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Obama – Clinton : Pelosi lets Clinton off the hook
Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives, helped buy Hillary Clinton some breathing space on Tuesday amid growing calls from senior supporters...
Zimbabwe : Villagers have disappointed Mugabe
Zimbabwe's rural areas, once viewed as strongholds of the ruling ZANU-PF party, are backing the opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), according...
God’s Trade, Economics of judaism, christianism and islam
Philippe Simonnot, graduate of the Institute of Political Studies of Paris, Doctor of Economics, Director of The Observatory of Religions, senior fellow of the...
The Forging of Races
Race and Scripture in the Protestant Atlantic World, 1600–2000
Colin Kidd University of Glasgow
Colin Kidd University of Glasgow
This book revolutionises our...
Moroccan journalists compared to “prisoners on parole”
A press conference organised by Rachid Nini, editorial director of the moroccan daily, Al Massae, on Monday, March 31 in Casablanca, was marked by...
India and Africa in economic co-operation
Nearly one thousand African economic operators started this Thursday in New Delhi, India, discussions with their Indian counterparts, as part of the fourth conclave...
Five boxers from Ghana to represent Africa at Olympics
Five Ghanaian boxers will hoist their national flag when t he boxing segment of the Beijing Olympic Games gets underway later in the year.
The...
In Europe, God Is (Not) Dead
Stockholm - Late last year, a Swedish hotel guest named Stefan Jansson grew upset when he found a Bible in his room. He fired...
Zimbabwe : Mugabe still leads in confused counts
President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party Monday took a slight lead in Zimbabwe's weekend general election, and the opposition immediately cried foul.
After a count...
Renewed protests in Kenya for a new cabinet
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki came under immense pressure to name a new cabinet on Tuesday, as the civil society held street protests to urge...
Obama – Clinton – McCain : Pope to interfer in US politics…
Pope Benedict XVI will highlight his anti-abortion message when he arrives in the US in a fortnight on a visit that breaks with the...
Senegal : Police arrest 24 and raid tv station
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has strongly condemned the assault of a independent TV channel reporter, the raid against his station and the...
Sex workers violated
East African governments have come under scathing criticism by three human rights groups for allegedly abetting the violation of commercial sex workers in the...
‘Fitna’ faces international criticism
The World Islamic Call Society (WICA) and the Libyan Islamic People's Command Monday condemned the attack against Islam by a Right Dutch MP through...
Zimbabwe : Shock waves as Mugabe talks cricket !
Robert Mugabe is nowhere near Malaysia. He is at work at his Muhumutapa offices, and not showing any signs of clearing his draws.
Mugabe...
Zimbabwe : Few results emerge as observers flee
IT’s still a ding dong affair in Zimbabweans elections. Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party stills maintains its slight edge over the opposition, winning...
Algeria : International garage spare parts and equipment show
The third edition of the international garage spare parts and equipment show, Equip'Auto Algeria 2008 opened on Monday in Algiers with thousands of automobile...
New president for Anjouan
Six days after the Comoros army backed by African Union forces invaded the island of Anjouan and put to flight Colonel Mohamed Bacar, an...
Bamako to host international conference on death penalty in June
The Malian Bar will hold here in June, an international conference on death penalty, judiciary sources told Panapress. The meeting will be held in...
Zimbabwe election : Mugabe’s party in a razor-thin lead
Zanu PF (the ruling party) has taken a slender lead claiming 26 seats from 52 results just announced.
from our correspondent...
Comoros : Ex-VP surrenders, others caught hiding in a cave
The former vice-president of Anjouan and former secretary-general of the Indian Ocean Commission (OIC), Caambi El-yachroutu, Sunday surrendered to the Comorian military authorities on...
Cameroonian ministers arrested for corruption
The police in Cameroon Monday arrested two former Ministers on alleged graft charges, police sources said.
The police in Cameroon Monday arrested two former Ministers...
Zimbabwe : Release of results from 18 other constituencies
Latest official voting figures for the House of Assembly reveal
another 18 results, with the MDC and Zanu-PF now level pegging with
12 seats...
Egyptian, Isreali and US forces to co-operate
In an effort to stem the flow of weapons and illegal persons from moving between Egypt and Gaza, Cairo has established a special unit...
Obama – Clinton : Clinton’s ‘conspiracy’ Scaife awed
When Bill Clinton was on the ropes over the Monica Lewinsky scandal in 1999, Hillary Clinton famously alleged that her husband was the victim...
Morocco and Algeria : Impasse over Western Sahara
Morocco's invitation of Algeria for a direct dialogue over the Western Sahara conflict is faced with an impasse as the algerian government maintains...
Algerian production declines
The Algerian industrial production dropped again by 1.6% in 2007, after the 0.3% decline in 2006, according to figures issued by the National Statistics...
Zimbabwe election : Mugabe’s loyal man quits
One of Robert Mugabe's loyal men, Former Minister of Education and Culture, Aeneas Chigwedere, who lost to a political novice in the ruling Zanu-PF...
Libya, Egypt to represent Africa at World Futsal Championships
Egypt and Libya have qualified to represent Africa at the World Futsal Championships in Brazil in September, after advancing to the final of the...
CAF FIFA : Chad suspended from championship
Africa soccer's governing body CAF has banned Chad from the qualifiers for the first edition of the African Nations Championships slated for Cote d'Ivoire...