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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,...
Nigeria: opposition sceptic about budget allocation
The most vocal opposition party in Nigeria, Action Congress (AC), Sunday lambasted the National Assembly (parliament) for ''unilaterally raising its allocation in the 2008...
Nigeria: subdued trading marks end of week
Trading experienced a downturn at the close of the past week at the Nigerian Stock Exchange with a turnover of 6.2 billion shares valued...
Etoile wins CAF Super Cup
African champion Etoile du Sahel beat CS Sfaxien 2-1 in an all-Tunisian match Saturday at the El-Menzah Stadium in Rades, Tunisia, to win the...
Zimbabwe: but who is behind Makoni…
The campaign of Zimbabwe's former finance minister says it has been able to field candidates in most constituencies for the general elections next month...
Uganda: fourth landmark truce signed, ending Juba talks
Uganda peace process moved closer to its end on Saturday when both government and rebel of the Lord's Resistance Army/Movement (LRA/M) signed the fourth...
Journalist Bambou gets presidential pardon
Central African Republic's President, François Bozize, has pardoned Faustin Bambou, Director of the weekly "Les Collines de l'Oubangui", who was sentenced to six months...
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...
HIV prevalence rate in Ghana drops
Ghana's HIV prevalence rate for 2007 declined to 1.9 percent from 2.22 per cent in 2006, the authorities said on Friday.
However, Dr Nii Akwei...
RSF calls on Cameroonian government to lift ban on Equinoxe TV
The media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), on Friday asked the Cameroonian government to lift the suspension slapped on a private television station, Equinoxe...
Muslims in Bissau opposed to debate in Parliament on FGM
Muslims in Guinea Bissau on Friday said they were opposed to the upcoming debate in Parliament on female genital mutilation (FGM) when the House...
Obama is now convincing Superdelegates
The Democratic superdelegates are starting to follow the voters straight to Barack Obama. In just the past two weeks, more than two dozen...
Moroccan caught after cheating on Facebook
Fouad Mourtada with a child.Fouad Mourtada reportedly said he was beaten in custody.A Moroccan computer engineer is due in court in connection with a...
Madagascar: 29 killed 70,000 homeless
At least 29 people were killed while about 70,000 were made homeless after a violent cyclone, Ivan, --with winds up to 230 kms per...
Nigeria plays host to Cricket tournament
This year's North-West Africa Cricket Championship featuring 6 countries: Nigeria, Morocco, Ghana, Gambia, Mali and Sierra Leone will be held in Nigeria. Last year's...
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...
AfDB funds US$ 2.7 billion projects in Central African Forestry Commission
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is currently funding 80 ongoing operations to the tune of US$ 2.7 billion in all sectors of activity...
African European meeting to discuss legal migration
A meeting between both African and European politicians to find a plan to stop the illegal flow of migrants from Africa to Europe is...
AMU central bank governors meet in Tripoli
The seventh ordinary session of the Council of the Governors of Central Banks in the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) member countries opened here Thursday,...
Nigeria denies plan to hike electricity tariff
Nigeria's federal government has reversed itself on the plan to raise electricity tariff, after the announcement of the plan triggered angry reactions from many...
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...
Zimbabwe: Makoni a prostitute…
President Mugabe has labeled his former finance minister Dr Simba
Makoni a “political prostitute”. Dr Makoni, early this month cut ties with Zanu PF to...
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...
Kenya: Wangari Maathai gets death Threats
Professor Wangari Mathaai received a death threat via a text message on her mobile phone and fears that her life might be in danger,...
Cameroon: People living with HIV/AIDS demonstrate
People living with HIV/AIDS demonstrated, yesterday, in Yaounde against the increase in the cost of HIV/AIDS medical check-ups, Le Quotidien Mutations reports. The secretary...
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...