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A package of deals needed to resolve border issue
Although the algerian government has not yet given an official answer in response to the Moroccan call for the reopening of land borders, several...
Construction of Naval base launched in Morocco
King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Monday presided over the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a naval base in Ksar Séghir, some 40...
Nigerian troops kill four suspects
At least four suspected militants were shot dead during a gun duel with government troops in Nigeria's oil producing Niger Delta region Monday, according...
Raising cancer awareness by climbing everest
A young mountain climber from Durban, South Africa, is aiming for the summit of Mount Everest so he can donate proceeds of his adventure...
Huge price cuts ordered
Mr Robert Mugabe has summoned business executives today to discuss the reduction of prices of goods and services to February 12 levels when...
Egypt : Professors strike
Egyptian university professors demonstrated and held a one-day strike on Sunday demanding higher wages.
The professors are the most recent professional group to call for...
IMANI Center for Policy and Education Receives $100,000 Grant
The Atlas Economic Research Foundation announced that IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Accra, Ghana) is the only African think tank among its first...
Church of Scientology buys castle in Jo’burg
The Church of Scientology has acquired the famous Johannesburg landmark, the Kyalami Castle, to be the home of its new advanced spiritual retreat.
This marks...
Nigeria’s economic summit scheduled for October
Nigeria's 14th Economic Summit will hold 22-24 October 2008 in the capital city Abuja with the theme: "The race to 2020: The realities, the...
Mugabe goes shopping
The Zimbabwe government under President Robert Mugabe has embarked on a borrowing and spending spree ahead of Saturday’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
By Tony...
Rising tensions displace hundreds
Recent clashes between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) army and fighters from the mainly Arab Miserriya community have displaced hundreds of civilians from...
UNHCR says forced repatriations not fair
The standoff between the Ghanaian authorities and Liberian refugees has taken a new turn as the UN Refugee Agency has urged the Ghana Government...
Rising foreign reserves in dollars to be changed to euros or pounds
Nigerian foreign reserves, buoyed by rising price of crude oil, have jumped from US$58.3 billion to US$59.985 billion, according to the Central Bank of...
President Bouteflika opens International Symposiums on Terrorism
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria says although Islam is constantly accused of masterminding terrorism, the religion remains innocent. In his message to the opening...
More refugees to be repatriated
Ghana on Saturday repatriated 16 Liberian refugees who it described as ringleaders in a standoff with government at a refugee camp just west of...
Missing plane still sought-after deemed national disgrace
Nigeria has asked for assistance from some foreign countries, including the US and the UK, in finding a light passenger aircraft which went missing...
Refugee repatriation halted for discussions
Ghana said Sunday it was temporarily stopping the repatration of Liberian refugees which began Saturday.
Interior minister Kwamena Bartels said this is to allow for...
Stolen Japanese cars discovered in Burundi
An international search for stolen vehicles has resulted in the discovery of 15 such vehicles, nine of which were found in Burundi, the country's...
Christians celebrate Easter
Christians throughout the world are Sunday celebrating Easter, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is the most important Christian festival. Christians are celebrating the...
Obama gets another ally
Senator Barack Obama on Friday received a long sought after endorsement from a former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, in a boost for...
Chad kicks out its only foreign correspondent
The Chadian government effectively forced the country's only permanent foreign correspondent to leave the country on Thursday after withdrawing her work permit without explanation,...
Police storm refugee camp a second time
Police on Saturday made their second swoop on the Liberia refugee camp just west of Accra in one week as the government carries out...
Cameroon: 6th international cycling tour set for March 28
Cameroon's sixth International Cycling Tour will kick off on 28 March in the Moukong district in the country's far-northern province, the Cameroonian Cycling Association...
2010 World Cup: Bafana Bafana civil servants ?
In efforts earmarked to better the discouraging performance of the South African national team,Bafana Bafana, the Minister for Sports talked about the government’s plan...
Gov’t apologizes as refugees return to camp
A number of Liberian refugees who were removed from the refugee camp last Monday following weeks of illegal demonstrations have been returned to the...
French President urges Algeria to join Francophonie family
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday urged Algeria to join the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) and invited his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika...
Ghanaian veterinary officer heads Commonwealth Veterinary Association
A Ghanaian veterinary officer, Dr. Richard Suu-Ire, has been elected president of Commonwealth Veterinary Association (CVA), a statement issued in Accra on Saturday said....
Nigeria, Lagos : Daily’s cartoonist attacked at home by armed intruders
Reporters Without Borders condemns an attack on The Guardian newspaper's cartoonist Obe Ess, who was hit by armed intruders in his home in the...
Sarkozy: France to cut nuclear arsenal
President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a modest cut Friday in France's nuclear arsenal, to fewer than 300 warheads, and urged China and the United States...
Obama to be endorsed by Bill Richardson
Former democratic hopeful Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico who dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination on January 10, is expected...