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USA contributes to community development in Mauritania
The US Ambassador in Mauritania, Mark Boulware, on Tuesday gave 80,000 dollars financial assistance to 16 local non-governmental organisations for various projects, a communiqué...
Norway to assist Ghana on management of oil
The governments of Ghana and Norway Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on technical cooperation to assist Ghana with the tr a nsfer...
Beijing Olympics: Algeria to represent African volleyball
Algeria will represent Africa at the men's World Olympic qualifiers in May, the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has said. This comes at a time...
Ghana Black Stars to play Mexico 26 March in London
Fresh from their third-place performance at the 2008 Afric an nations' cup contest, the Black Stars of Ghana will play Mexico's national Te a...
Obama: The Emperor’s New Clothes
Is the democratic campaign getting down and dirty? The reason behind the circulation of Obama dressed in Somali traditional clothes does not escape anyone's...
Gunmen kidnap two toddlers
Gunmen Tuesday kidnapped two children of a businessman based in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt as they were bring driven to school, a...
Washington endorses Moroccan autonomy offer to Western Sahara
Visiting US deputy State Secretary for the Middle East, David Welch, has said that the Morocco's autonomy offer to Western Sahara "provides a new...
Government silent over anti-islamic film
Parliament is already brewing controversy in the Islamic world, less than one month before it is planned to be aired on television. The film...
Scholarships for African junior footballers
Twenty-four junior footballers have landed scholarships at the renowned ASPIRE Academy in Doha, Qatar, according to a panapress report.
Of the 24, three are Kenyans...
Health Hazards: Roll-ups far more harmful than packet cigarettes
It’s hardly breaking news that smoking is bad for your health. But did you
know that rolling tobacco is even more toxic than normal manufactured
cigarettes?...
African film wins Oscar
Taxi to the Dark Side, one of the films made for the South African-coordinated, global documentary project Why Democracy?, has won the Documentary Feature...
Michelle Obama : The Black Jacky Kennedy ?
They are young and beautiful, just like the kennedys during their time. Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, provoke a rebirth of the american...
Major drug smuggle foiled by airline
A plan to import cocaine weighing 122kg with an estimated value of 55 million rands was foiled when the drug was confiscated off the...
FIFA and CAF resolve Ethiopian soccer sqabble
The world soccer governing body, FIFA, and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) have moved to stop the management crisis dogging the Ethiopian Football...
Chinese Peace envoy in Sudan
Head of Chinese envoy, Mr. Liu Guijin, arrived Sunday, in Sudan to find a lasting solution to the conflict that has led to the...
French court jails Nigerian footballer
The Hauts-de-Seine court in France has sentenced former Nigerian footballer, Godwin Okpara, to 10 years' imprisonment for rape and enslavement of his adopted daughter,...
Kenya: Mobilisation of armed groups despite talks
Kenya is at risk of plunging into a new wave of violence, despite progress in negotiations to end a political crisis, because several armed...
Zimbabwe: Massive Chaos ahead of elections
MASSIVE administrative chaos has marred the run up to March 29 polls raising questions as to whether the elections would be free and fair.
Five...
Uganda: Museveni refuses to avoid elections
Ugandan government has rejected demands by rebel leader ship of the Lords Resistance Movement (LRA) to share power, saying they must go through the...
Mining company’s director faces “economic crimes” charges in Gambia
The British-born managing director of Australian mining company, Carnegie Minerals Plc, Charles Northfield, Thursday appeared before a high court in Banjul on charges relating...
Experts to draft regional plan on sustainable development education
National and international experts gathered here Thursday to begin work on a UNESCO draft implementation of the regional education strategy for sustainable development. "The...
Keeping a hymen intact to avoid being labeled a “whore”
Certain muslims weigh a woman’s integrity by virtue of their virginity, thereby, prompting those who may have succumbed to carnal pleasures to find ways...
Male Circumcision and HIV / AIDS
Is mass male circumcision the new big thing in HIV prevention, or is it a risky social experiment that threatens to divert funding from...
Chad: Rebels deny Gov’t claims of talks
Chadian rebels Thursday denied government claims of talks between the two parties contradicting a statement made by Foreign Minister Ahmat Allam-Mi when he told...
Kenya: agreement on a PM position for opposition
Shortly after ODMs warning of a possible return to the streets if an agreement was not found within a week, both parties seem to...
From counterfeit to generic medications
An international conference, co-sponsored by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Pahrmaceutical Security International (PSI) to discuss counterfeit medicines in Africa took place in...
Somalia: Extension of peace mission’s mandate not enough, says government
Thousands of people have been displaced by fighting in the capital, Mogadishu. Somalia's transitional government has welcomed a resolution by the UN Security Council...
Pedal power for clean water
Almost 20 percent of the world does not have access to safe drinking water, which, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), means 1.6...
Massacre of Villagers in DRC
Forces loyal to renegade general Laurent Nkunda massacred at least 30 villagers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in January, the UN mission...
Ethiopia grants 915 licences for investment projects
The Ethiopian Investment Agency said it has issued investment licenses to investment projects during the first half of the current fiscal year to be...