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Canada offers FCFA18b to support Mali public service reform
Canada has made FCFA18 billion (8 million Canadian dollars) available to Mali for the reform of the public service as part of the Institutional...
Who’s whose running mate… Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama
An Obama-Clinton or Clinton– Obama ticket. The question was raised on tonight’s show with David Letterman in April 2007 when Barack Obama appeared as...
Mugabe approves majority share allotment to “indigenous” Zimbabweans
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has approved a law that forces foreign companies to surrender at least 51 per cent control to indigenous Zimbabweans....
FIFA to declare racially abused teams match winners
FIFA president Sepp Blatter, Sunday, expressed his intention to intensify his fight against racism in football, by deducting points from clubs whose supporters have...
Joshua Clottey is top IBF Welterweight contender
A new dawn has opened in the career of Ghana’s welterweigh t boxer Joshua Clottey as the International Boxing Federation (IBF) named him the...
Pyman wins Kenya Open golf championship
England's Ian Pyman battled a strong field of golfers at the Karen country club here Sunday to win this year's Kenya open golf championship.
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Prozac considered as a Placebo?
A British study has recently sown the seeds of controversy surrounding the effectiveness of antidepressants belonging to the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor group (or...
Boxing: Nigerian Samuel Peter KOs Maskaev to win WBC title
Nigeria's Samuel Peter Saturday night stopped Oleg Maskaev in the sixth round to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title at the Plaza...
Wyoming Democratic caucus for Obama
Barack Obama on Saturday night comfortably won caucuses in the western US state of Wyoming, as the Illinois senator sought to regain momentum in...
French foreign minister to resolve diplomatic row with Gabon
The French minister of foreign affairs, Bernard Kouchner, promised on Friday to call Gabonese President Omar Bongo Ondimba, who has been furious over a...
An Obama aide resigns
Miss Samantha Power, a havard professor and Obama aide on foreign policy has resigned following the Scotsman newspapers publication of an article which quoted...
Statement by Judge Faan Hancke, Chairperson of the Council of the University of the Free State (UFS)
The Council of the University of the Free State today (Friday, 7 March 2008) unanimously condemned the offensive and racist Reitz video in the...
Illegal votes to overtake Obama?
The Clinton camp has been putting both popular and political pressure on the democratic party to reverse a decision not to accept results from...
Kenya: In a storm, any port will do
My country's madness has been exorcised at least for the foreseeable future. However, it is not clear, at this stage, what precisely...
Katoucha assassinated ?
Crime or accident? Katoucha’s father and sister are not ruling out a criminal intent behind her death. To help clarify circumstances relating to Katoucha’s...
USAID, Nigerian firms partner to improve technology skills
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with four Nigerian companies, has donated 362 computers to the University of Lagos to...
Nigerian banks raise US$2b from global deposit receipts
A total of US$2.05 billion was last year raised from global deposit receipts (GDR) offering by Nigerian banks, a development described by experts as...
Obama, Clinton working the math
Barack Obama talked about math. And he was right to talk about it, because when all is said and done, it appears none of...
Gambian soldier dies in chopper crash in Nepal
A Gambian soldier, Captain Famara Jammeh, who was serving under the United Nations' Peace keeping mission in Kingdom of Nepal has died in a...
Catholic – Muslim Conference announced
Pope Benedict is to hold an unprecedented meeting with Islamic leaders and scholars in Rome in November following an agreement reached on Wednesday to...
Chinese owned smelter fires 500 Zambians
The Chinese-owned Chambishi Copper Smelter (CCS) company in the northern copperbelt province of Zambia has fired all the firm's 500 striking workers, the local...
Gabon to deport illegal French residents
The Gabonese government says it is ready to deport illegal French residents on its soil. It is a direct reaction to the forced deportation,...
Development banks more and more efficient
Six major multilateral development banks (MDBs) have released the third report of their Common Performance Assessment System (COMPAS), a statement by the African Development...
Beres Hammond, reggae singer for about 30 years
Don't be deceived by Beres Hammond's cool profile. The playful smile, the unassuming demeanor, the beard, the cap and the spectacles might lull...
French Soldier’s body found in Sudan
The body of the French Eufor soldier reported missing last Monday in Sudan, has been found. The Sudanese authorities notified the European forces in...
Catholic-Muslim talks scheduled for November
Catholic-Muslim talks have been scheduled to take place between November 4 and 6 this year. The announcement was made after a joint two day...
Slave Ship replica “Amistad” docks in Cape Verde
The replica of the Spanish slave ship "Amistad" has docked in the Cape Verdean capital, Praia, as part of a tour aimed at marking...
Drug traffickers hold Guinea Bissau hostage
Secretary General of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Koli Kouame Tuesday described Guinea Bissau as a country completely abandoned by the international community...
Egypt reports 20th bird flu victim
A 25-year-old woman, Suzanne Ali Salah, had been reported infected last week and was moved from her Fayoum home, located southwest of the Egyptian...
Clinton wins but Obama stays on top
Senator Clinton it seems has the winning edge in both Ohio and Texas, as well as Rhode island whereas Senator Obama won in Vermont....