Zimbabwe govt rejects opposition demands for new constitution
Zimbabwe's Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa Monday s aid the government will not give in to opposition demands for a new constitution
before general elections at...
Morocco orders 36 fighter jets from US company
Morocco will take delivery of 36 F-16 fighter jets from US group Lockheed Martin by 2011, a well informed source told PANA in Marrakech,...
UN to launch anti-poverty blueprint for Africa
According to Panapress, he United Nations will soon launch its 10-year action plan aimed at strengthening the work of the African Union (AU) on...
Nigeria to probe fire at Ministry of Defence
Lagos - Nigeria's federal government has announced plans to institute a probe into the fire that gutted a section of the building housing the...
African Nations Cup / CAN 2008 : Score table
Follow the African Cup of Nations 2008 and the ranking table of the competition, group by group, team by team, on a daily basis.
Group...
Senegal’s Coach Resigns
Senegal's coach resigns
The head coach of the Senegalese national football squad , Henri Kasperczak, has resigned following his team's 1-3 to Angola in the...
Top Nigerian state official dies in road crash
Secretary to the government of Ogun state in Nigeria's South-west, Olumayowa Olukoya, has died in a road accident that occurred Sunday along the Sagamu-Abeokuta...
CAN 2008: Angry Nigerians slam Eagles’ performance, want Vogts sacked
Shocked that a country rated the best in African football has yet to win a match in the current Nations Cup in Ghana, Nigerian...
President Bush to visit Africa in February, shuns Nigeria
US President George Bush and his wife are due to visit five African countries 15-21 February, according to a White House statement made available...
French official to discuss French-African relations with African students
French Secretary of State for Co-operation, Jean-Marie Bockel, is to discuss the French-African relations with African students next Wednesday in Saint-Denis, near the French...
Nigeria’s New trend : Politics, Anti-corruption and National Development
The war on corruption launched by Nigerian President Yar’Adua through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has gained a lot of ground. Meanwhile...
CAN 2008 half-time score: Ivory Coast 4, Benin 0
Cote d'ivoire now leads Benin 4-0 with about 30 minutes left to play.
Australian Open 2008 – Jo-Wilfried TSONGA: A sensational path
Round after round and at the end of an impressive path, a veritable master-work, since the beginning of the Australian Open, from the end...
Kenyan post-polls violence: Kibaki, Odinga appeal for calm
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Rai la Odinga held talks late Thursday and effectively paved the way for dialogue th a t...
Southern Africa: Mines Close as Energy Crises Spread
South Africa and Zambia have been registering heavy losses in their Mining sector. With fears of miners getting trapped in the mines following ESKOM’s...
CAN 2008: Guinea stun Morocco
Guinea defeated Morocco 3-2 in the second Group A game played at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra on Thursday . It was a...
It’s DO or DIE trying for Nigerian Super Eagles
Nigerian football fans have charged the country's national soccer side, the Super Eagles, to beat Mali in Friday's crucial group B encounter at the...
CAN 2008: technical readjustements for Ghana
Ghana's head coach Claude Le Roy is considering tactical a djustments to the team in the last group game against Morocco next Monday at...
Annan brings Kenya’s Kibaki, Raila to negotiating table
Peace-maker Kofi Annan Thursday met Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and his main opposition challenger, Raila Odinga, as he intensified reconciliation effort in the...
CAN 2008 : Senegal and Tunisia in a draw : 2-2
Senegal and Tunesia shared their scoreline right in the middle, Wednesday, when they entered into the 2008 African Nations Cup battlefield. The Carthage...
Ghana: AfDB Approves US$ 16m to Finance Hotel
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday in Tunis, a loan of US$ 16 million to finance the...
Kenya : Kofi Annan wants a lasting solution
Kofi Annan arrived Tuesday eveing in the Kenyan Capital, Nairobi in efforts to find a lasting solution to the bloody ethnic-political crises that has...
African gender crusaders seek more from parliamentarians
African women rights activists meeting here Wednesday ahead of the African Union (AU) heads of state summit have called for enhanced access to higher...
Biological cotton growing programme in Mali
Malian economic experts and a French NGO, called the "Association Bretagne internationale", say they will institute a biological cott on growing programme within the...
Report: AfDB should be Africa’s premier development institution
Given the huge development challenges Africa faces, the continent, more than any other region, needs a premier continental development bank, an Independent High Level...
CAN 2008 : Egypt sweeps Cameroun in a sensational 4-2 score
The reigning African champions gave their Camerounian conterparts a football lesson on Tuesday, with a 4-2 score. The Pharaos, remarkable with their technique and...
CAN 2008 latest: Cameroon claws back into contention, reduces goal tally 3-1
Barcelona star Samuel Etoo jabbed a perfect header into the net to take Cameroon to the score sheet and reduce their three-goal deficit
against defending...
CAN 2008 update: Egypt worsens Cameroon’s nightmare, lead 3-0 at half time
N Zidan scored his second goal in the first half for the defending champions to lead Cameroon 3-0 in the group C opening match...
Central African president appoints new premier
Central African President Francois Bozize Tuesday appointed Faustin Archange Touadera, a Professor of Mathematics in the University of Bangui, as prime minister, official sources...
Somalia: BBC stringer arrested on orders of provincial governor
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BBC stringer arrested on orders of provincial governor
(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has protested...