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Divorce rates up, marriage down in Egypt, Islamic world
Marriage and divorce have surfaced across Egypt and the Islamic world as a major social problem, as a result of rising divorce rates. Local...
Cameroonian journalists may get pay rise
After two and a half years of negotiations, stakeholders in Cameroonian media circles have agreed to sign a number of agreements which will, among...
38 illegal immigrants repatriated home
Some 38 illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa were Monday night repatriated from the Mauritanian port City of Nouadhibou to their home countries, the Mauritanian...
Indian jailed in Mauritius
A 43-year-old Indian national, Asraf Seyyad, was Tuesday sentenced to 30 years in jail for drug trafficking by a Mauritian court, a legal source...
Zimbabwe: Blacks and Government fight over White land
Government’s controversial land redistribution policy has been put to the test in the southern province of Masvingo as former fighters for Zimbabwe’s liberation take...
Nigerian army names Brig.-Gen. Solomon Giwa-Amu’s successor
The Nigerian Army has appointed Brig.-Gen. Emeka Onwuamaegbu as its new spokesman, following the death of the former spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Solomon Giwa-Amu, in a...
Rights’ NGOs seek end to impunity in Darfur
A group of civil society NGOs, meeting in Dakar ahead of the 11th summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), has urged...
Foreign observers arrive in Zimbabwe ahead of elections
Foreign election observers began arriving in Zimbabwe Tuesday (11 March) ahead of a crunch poll at the end of the month, officials said. Zimbabwe...
Nigeria police unveil anti-terrorism squad
The Nigeria police have unveiled their latest unit, the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), saying it was set up in response to the global concerns about...
African Development Bank’s progress on women’s issues
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The African Development Bank (AfDB)-> Group has made tremendous progress on gender issues over the last three years and enhanced the status of women...
40 people killed in Cameroon clashes
40 people were killed in the violent demonstrations that took place in Cameroon last February, according to a Cameroonian minister of state, Marafa Hamidou...
South Africa: Dlamini Zuma concludes official Swiss tour
South African Foreign Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on Monday concluded her five-day official visit to Switzerland by officially opening a trade investment road...
British divided over Dwain Chambers issue
Following a two year ban imposed on Dwain Chambers from competing in athletic competitions after he was found guilty of doping and eventual return...
Nigerian bourse market opens week trading down-turn
Market capitalization on the floor of the Nigerian Stoc k Exchange (NSE) opened Monday on a down-turn note, with 12.539 trillion naira f r...
Ethiopia to build a 5000km railway network
Ethiopian Transport and Communication Minister, Junedine Sado, said work on a railway network spanning 5,000 km is expected to start in the near future...
44 ghanaians killed in the gambia to be remembered
Scores of rights-based organisations led by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), will Wednesday stage a protest marc h in Accra , Ghana, in memory...
Football priest shocks referee
A footballer priest from Burkina Faso shocked spectators when he angrily threw his shirt at his referee in a match held at the Vatican...
Kenya: public service not to get power sharing
The recently- signed, power-sharing deal between the government and opposition does not affect senior positions in the civil service, the judiciary and state corporations,...
Kenya: Demonstrators storm electoral body meeting
An Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) meeting was disrupted Monday when members of the civil society stormed the venue to demand the immediate resignation...
Women risk more Cerebral vascular accidents
Eight times out of ten, cerebral vascular accidents (also known as CVAs by
doctors) are due to the presence of obstructions in the cerebral and...
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...
Zimbabwe: Suspension of passports
The Zimbabwean Government has suspended processing of passports until after the election because of a lack of funds. However,it is suspected that...
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.
Pyman...
1,769 persons arrested in Cameroon
About 1,769 persons have been arrested following the strike launched by urban and inter-urban transport workers from 23 to 27 Februar y which turned...
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...
1b naira insurance cover for public buses in Nigeria
One of Nigeria's leading financial institutions, Cornerstone Insurance Plc, has been appointed to provide comprehensive insurance cover for the 100 buses of the Lagos...