expected to get vicious as Egyptians vow to raid the presidential palace to forcefully oust President Hosni Mubarak who...
In Pictures: Vogue Italia celebrates Black History Month
Franca Sozzani, editor for Vogue Italia, continues to prove herself as a bastion of resistance to the racist image that Vogue has carved for...
Huge marijuana plantation discovered in South Africa
Police discoveries of marijuana plantations are becoming common in South Africa as hardly a week goes by without police “stumbling upon” them. A recent...
North Africa: Child soldier recruitment still rampant
The recruitment of children into militia groups is still a concern in northern Africa as recruiters use child soldiers already in their ranks to...
Ethiopia braces for oil shortage as Sudan shuts pipes
Fuel prices in Ethiopia will be raised in March following an increasing consumption of fuel and its consequent impact on the government’s fuel expenditure....
Why are democracies contagious?
‘……man is created free but everywhere he goes he lives in chains….’ Rousseau’s remark about the pitfalls of modernization also serves as an adequate...
Cameroon president rushes back home after massive Bakassi abductions
Following the abduction of 11 government officials including Ayuk Edward Taku, Sub-Prefect for the Kombo Abedimo commune in the Bakassi Pennisula of Cameroon between...