French tour operators keep Mauritanian schedule despite threats
French tour operators have decided to maintain their travel schedule for Mauritania, despite warnings from the French government, the state-run daily "Horizon" reported here,...
Nigeria’s Bank PHB acquires Gambian bank for US$23m
One of Nigeria's fastest growing banks, Bank PHB, has acquired a 74% stake, worth US$23 million, in the Gambia-based International Bank for Commerce (IBC),...
Rabat to host 2008 Tennis Cup of Nations tournament
Rabat, the capital of Morocco, will host the African Tennis Cup of Nations tournament from 20 to 26 January under the aegis of the...
CAN 2008 tickets out
Tickets for next month's African Cup of Nations tournament were expected to have gone on public sale from Monday, according to the Local Organizing...
Essien, three UK-based players arrive in Black Stars camp
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Monday announced the arrival of four-UK-based players to the camp of the team in Abu Dhabi.
GFA said at...
Kibaki summons rivals for peace talks, but opposition says no
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Monday reached out to his opposition rivals, Raila Odinga and five of his five senior associates known as the...
More Kenyan displaced arriving at refugee centres
Post-election violence has decreased in several districts of western Kenya, but displaced civilians have continued to trek across the border to seek refuge in...
Mauritania sad at Dakar Rally cancellation
The cancellation of this year's Lisbon-Dakar rally over security fears in Mauritania has continued to elicit reactions from the African nation, which was billed...
UNESCO to launch ICT guidelines/standards to improve education
UNESCO has said it will showcase its guidelines for teachers to enable them use information and communication technology (ICT) to improve education world wide.
According...
Two Guinean newspapers suspended, reporters banned
State regulators in the Guinean capital, Conakry, summarily suspended two private newspapers on Monday and barred their journalists from practice for three months. Local...
Economic stagnation wreaks havoc in Gambia, says opposition leader
The leader of Gambia's main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), Ousainou Darboe, on Thursday launched scathing attack on the ruling government's economic policies, saying...
2008 will be eventful for Nigeria’s development according to Yar’Adua
Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua has promised his compatriots ''a very eventful'' year in the country's development, while asking for cooperation from them to enable...
Ghana Black Stars players off to Emirates for training
A team of 12 players accompanied by a dozen backroom and administrative staff left Accra Wednesday night aboard a Fly Emirates airliner to the...
Ethiopia blocks freed journalists from launching newspapers
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Ethiopian government to allow journalists in the country the right to publish...
Independent experts to compute Kenyan presidential vote
Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki might be forced to stand down following Thursday's order by the East African nation's Attorney-General, Amos Wako, for a re-tabulation...
Nigeria must tackle impediments to development
Economic experts have urged the Nigerian government to tackle the various impediments to development, as a way of achieving the better deal promised to...
Kenyan electoral chief “coerced” to announce flawed results
The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) chairman Samuel Kivuitu has admitted being pressurized to announce "flawed" results in the Kenyan presidential race, which saw...
Kenyan Opposition party slams delay in release of election result
Kenyan opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga, shown to have taken an early lead in the race for power in the East African country, Friday...
Kenyan presidential polls get underway
Kenyans turned up in large numbers Thursday to vote for a new president in this year's general elections, billed as the greatest test of...
Chadian rebel leader denounces arms supply to Déby by Paris
A Chadian opposition leader has strongly denounced France for allegedly supplying missiles to the government of President Idriss Déby, warning Paris that this risked...
Chad court jails Zoe’s Ark aid workers eight years each in hard labour
Six French aid workers, whose attempt to fly out more than 100 children from Chad last October triggered a huge international outcry, were on...
CAN 2008: Fresh fears about Super Eagles’ camping site
There are fears that Malaga, Spain, the chosen site for the final preparations of Nigeria's Super Eagles for the forthcoming Nations Cup, may be...
Publicity, potent weapon of anti-corruption — British diplomat
Immediate past British High Commissioner to Nigeria Richard Gozney, has identified publicity as the strongest weapon in the fight agains t corruption in the...
Niger Delta militants declare ‘Xmas ceasefire’
In the spirit of Christmas, the largest militant group in Nigeria's oil producing Niger Delta region has declared a 24-hour ceasefire, during which all...
US says Libya has benefited from giving up WMD
Libya has benefited greatly from its decision in 2003 to destroy its arsenals of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), according to the US Secretary...
Sierra Leone : Government probes unrest in diamond-mining area
The Sierra Leone government has called for an inquiry into unrest over diamond-mining operations in the east of the country after residents were killed...
Niger: Army, rebels commit abuses against civilians, rights groups say
The Nigerien army and rebels in the country have yet to formally respond to charges by rights groups that both sides are committing abuses...
Bushmen’s letter
Dear President Mogae,
On 13 December it will be one year since we won our court case against the government to be allowed back home...
Zimbabwe: Country braces for another round of flooding
The Zimbabwe government's emergency assistance arm, the Civil Protection Unit (CPU), is moving hundreds of people to higher ground and advising others to do...
Niger : Where childhood ends on the marriage bed
Fifteen-year-old Hadjo Garbo’s child-like features belie a history more tragic and life-altering than many adults four times her age will have experienced.
Two years ago...