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Algerian team arrives in Gambia
The Algerian national football team arrived in Gambia Thursday to take on the national team of the Gambia, the Scorpions, in the World Cup...
Sicilian fishing boat crew to be awarded for saving stranded africans
Two Sicilian fishing boat captains due to be honoured on World Refugee Day next week for saving people at sea were recently involved in...
Obama gets a blow from top VP search staffer
Barack Obama on Wednesday took his first direct hit of the general election when he accepted the resignation of Jim Johnson, the head of...
African Boxing Championships for Zone 4 begin
The zonal (zone 4) African Boxing championships began in Bangui, Central African republic, Tuesday with boxers from Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, and...
Kenya coach warns of a secret weapon against Zimbabwe team
Kenya's Harambee Stars Tuesday intensified training in preparation for the 2010 World Cup/African Cup of Nations qualifier against Zimbabwe Saturday.
Coach Francis Kimanzi, speaking at...
The crimes of the atlantic slave trade revisited
The African expert group meeting on slavery opened in Banjul on Tuesday with a reminder that this crime against humanity disrupted Africa's political and...
Clint Eastwood – Spike Lee : Racism, Omission or Fact
By the look of things, Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee are no where near conceding to each other as to whose “historical accuracy” is...
Benjani eyes 2010 World Cup / Africa Nations Cup
Former Aj Auxerre striker and Zimbabwe national soccer team captain Benjani Mwaruwari says he is not losing sleep over the appointment of a new...
Men fighting for women’s equality
Another overheard a young woman in a mini-bus say to her friend, “I do things wrong. Of course he must beat me. How would...
Obama and the Swing States’ pocket book
Barack Obama will on Monday put an early stamp on the looming general election when he kicks off a 17-day “economic tour” of key...
44 illegal immigrants grabbed by Egyptian guards
Egyptian security forces Sunday arrested 44 African migrants in an attempt to stop them from illegally entering Israel, a security official said. The 44...
Results of matches and standings of 2010 World Cup / African Nations Cup qualifiers
Big teams in Africa have so far done as expected in the joint qualifier matches for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the...
ECOWAS announces positive regional performance
Things are beginning to look up for the 290 million citizens of ECOWAS, with the regional economy turning the corner due mainly to improving...
Bad breath equals bad hygiene or ill health ?
It’s not true that bad breath is not unavoidable. Nor should it be taken lightly or just dealt with by sucking breath freshener tablets...
Celebrating Obama’s victory with his grandmother in Kenya
Joy and celebration engulfed the small village of Nyangoma in western Kenya as villagers celebrated US Senator Barack Obama's nomination as the first black...
Africa’s bleeding media
In Africa, a continent where journalists are often caught between the battle lines, there is a lot of legislative ground to cover for the...
Rising killings of Africans in Ukraine raises concerns
The UN refugee agency on Tuesday joined over 30 other organisations in condemning the recent murder of a Nigerian national in the Ukrainian capital...
A joint Obama – Clinton ticket in the offing
Barack Obama won the epic Democratic presidential race on Tuesday night as party leaders unified behind his bid to become America’s first black president.
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Clinton suddenly becomes nice to Obama : But is it the end yet ?
Hillary Clinton was on Monday night considering the timing and terms of her withdrawal from the Democratic presidential race as Barack Obama stood on...
Ban Ki-moon calls for ‘revitalisation’ of agriculture
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in his address at the three-day UN summit of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome, "We...
Sahel: Sahel climate change diary – Day 1
Jan Egeland, the UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on conflict is travelling in the Sahel to bring attention to climate change and conflict
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FAO urges Zambia to consider cassava as major crop
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has urged Zambia to consider cassava as a high-value cash crop that can alleviate hunger at t he...
Full first day results of 2010 World Cup / African Nations Cup qualifiers
Full first day results of the 2010 World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifiers. Tunisia was beaten on home soil by Burkina Faso. The...
Obama loses but closes gap – Clinton remains unconvincing
Barack Obama hopes to seal the Democratic presidential nomination soon after the final primaries this week, despite suffering a landslide defeat to Mrs. Clinton...
President Jammeh says Africans must drop inferiority complex
Gambia President Yahya Jammeh has urged Africans to have faith in themselves and drop their “inferiority complex” resulting from “colonialism and slavery”, according national...
Football : Ghana Black Stars thrash Libya
The Black Stars of Ghana Sunday beat their Libyan counterparts, the Greens, 3-0 in the 2010 World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifiers...
Football : Côte d’Ivoire silences Mozambique in 2010 World Cup – African Nations Cup qualifiers
The Ivory Coast national team Sunday afternoon beat their opponents from Mozambique by a single goal in the 2010 World Cup / African Nations...
Football : Morocco beats Ethiopia in 2010 World Cup / African Nations Cup qualifiers
The Moroccan football team beat their Ethiopian counterparts by 3-0 in the first day of the 'group 8' 2010 World Cup / African Nations...
Nigeria’s history remains unbroken after match with Bafana Bafana
Nigeria beat visiting South Africa 2-0 in their opening qualifier for the 2010 World Cup and the African Nations Cup in the capital city...
How effective is cervical cancer vaccination
Six and a half years. This is the unrivalled result revealed by the authors of a study on the vaccine Cervarix. This vaccine has...