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Cameroon: Riots Spread to Yaoundé
The unrest that has rocked Cameroon since last Monday, following an urban transport strike, has spread to Yoaundé, the political capital, which had until...
Pan African rights body to harmonise rules with African court
Preparations have been finalised to harmonise the rules and procedures of the Banjul-based pan-african rights body, the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights...
Kenya: Opposition calls off protests, Kibaki yields…
A day after mediation talks were suspended, the government and opposition Wednesday yielded to mounting international pressure to resolve the two-month-old political deadlock by...
Iran interested in Zimbabwean Oil
Iran plans to invest in an oil refinery in Zimbabwe to supply fuel to the southern Africa region, Teheran's top diplomat said Wednesday. Zimbabwe...
Ex-Nigerian state governor’s nephew freed
The nephew of former Governor Peter Odili of Nigeria's oil state of Rivers, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Sunday, has been freed...
Egypt : Where is the Press Headed?
The press plays an important role in shaping and guiding public opinion and thus controls the convictions of people and their reactions to events....
Pan African rights body to send missions to Kenya, Somalia
The Banjul-based pan-african rights body, African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), is to send fact-finding missions to Kenya and Somalia "to investigate"...
South African students in the streets over racist video
South Africa has been rocked by an explosive racial incident which has resulted in rioting at a major university campus. A video showing four...
Bishops in Cameroon worried over crises
The Council of bishops in Cameroon has expressed concern about the situation in the country following the violence triggered by the strike embarked upon...
Africa seeks ways to end violence against women
Delegates from around Africa Wednesday began a three-day colloquium, seeking to break a pervasive wall of silence on endless acts of violence committed every...
Panel brainstorms on oil, gas exploration in Nouakchott
An independent scientific panel on oil and gas exploration in Mauritania has officially begun its activities, an official source told panapress Tuesday....
Michael Jackson to cough up $24.5m to keep neverland
Michael Jackson, “The King of Pop”, has been given less than a month to pay up to three months’ arrears on his neverland ranch...
South Africa: Power threat to Gold Fields production
A reduced power supply to South African mines could lead to sharp production losses and thousands of job cuts at Gold Fields, Africa’s second...
Cameroonian strike continues
The strike embarked upon Monday by Cameroon's urban and inter-urban transport unions, to push for lower fuel prices and better working conditions, has crippled...
Leading global rating firm evaluates Nigeria
Renowned global rating firm, Standard & Poor's (S&P), has commenced a detailed review of Nigeria's reform programme and its economic performance, preparatory to the...
Niger joins Nigeria and Algeria in gas pipeline project
Niger Republic has joined Nigeria and Algeria as co-sponsors of the US$10 billion Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline Project, conceived in 2002 following a series of...
Egyptians demonstrate as local court delays verdict
Egyptians demonstrated on Tuesday as a local court delayed handing down a verdict in the case of 40 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood....
IMANI helps Unveil 2nd Annual International Property Rights Index (IPRI)
ACCRA - 27 March, 2007, IMANI has announced the release of the 2008 International Property Rights Index (IPRI), which measures 115 countries on the...
IMANI helps Unveil 2nd Annual International Property Rights Index (IPRI)
ACCRA - 27 March, 2007, IMANI is proud to announce the release of the 2008 International Property Rights Index (IPRI), which measures 115 countries...
Zimbabwe: Licence to kill
Zimbabwe police force has been given a shoot to kill green light in the event of riots breaking out before, during and...
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...
European Parliament condemns violence in Eastern DRC
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution strongly condemning the massacres and crimes against humanity perpetrated for several years in North-Kivu, in the north-eastern...
Libyan customs officers begin training on intellectual property
Forty-four Libyan customs officers on Monday began a three-day training session in Tripoli on intellectual property and the role of customs services in its...
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...
Egyptian tourist caravan visits Libya
The Secretary of the Libyan General Tourism and Handicrafts Board, Ammar Latayef, on Tuesday met his Egyptian counterpart, Amr Abdelfateh Al-Izabi, in Tripoli to...
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...
Food versus Green fuel to develop Africa
The demand for biofuels, such as bio-ethanol made from sugarcane has already impacted on the price of sugar. As more countries weigh the pros...
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...