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South Africa is making headlines in the international press again as powercuts increase
Power cuts in Hospitals, traffic jams clogging cities like Johannesburg and Cape Town , as traffic lights stopped working, the torching of six trains...
CAN 2008: Morocco 5, Namibia 1
Full time score in Group A second match between Morocco and Namibia in Accra Monday: Morocco 5: Soufiane Alloudi (2nd, 5th and 28th), Tarik...
CAN 2008: Guinea salvages some pride in 1-2 loss to Ghana
Even in defeat, the Syli Nationale of Guinea earned some respect when its captain and playmaker Pascal Fendounou, received the man of the match...
Vogts ‘not under pressure’ as Nigeria takes on Cote d’Ivoire
Nigeria's coach Berti Vogts maintained a calm mien Sunday, as he dismissed fears he is under pressure ahead of Monday's match between his team,...
Ghana 2 – Guinee 1 : host nation’s big scare
Ghana got a big scare in the opening match of the African Cup of Nations, this Sunday, against the Guinea National Team, Syli National....
UNESCO D-G condemns murder of Filipino journalist
The Director-General of UNESCO Koïchiro Matsuura, Frid ay condemned the killing of Fernando Lintuan, a Filipino radio broadcaster in Davao, on Mindanao Island, 24...
Ethiopian Blogs
Since the bloody and controversial elections in May, 2005, Ethiopians have taken the African blogosphere by storm. A number of blogs disputing offcial results...
CAN 2008 : Sudan. Back to glory days?
Now, this is the first country to have hosted the African Nations Cup. With six tournament appearances and one win in 1970, the Sudanese...
CAN 2008 : Ghana. Loosing to a rickety team and a royal welcome home???
In a few days Ghana faces Guinea in an opening match. Last week, The All-Star-Cast-Black-Stars lost to a small town Dubai team. The Ghana...
CAN 2008 : Benin. What next after their internet recruitment?
First there was their coach with little experience, then the internet recruitment of the national team, a captain who some claim Ian Rush doesn't...
CAN 2008: The Ivory Coast. fashion and a friendly disappointment
Whilst all the teams are busily preparing for the tournament, one of the number one newspapers in The Ivory Coast, Fraternité Matin, reported earlier...
CAN 2008 : Nigeria warns players of massive Ivorian turn-out
Due to its close proximity to the Ghana Ivory Coast border, The Nigerian Super Eagles have been warned of a possible flood of...
CAN 2008: Zambia’s lost bag
The arrival of the Zambian team in Kumasi, Ghana, is reported to be marked by the sad loss of baggage belonging to some...
Ex-Congolese Prime Minister writes book on Bantu culture
Former Congolese Prime Minister Bernard Kolelas has published a book on initiatory rites in Bantu society, an ethnic group present in several countries of...
58th Berlin International Film Festival (07.-17.02.2008)
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Together with the Federal Foreign Office: Africa in Focus of the Campus 2008
The Berlinale Talent Campus together with...
Tech For Food 2008 : New technologies to enhance agricultural development and food security
It will gather projects holders from all around the world, development and technologies experts, NGOs, researchers, …Tech For Food was initiated by TV Agri...
Tech for food 2008, International forum, beginning of registration online
You are now able to register for Tech For Food 2008 by clicking here. As the places are limited, we advise you to register...
Kenya : High tensions following the opening of Parliamentary sessions
The first Parliamentary session of the year opened Tuesday morning in Nairobi in a very tense atmosphere. A high number of police force was...
African Cup of Nations – CAN 2008
The number of participating countries in the African Cup of Nations has come a long way. Its humble begining in 1957, which took place...
Are the Clintons pushing their luck?
The uncompromising tactics from the Clintons in their race against Obama is rigged with a couple of misjudgements: those concerning the black community and...
Full programme of the CAN 2008
May you please find below the full programme of the African Cup of Nations (CAN), organised by Ghana from January the 20th till February...
Kenya poll chief disowns election results
The Kenya presidential election stalemate took yet another interesting turn late Thursday, when the country's electoral chief, Samuel Kivuitu, disowned the results which returned...
Malian officials to handle Morocco/Zambia pre-CAN 2008 friendly
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointe d three Malian officials to handle the friendly match between Morocco and Zambia as the two...
Four retired african presidents in Kenya to mediate election crisis
Four retired African presidents arrived here Tuesday t o mediate in the stand off between Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition O r ange...
IFJ petitions Kenya govt to lift ban on live media reports
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has appealed to authorities in Kenyan to end the 11-day ban on live news reports, the federation said...
CAN 2008 countdown: Nigeria’s team captain arrives training camp
Captain of Nigeria's Super Eagles, Nwankwo Kanu, has arrived at the team's training camp in Malaga, Spain, to join his colleagues, the local football...
Rabat to host 2008 Tennis Cup of Nations tournament
Rabat, the capital of Morocco, will host the African Tennis Cup of Nations tournament from 20 to 26 January under the aegis of the...
CAN 2008 tickets out
Tickets for next month's African Cup of Nations tournament were expected to have gone on public sale from Monday, according to the Local Organizing...
UNESCO to launch ICT guidelines/standards to improve education
UNESCO has said it will showcase its guidelines for teachers to enable them use information and communication technology (ICT) to improve education world wide.
According...
Two Guinean newspapers suspended, reporters banned
State regulators in the Guinean capital, Conakry, summarily suspended two private newspapers on Monday and barred their journalists from practice for three months. Local...