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Oprah Winfrey backs Barack Obama
Oprah Winfrey votes for Barack Obama ! Those were her words last Saturday at Des Moines, the Iowa state capital which plays host to...
Harubuntu 2008 : a competitive exam to push those who contribute to Africa’s development
A competition to bring out the African potential and those who make it happen. This is what Harubuntu 2008 is about. It is open...
Ananzie.net, Africa and its diaspora’s website
Some months back, Ananzie.net made a remarkable appearance on the Afro Virtual scene. The reason being their peculiar design aimed at african and diaspora...
For the African woman’s emancipation through Safem arts and crafts
The fifth edition of the international exhibition of arts and crafts for women (Safem) takes place in the artisans village of of Wadata, Niamey,...
Living with HIV and sexual bliss
contracting HIV is often viewed as an event that brings a sex life to a screeching halt, but Africans of diverse age groups have...
Queen Elizabeth II opens CHOGM summit
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) opened in Kampala Friday with Queen Elizabeth II calling on member-countries to remain united.
The Commonwealth Heads of...
Euro 2008 : England eliminated, foreigners targeted
A day after their demise at the Euro 2008 qualifying match, the English are asking themselves if the high number of foreigners in the...
Afro Americans browsing the Web to find their ancestors
The internet is the new useful tool for Afro American trying to find out their past History. How IT and Genealogy fit each other
While...
Bill Gates, the new aid giant
Can the entrepreneurial zeal, innovation and super-size budgets of private foundations succeed where a sclerotic and undisciplined international aid industry has failed? Or is...
New clues to mystery illness
The number of people affected by a mystery illness that has already claimed the lives of 4 children on the outskirts of the Angolan...
HAITI: Children start getting specialised AIDS services
Erika, 17, (not her real name) is one of an estimated 17,000 children living with HIV in Haiti, the Caribbean island most affected by...
Chissano wins Mo Ibrahim leadership prize
Former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano, was Monday named the first winner of the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.
The honour will...
Africa records increase in use of treated mosquito nets
At least 16 sub-Saharan African countries tripled their use of insecticide treated mosquito nets among children between 2000 and 2007, according to the United...
No plan to devalue CFA franc
The Director General of the Treasury and the Economic Policy at the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment, Xavier Musca, has said there...
WESTERN SAHARA: Families unite but not for long
Sixteen years after the UN brokered a ceasefire in Western Sahara the peace process has stalled and little has changed for the Sahrawi people...
Media rights NGO demands guaranteed freedom of expression
A media rights NGO on Tuesday called on the newly-inaugurated transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to use the current...