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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in testimony Wednesday to a Senate committee that the South African seizure was another example of the effectiveness of U.N. sanctions, adding that hardly ... |
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
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Nigeria 's ailing president remains unseen after being brought back into the country under the cover of darkness, his assertive wife Turai Yar'Adua has stepped into the spotlight in the oil-rich natio... |
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
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Washington — The top U.S. envoy for Africa, Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson, met with reporters February 24 and answered questions on a wide array of issues: Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Co... |
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
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Cemeteries are at least as much for the living as the dead. They are the locus of tribute and memory; they affirm connections to a place and its past. |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - South Africa sent a report to a U.N. committee saying it confiscated a shipment of North Korean tank parts hidden among sacks of rice being sent to the Republic of Congo in viola... |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - While Nigeria's ailing president remains unseen after being brought back into the country under the cover of darkness, his assertive wife Turai Yar'Adua has stepped into the spot... |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- South Africa sent a report to the United Nations saying it confiscated a shipment of North Korean tank parts hidden among sacks of rice which were headed for the Republic of Con... |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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South African President Jacob Zuma will use his state visit to the UK next week to plead with the British government to remove targeted sanctions against Robert Mugabe and his allies. Speaking in an ... |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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Former England Manager, Glenn Hoddle may have finally crossed the hurdle to become Nigeria's Foreign Technical Adviser to lead the Eagles to the World Cup in June in South Africa. |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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Addis Ababa — Ethiopia has accused Lebanon of misleading and hampering the investigation of last month's plane crash in the Mediterranean Sea that killed 90 people. The cause of the Ethiopian a... |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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Nairobi — Kenya's apparent political instability is among the most important issues currently facing the country. Most Kenyans - 61 per cent - also feel that disagreements between the two princ... |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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Harare — Zimbabwe is taking legal action to recover US$3 million owed by Zambia for maize delivered a decade ago. The general manager of the state owned Grain Marketing Board (GMB), Mr Albert M... |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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analysis Sub-standard antimalarial medicines are still sold widely in Madagascar, Senegal, and Uganda, according to a recently published study by United States Pharmacopeia (USP), a non-governmental ... |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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Invasive bush species in Namibia makes large areas of land unusable and creates a problem for rural farmers. The bush infestation in Namibia affects 26 million hectares and has lead to a 60 percent de... |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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Last week, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a workshop in Freetown to discuss the issue of sexual violence in Sierra Leone and ways in which the media could serve a positive role ... |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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The encouragement of homophobia by religious groups in Kenya and Uganda, Jacob Zuma's 'polygamy drama' and the misuse of mobile phones to fuel violence in Nigeria's Jos conflicts are among the stories... |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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Nigeria's capacity to move and connect manufacturers with international markets around the world was still low, the World Bank has said.The bank disclosed this in its 2010 Logistics Performance Index ... |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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Nairobi — Kenya's top anti-corruption watchdog wants powers to seize illegally acquired wealth. Dr John Mutonyi, the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission acting director, on Thursday said this woul... |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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Although developing countries have made significant gains in access to mobile technology and infrastructure for information and communication technology (ICT) in the last few years, they are still str... |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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opinion Prior to their formal openings, the recently concluded Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Angola and the current Winter Olympics in Canada were both struck by tragedy. In Angola, three membe... |
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