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Nigerian bourse lists New insurance firm
The Universal Insurance Plc has joined the league of quoted companies at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), as it listed 16 billion ordinary shares...
DR Congo to apply for OHADA membership
The Democratic Republic of Congo has officially moved to securing the membership of the Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA),...
Board of Directors of John Paul II Foundation begins weeklong meeting
The 26th session of the Board of Directors of the John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel began in Ouagadougou on Monday to enable...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali soon a french citizen ?
France supports Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Dutch Minister who has received death threats for her views on radical islam. Paris is examining how...
Gambia: Supreme Court to deliver judgment on opposition’s case
Gambia's Supreme Court, sitting in Banjul with a five-man-judge panel, will Tuesday deliver its verdict on the controversial "Local Government Amendment Act," which is...
South Africa’s Foreign Minister visits Russia
South African Foreign Minister, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Monday arrived in Moscow, where she will hold discussions with Russian Minister of Natural Resources Yuri...
CAN 2008: Final Statistics from African Cup of Nations
The 26th edition of the MTN African Cup of Nations, tagged Ghana 2008, rounded off in Accra Sunday, with Egypt beating Cameroon 1-0 to...
Nigerians in Libyan jails
Family members of Nigerians in Libyan jails have asked the President of the Nigerian Senate, David Mark, to intervene so they could be released,...
CAF Names best XI for CAN 2008
The confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday released the Best XI for the 26th MTN Africa Cup of Nations, Ghana 2008. CAF said...
CAN 2008 breaks goal scoring record
A total of 99 goals were scored in the 32 matches played at the 26th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana,...
Kenya: Mediation talks going well
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has expressed satisfaction that the mediation talks spearheaded by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan are going on well....
UNFPA donates drugs to Sierra Leone
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has donated drugs and medical equipment worth US$15 million to Sierra Leone's Ministry of Health and Sanitation to...
Thabo Mbeki commended by Poverty Alliance
Members of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance across Africa have welcomed the prioritization of poverty reduction in South African President...
CAN 2008: LeRoy gets new contract
Despite the failure of the Black Stars to achieve the "host and win" dream of Ghanaians, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) says it is...
Libyan and Tunisian experts discuss maritime issues
Libyan and Tunisian experts on maritime issues on Saturday began their third meeting in Tripoli focusing on the foundations for the establishment joint work...
Egypt: HIV + presumed homosexuals chained and shamed…
Two Egyptians arrested last October, supposedly HIV positive, are handcuffed to their hospital beds 23 hours per day while awaiting sentencing for homosexuality. The...
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Thrity percent less maize by 2030
As global warming pushes temperatures up and droughts become more intense, the production of maize, southern Africa's staple food, could drop by as much...
ECOWAS network of electoral commissions formed
Heads of institutions responsible for managing elections in ECOWAS Member States have agreed to set up the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions, as a...
Nigerian bourse ends week subdued
Trading witnessed a downturn at the close of this week's transactions on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), with a turnover of...
Ghana 2008 erases Nations Cup all time goal-scoring record
The ongoing Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Ghana Saturday erased the all-time record for the number of goals scored at a single Nations...
CAN 2008: Ghana finishes 3rd place
The Black Stars of Ghana ended their 2008 Africa Cup of Nations campaign Saturday with a third place finish, after rallying to beat the...
Tanzania gets a new Prime Minister
Mizengo Pinda has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Tanzania by President Jakaya Kikwete to replace Edward Lowassa who resigned Thursday evening.
Mizengo...
Gunmen kidnap ex university don in Nigeria
Gunmen have abducted a former lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, shortly before the wife of a businessman and politician based in the...
Club of Sahel supports protection of African market
African countries have the right to take adequate measures to protect their markets to avoid being marginalised in the world economic exchanges, Charles Goerens,...
Kenya: Rival parties reach agreement
Kenyan warring political rivals have reached an agreement to end the post election crisis but detailed talks on the exact political settlement would not...
Chad:French Minister denies participation of French troops in fighting
The visiting French Foreign Affairs Minister, Bernard Kouchner, Friday denied the participation of French Special Forces in the fighting between rebels and government troops...
CAN 2008: Roger Milla wary of Egypt’s emerging force in Africa
The euphoria that greeted Cameroon’s lone-goal win over host Ghana Black Stars literarily went into the winds when most players and officials watched as...
CAN 2008: Egyptian coach woos Accra crowd against Cameroon
Egyptian coach Hassan Shehata has urged the vociferous A ccra crowd to get behind the defending champions, Pharaohs of Egypt, when they t a...
Togolese government suspends child adoption
The Togolese government Thursday suspended all forms of child adoption because of the dysfunctions noted in the adoption system, an official communique issued on...
Abducted woman freed in Niger Delta
The wife of a prominent Nigerian politician and oil businessman, who was abducted early Wednesday by unknown gunmen from her residence in Port Harcourt,...