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Obama – Clinton : Dirty republican tricks and Clinton’s hopes
Conventional wisdom says Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are locked in a no-holds barred contest that could result in a “train wreck” at the...
US Department commends improvement of human rights in Mauritania
The political situation and the human rights record in Mauritania made a net improvement during the past year, a report of the U S...
Morocco hosts Africa shooting tourney
The African clay pigeon shooting championship kicked off on Wednesday in the northern Moroccan city of Tangiers, with the participation of over 150 shooters...
Obama – Clinton: playing the race card or healing america
She has still not said sorry although she is finding ways of softening the magnitude of her words, but it looks like anytime she...
Sean Kingston, the kid singing for ladies
Sean Kingston, the 17 year-old Miami born, Jamaica bred artist, is not just a new face in popular music; he’s accomplished the rare task...
World Bank lends Mali 19b cfa
Mali Tuesday in Bamako signed with the World Bank a financing agreement, worth 19 billion cfa (US$42 million) for the second support credit to...
Obama – Clinton : What Ferraro and Power have in common
Earlier “prophesies” that the democratic campaign was going to be a fierce verbal battle did not lie. In an effort to bring an end...
Obama’s Mississippi win
Senator Obama has won the Mississippi primary. He got 60% of the votes against 38% for Clinton (RealClear Politics). CNN polls also show that...
Jill Scott, Anika Noni to star in BBC series
Best seller The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is to be made into a television series. Jill Scott the African American soul singer will...
Obama – Clinton duel against Al Gore’s rose
What right did Mr. Clinton have to suggest that Barack Obama takes the second place position of Vice Pesident? Why put Mrs. Clinton on...
Boxing: Samuel Peter’s glory after Hogan Bassey and Dick Tiger
Samuel Peter's victory against Oleg Maskaev in the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title fight in Cancun, Mexico, Saturday night has again put Nigeria...
Women risk more Cerebral vascular accidents
Eight times out of ten, cerebral vascular accidents (also known as CVAs by
doctors) are due to the presence of obstructions in the cerebral and...
Who’s whose running mate… Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama
An Obama-Clinton or Clinton– Obama ticket. The question was raised on tonight’s show with David Letterman in April 2007 when Barack Obama appeared as...
FIFA to declare racially abused teams match winners
FIFA president Sepp Blatter, Sunday, expressed his intention to intensify his fight against racism in football, by deducting points from clubs whose supporters have...
Joshua Clottey is top IBF Welterweight contender
A new dawn has opened in the career of Ghana’s welterweigh t boxer Joshua Clottey as the International Boxing Federation (IBF) named him the...
Wyoming Democratic caucus for Obama
Barack Obama on Saturday night comfortably won caucuses in the western US state of Wyoming, as the Illinois senator sought to regain momentum in...
An Obama aide resigns
Miss Samantha Power, a havard professor and Obama aide on foreign policy has resigned following the Scotsman newspapers publication of an article which quoted...
Illegal votes to overtake Obama?
The Clinton camp has been putting both popular and political pressure on the democratic party to reverse a decision not to accept results from...
USAID, Nigerian firms partner to improve technology skills
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with four Nigerian companies, has donated 362 computers to the University of Lagos to...
Obama, Clinton working the math
Barack Obama talked about math. And he was right to talk about it, because when all is said and done, it appears none of...
Development banks more and more efficient
Six major multilateral development banks (MDBs) have released the third report of their Common Performance Assessment System (COMPAS), a statement by the African Development...
Clinton wins but Obama stays on top
Senator Clinton it seems has the winning edge in both Ohio and Texas, as well as Rhode island whereas Senator Obama won in Vermont....
US, SA break new ground in science cooperation
The US and South Africa have agreed to establish geospatial and earth observation joint working groups focusing on global change, sustainable development, energy, and...
United States and S. Africa in a new science deal
The US and South Africa have agreed to establish geospatial and earth observation joint working groups focusing on global change, sustainable development, energy, and...
US trade delegation to visit Ghana, Nigeria and S. Africa
US Assistant secretary of Commerce, Israel Hernandez, will lead a trade delegation to Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa, according to a statement from the...
Cuba receives Mozambique delegation
The Mozambiquan president, Armando Guebuza, is on a three day official visit to Cuba honouring an invitation from Cuban president, Raul Castro, to define...
Major breakthrough in Ebola research
Good news for research into the terrible Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus.
American researchers have succeeded in genetically disarming the virus, thus rendering it non contaminant....
US military strikes terrorist targets in Somalia
Unofficial reports claim that the U.S. military launched a strike on terrorist targets in Dobley, Somalia. This fourth attack in fourteen months is a...
Obama’s Judgement and Clinton
The fight is for delegates from both Ohio and Texas. Obama leads with almost a hundred delegates and Clinton needs to up her game....
A love affair between Barack Obama and the US media
The American media is swooning at the mere mention of democratic candidate, Obamas name. According to the French daily, Liberation.fr, a survey conducted by...