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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...
Libya and Uganda in soccer friendly
Tunisia has invited 22 players for Wednesday's international friendy against Uganda in the capital, Kampala. The match is part of the preparations of the...
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...
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...
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...
Football: Morocco beats Algeria in African Champions League
Morocco's Olympique Club of Khouribga Saturday in Khouribga, Morocco, beat ES Setif of Algeria, 2-0, in the first leg of the 16th finals 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...
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...
Preventing Kenya style post election violence in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has said security agencies were on high alert to thwart any Kenya-style violence in the country after next weekend's election.
The...
Refugees throw spotlight on Egypt
Thousands of African refugees have entered Israel illegally over the past few years, highlighting the struggle for these displaced persons ' conditions in Egypt.
According...
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...
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...
Zimbabwe: The art of gerrymandering
If Zimbabwe were any other country, President Robert Mugabe, would be out of office after elections next week on March 29.
The economy is in...
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...
Gambian journalists choose new executive body
Gambian journalists are voting on Saturday to choose a new executive body to head the Gambia Press union. The election is being held at...
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...
Ghana: Story of a child sex worker
Bernice's mother, a firewood vendor in a remote village in the rural northern Region of Ghana, sent her to the capital Accra after her...
Obama’s rights violated, Ms. Rice says sorry
US presidential hopeful is yet again the centre of attraction as State Department spokesman Sean McCormack announced that three of its contract workers had...
Djoliba to meet Guinea’s Satellite in CAF Cup
Djoliba of Mali will meet Satellite of Guinea Sunday at the Modibo Keita stadium in Bamako in the preliminaries of the Confederation of African...
World Bank appoints New Country Director for Nigeria
The World Bank has announced the appointment of Mr. Onno Ruhl as the new Country Director for Nigeria, a statement from the Bank said....
Obama : the theory of the controversial drum
The profoundness and earnestness of the poignant Obama speech on race is inarguably one of the best rhetorics on race of alltime. The subject...
OECD launched Wikigender.org
Since few days, visitors are invited to send their contribution to this global and worldwide database about inequality between men and women. The Organisation...