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A hunger for justice in Western Sahara
Anyone who saw the episode of the BBC documentary Tropic of Cancer last month in which journalist Simon Reeve travelled across Western Sahara would...
South Africa: British minining investments threat over racial tensions
South Africa could lose out in mining investments if the simmering racial tensions between its white and black populations spiral out of control, industrial...
Liya Kebede on the silver screen with Waris Dirie
After the catwalk comes the silver screen. Liya Kebede depicts Waris Dirie in Desert Flower, a biopic directed by Sherry Hormann about the former...
Chomsky’s optimism of the will
The mood of excited anticipation in the crowd is one more usually associated with a pop concert than with a lecture by an octogenarian...
African Radio Stations take on the world
It has finally happened. A Sub-Saharan radio station is streaming live on the Internet in CD quality. Why did it take so long? The...
Football: Study Shows Ethnic Minority Players are not Treated Unfairly by Football Referees
An analysis about whether there is a racial element to referees decisions
to give a yellow card to football players in the Premiership, has been
carried...
Ethiopia: Aid money spent on weapon is “Palpable Nonsense”
British charities have rubbished reports by the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC that aid money in Ethiopia was spent on weapons during the civil war....
SA World Cup to help heal global advertising wounds
The global advertising market will grow between 0 and 1 per cent this year, thanks to events such as the South Africa, 2010 FIFA...
Zuma hits back at The British as state-visit begins
South African President, Jacob Zuma has lashed out at British tabloid newspapers for derogatory comments about him and his personal life. The Daily Mail...
Vanessa James and Yannick Bonheur: Black on Ice
The French skating pair, Yannick Bonheur and Vanessa James electrified spectators at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Dancing to the tune of Romeo and...
Ethiopia: $39m for crashed aircraft, victims’ compensation unclear
ACE Global Markets, a British insurance company, is expected to pay 39 million dollars in compensation for the crash of Ethiopian airlines flight 409,...
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai under pressure for Miliband statement
Zimbabwe’s former ruler, Britain has vowed not to buckle to pressure
from President Mugabe’s Zanu-PF to lift what is termed illegal sanctions.
It says Zimbabwe should...
Ghana: Frost & Sullivan Ghanaian Pharmaceutical Industry Innovation & Advancement Award Conferred on LaGray Chemical Company
The 2009 Frost & Sullivan Ghanaian Pharmaceutical Industry Innovation & Advancement Award is presented to LaGray Chemical Company, the first local Ghanaian company to...
U.K. condemns Uganda bill
The British high commissioner to Uganda, Martin Shearman, has said that
Britain is against some of the components of the HIV-AIDS prevention and control bill....
Tony Blair at the Iraq Inquiry
In a speech in May 1997 newly elected Prime Minister Tony Blair stated “ine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that...
UK-Ethiopia: Baroness Kinnock, Africa Minister visits Ethiopia
Baroness Kinnock, Minister for Africa, is visiting Ethiopia on 26-28 January before attending the African Union Summit later in the week.
As part of her...
United Kingdom-Iraq: Pride and Shame
Days before Tony Blair is due to testify before the Iraq Inquiry in London, Stefan Simanowitz comments on the performance of Alistair Campbell, one...
South Africa Football Association condemns British Stab-vest company
South Africa football officials have labelled a stab-vest designed by a London-based company for fans visiting the country during the World Cup, as “unnecessary.”
Protektorvest,...
Uganda: Anti-gays launch campaign against US, UK, Canada…
Anti gays in Uganda have resolved to mobilize Ugandans to stop buying goods from United States and the other countries which are threatening to...
Trimega Laboratories to Remain Invested in South Africa After Cape High Court Victory
UK-based businessman Avi Lasarow has confirmed that he and his company Trimega Laboratories will remain invested in South Africa after his victory at the...
U.S.: Nigeria unduly punished for U.K. educated and radicalized terror suspect
While Nigerians have condemned the extremism of its 23-year-old citizen, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who attempted to blow up a U.S plane on 25 Dec....
Nigerian syringe terror bomber: More details unfold
More chilling details are beginning to emerge on the plane bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up the Delta/NorthWest Airlines flight to...
UK: The bridge may collapse without African football players
Chelsea’s hope of clinging the Premier league title could be on the line as the battle for the top spot becomes fierce. The Blues...
Somalia: Pirate patrol need to extend range
British admiral in charge of the European Union fleet watching out for Somali pirates wants to extend its patrol area, the Press Association has...
Hunger-striking Nobel Peace Prize activist calls on World Leaders for their support
On the day the Barack Obama picked up his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, one of the unsuccessful Peace Prize nominees, Aminatou Haidar, was...
DR Congo-Norway: Death sentence will “not be carried out”
Norway has declared that it has been assured by the Democratic Republic of Congo that two Norwegian nationals sentenced to death will not now...
Western Sahara: Joy turns to anger
Last night as flight VAD652 was preparing for take-off news came through that the Moroccan authorities had refused the plane permission to land. On...
Morocco refuses hunger striker permission to land
Stretchered out of an ambulance, her face covered with a turquoise blanket, hunger striking and human rights activist Aminatou Haidar returned to her makeshift...
UK delegation has audience with hunger-striking Nobel Prize nominee, Haidar
A delegation from Britain has met with Nobel Peace prize nominee, Aminatou Haidar, who has been on hunger strike in the Lanzarote airport for...
African Footballer of the Year: BBC opens votes
Drogba, Yaya Touré, Eto’o, Essien or Trésor Mputu? Polls have opened for the BBC African footballer of the year. The suspense will end on...