Chadian President receives AU/Kadhafi’s peace envoys
Chadian President, Idris Deby Itno, Wednesday in the Chadian capital, Ndjamena, received two special envoys of Colonel Muammar Kadhafi and members of the Libya-Congo...
Morocco and Belgium to play friendly match
The Morocco national football team will play a friendly match with their Belgium counterparts on 26 March in Brussels, sports sources told PANA on...
More than 500 illegal migrants arrested in Morocco
The search operations launched by the Moroccan authorities against illegal migration have led to the arrest of more than 500 illegal migrants, the majority...
Kenya: South Africa slams Kenya over peace talks hitch
The South African government has slammed Kenya after South African negotiator Cyril Ramaphosa was forced to quit the ongoing peace talks in Kenya. Deputy...
US presidential election – Barack Obama – After Super Tuesday outcomes: an even tighter race
The Super Tuesday of 2008 US presidential, on 5th February, was a crucial day in the race for US presidential election, as the largest...
Yar’Adua’s Boot Camp Reforms: Kicking himself out of office?
Whilst he is combatting political acrobatics, strategically rehearsed and put into practice by Nigerian politicians since time immemorial, to rig elections, through the setting...
Female circumcision drops by half in Niger
The prevalence rate of female circumcision among women aged between 15 and 49 years has dropped by half (from 5% in 1998 to 2.2%...
CPJ urges Cote d’Ivoire to lift RFI suspension
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Ivorian authorities to immediately lift the indefinite suspension of the FM broadcasts of the...
Refugees still fleeing Chad
Refugees fleeing the Chadian capital N’djamena are still swamping border towns in Cameroon and thousands have started queuing at Nigerian border posts, said officials...
Gambia’s immigration out-laws roadside begging
Gambia's Immigration Department has issued a strong warning against begging near roadside, saying; anyone found "begging near the traffic will face the full force...
Egypt, Iran ready to restore diplomatic ties
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accepted an invitation from Egypt to visit the Arab world's largest nation and expects to make a trip to...
CAN 2008: Vogts not yet sacked – Nigeria FA
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has denied reports that Super Eagles' coach Berti Vogts has been sacked over the team's poor performance at the...
Super Tuesday : Barack Obama’s judgement day
It is called tarmac campagne. Barack Obama has litterally been living between two planes since last week, in a race to beat time in...
Kenya: Two journalists shot while covering riots, another assaulted and her
Two journalists shot while covering riots, another assaulted and her camera taken, several others threatened with death according to the International Federation of Journalists...
Egypt: Stop Criminalizing HIV
A series of arrests in Cairo sparked by one man’s admission to police that he was HIV-positive endangers public health as well as human...
CAMAIR planes grounded in Douala
The three planes owned by the Cameroon's national carrier, CAMAIR, have been grounded at the Douala International Airport in the country's economic capital, for...
Chadian rebels withdraw from N’Djamena
The Commander of European peacekeepers in the region, EUFOR, General Jean-Philippe Ganascia says the deployment of the peacekeepers can resume on Wednesday since the...
Nigerian bourse list Dangote flour mills
The number of listed stocks under the Food/Beverages an d Tobacco sub-sector at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has gone up to 12, as...
Pan-African satellite, RASCOM-1, finally goes into orbit
The first Pan-African direct telecommunications and television satellite, RASCOM-1, which had experienced some problems shortly after its launch by the Ariane rocket 22 December...
CAN 2008: Man dies watching Ghana beat Nigeria
A man in his 20s collapsed and was later confirmed dead immediately after watching the Super Eagles of Nigeria lose 2-1 to the Black...
Reforming the Congo’s security forces
Five years after its war officially ended, insecurity and rights violations remain widespread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Part of the problem...
Reducing maternal deaths in Africa
Maternal deaths in Africa would decline if women had access to well-equipped health centres with suitably trained and skilled staff. Africa Renewal’s Mary Kimani...
Mobile bank for every African pocket?
With most formal banks inaccessible to many Africans, the service of mobile phone banking is expanding to the poor on the continent. Africa Renewal’s...
The New African-American and diasporan webmagazine
The Washington Post launched a Webmagazine The Root dedicated to African-Americans and the African diaspora, on Monday . Lynette Clemetson, editing manager, tells us...
SUDAN-UGANDA: Attack “could spark exodus”
The attack on Kajo Keji county in Southern Sudan by suspected rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) could spark an exodus of civilians...
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...
CAN 2008: Tunisia 2-3 Cameroon : the Lions roar on
It was the Tunesians against the scoreline, Monday, as they fought to get back into the race wtih Cameroon during the quarter finals of...
CAN 2008: Nigeria FA to sack coach Berti Vogts
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has received the green light to fire Super Eagles' head coach, following the team's quarter-final elimination from the 26th...
Chad: Rebels withdraw from N’djamena
Chadian rebels who surrounded the presidency in N'Djamena on Sunday in a bid to oust President Idriss Deby have withdrawn completely following helicopter raids...
CAN 2008: Egypt beats Angola 2-1 to reach semis !
Defending champion Egypt has qualified for the quarter-final of the Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana, after beating Angola 2-1 in Kumasi Monday.