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Tanzania Prime Minister Edward Lowassa resigns
Tanzanian Prime Minister Edward Lowassa said Thursday that he had handed in his letter of resignation to President Jakaya Kikwete. "I wrote to the...
US presidential election – Barack Obama – After Super Tuesday outcomes: an even tighter race
The Super Tuesday of 2008 US presidential, on 5th February, was a crucial day in the race for US presidential election, as the largest...
Super Tuesday : Barack Obama’s judgement day
It is called tarmac campagne. Barack Obama has litterally been living between two planes since last week, in a race to beat time in...
The New African-American and diasporan webmagazine
The Washington Post launched a Webmagazine The Root dedicated to African-Americans and the African diaspora, on Monday . Lynette Clemetson, editing manager, tells us...
Africa: Another Gold Rush
It was in a Parisian metro (subway / tube) that I eavesdropped on a conversation between a group of young interracial men... The South...
Barack Obama – The one who could be the first black President of the USA
Son of an African father and a white mother, lawyer from Harvard graduate and Senator of Illinois, Barack Obama who faces Hilary Clinton in...
President Bush to visit Africa in February, shuns Nigeria
US President George Bush and his wife are due to visit five African countries 15-21 February, according to a White House statement made available...
Charity : One Laptop Per Child in trouble ?
One Lap Per Child (OLPC) is a charity project aimed at bringing affordable computers to the threshold of children from Africa and developing countries....
An overview of Mugabe, The British, The US and Supremacy
Glued to his position, denoted as a heretic by the international media, snubbed by western politicians, slapped with economic sanctions... President Mugabe strides on...
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...
Somalia: CPJ condemns shooting of Puntland presenter
Comittee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement after the shooting by unknown gunmen on Thursday of Abdikheyr Mohammed Jama, a presenter of Radio...
Kerry backs Obama
(CNN) Former 2004 presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry will endorse Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination, two sources told CNN...
Ethiopia blocks freed journalists from launching newspapers
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Ethiopian government to allow journalists in the country the right to publish...
US says Libya has benefited from giving up WMD
Libya has benefited greatly from its decision in 2003 to destroy its arsenals of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), according to the US Secretary...
Philip D. Harvey : King of porn , Master of charity
DKT International, an NGO, made itself known, yet again, by virtue of the coffee flavoured condoms they are marketing in Ethiopia. The man behind...
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...
Afro-Americans fighting against racism
Part of the black community of the United States denounces a rise of racist crimes and the partiality of Justice, which they estimate to...
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...
OCHA concerned over official’s expulsion from South Darfur
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan is holding talks with government officials over the expulsion of its South...
Egypt: Do Not Return Detained Sudanese
Government Should Provide UN Access to 48 Asylum Seekers Transferred by Israel
(New York, November 3, 2007) – Egypt should cease summary returns and...
Tutu named into board of Nigerian University
South African Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu has been named into the Board of Trustees of the American University of Nigeria (AUN), a statement from...
Vaccine failure a setback for anti-AIDS efforts
News that one of the most promising and advanced HIV vaccine trials has been halted has dealt a serious blow to global AIDS prevention...
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...
Ghana prepares to host US First Lady, Laura Bush
Ghana will host the First Lady of the US Laura Bush for two nights from Sunday during which she will unveil a Textbooks and...
Letter to american friends
Adonis (Syria), Tahar Ben Jelloun (Morocco), Mohamed Charfi, Abdelwahab Meddeb, Ali Mezghani (Tunisia), Malek Chebil (Algeria), Mahmoud Hussein, Ali Shalakany (Egypt), Ali Kazancigi (Turkey),...