CAN 2008: Ghana finishes 3rd place
The Black Stars of Ghana ended their 2008 Africa Cup of Nations campaign Saturday with a third place finish, after rallying to beat the...
Tanzania gets a new Prime Minister
Mizengo Pinda has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Tanzania by President Jakaya Kikwete to replace Edward Lowassa who resigned Thursday evening.
Mizengo...
Niger court grants journalist bail after 121 days in detention
An appeal court in Zinder, Niger's second largest city, has released Ibrahim Manzo Diallo, managing editor of the bi-monthly newspaper Air Info, after 121...
Gunmen kidnap ex university don in Nigeria
Gunmen have abducted a former lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, shortly before the wife of a businessman and politician based in the...
Club of Sahel supports protection of African market
African countries have the right to take adequate measures to protect their markets to avoid being marginalised in the world economic exchanges, Charles Goerens,...
Kenya: Rival parties reach agreement
Kenyan warring political rivals have reached an agreement to end the post election crisis but detailed talks on the exact political settlement would not...
Chad:French Minister denies participation of French troops in fighting
The visiting French Foreign Affairs Minister, Bernard Kouchner, Friday denied the participation of French Special Forces in the fighting between rebels and government troops...
CAN 2008: Roger Milla wary of Egypt’s emerging force in Africa
The euphoria that greeted Cameroon’s lone-goal win over host Ghana Black Stars literarily went into the winds when most players and officials watched as...
CAN 2008: Egyptian coach woos Accra crowd against Cameroon
Egyptian coach Hassan Shehata has urged the vociferous A ccra crowd to get behind the defending champions, Pharaohs of Egypt, when they t a...
Togolese government suspends child adoption
The Togolese government Thursday suspended all forms of child adoption because of the dysfunctions noted in the adoption system, an official communique issued on...
Abducted woman freed in Niger Delta
The wife of a prominent Nigerian politician and oil businessman, who was abducted early Wednesday by unknown gunmen from her residence in Port Harcourt,...
President Jammeh resumes HIV/AIDS, infertility treatment
The Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, Friday resumed his "HIV/AIDS treatment," with the fifth batch of 150 patients at a military clinic in "Marina Parade...
World Bank to develop health facilities in Congo
The World Bank is planning to develop health facilities in Congo and help set up a National Health Development Plan in the country, according...
USA: Black History Month in full swing
The African-American community has been celebrating the Black History Month during the month of February since 1976. John E. Fleming is the President of...
CAN 2008 : Egyptians in a festive mood
Egyptians celebrated late into Thursday night after their national team, the Pharaohs, cruised into the final of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in...
A Nigerian designs a revolutionary car in the US
A Nigerian, Jelani Aliyu, has made an important breakthrough for the automobile industry in the United States. The invention is an ultramodern electric car...
Morocco fires Henri Michel
The coach of Morocco's national soccer team, Frenchman Henri Michel, was dismissed on Thursday after the early elimination of the Atlas Lions from the...
CAN 2008 : Cameroon beats Ghana, Egypt dazes Ivory Coast
Cameroon on Thursday eliminated Ghana from the 26th MTN Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Ghana when the Indomitable Lions beat the Black Stars...
Nigeria: mysterious loss of a Penis
Motor bike Taxi drivers from Gwagwalada, a small locality close to Abuja in the middle of Nigeria, have gathered to protest against a client...
Audit reports reveal embezzlement of several million dollars in Guinea
Audit reports have revealed unjustified expenses running into several million dollars and 1,300 ghost names on the civil service pay roll in Guinea between...
Sexuality: Young Africans demand fundamental human rights
African youths attending the third Africa Sexuality Conference here have asked that they be given their fundamental human rights, which include their sexuality rights....
Katoucha’s Disappearance : Police Inquiry begins
Paris Police Department has started an inquiry into the disappearance of Katoucha Niane. Persons close to the former Super Model from Guinea have been...
AIDS deaths are declining, reports UN
For the first time since the AIDS pandemic was identified a quarter-century ago, “we are seeing a decline in global AIDS deaths,” reports Dr....
Water for all: Different approaches to common challenges
Until six years ago, Eugenia Uwamahoro had to trek 2 kilometres each day to a river to get water for drinking, cooking, washing and...
Ethiopia launches national nutrition strategy
Faced with a heavy disease burden caused by prevalent maternal and child undernourishment, Ethiopia Thursday launched its first-ever National Nutrition Strategy (NNS) to ensure...
EU earmarks FCFA366b to support Mali’s development
The European Union (EU) will give Mali FCFA366 billion during the period 2008-2013 to support the country's development programmes, an official source said here...
The US opposes constitutional amendment in Cameroon
The US Ambassador to Cameroon, Janet Elisabeth Garvey, has said her country is against any plan to amend the African country's Constitution so that...
Tanzania Prime Minister Edward Lowassa resigns
Tanzanian Prime Minister Edward Lowassa said Thursday that he had handed in his letter of resignation to President Jakaya Kikwete. "I wrote to the...
Nigeria Soccer: Premier League Table / Week 24
Niger Tornadoes of the central city of Minna has overtaken Enyimba in the Nigeria Premier League. Tornadoes, led by coach John Obuh, travelled to...
CAN 2008 semi-finals: Cameroon promises to oust Ghana
Ahead Thursday’s first semi -final clash against the Black Stars of Ghana, the captain of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon , Rigobert Song, has...