Investment in African Renewable Energy Ramps Up
Although Africa has vast fossil and renewable energy sources, only 20 percent of its population has direct access to electricity, and in some rural areas four out of five people are completely ...
View ArticleCAF Partners Africa Union in Make Peace Happen Campaign
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has partnered the African Union (AU) in its Make Peace Happen campaign geared towards the promotion of peace on the continent. The aim of the campaign is ...
View ArticleSA Hosts SADC Meetings
Pretoria - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Double Troika is this weekend meeting in Cape Town to discuss political and economic matters. Also taking place are Extraordinary ...
View ArticleAll Finals - Orange CAN
Barry Aldworth/BackpagePix ) 1957 Egypt 4-0 Ethiopia [Final tournament in Sudan] 1959 Egypt 2-1 Sudan [Final tournament in Egypt] 1962 Ethiopia 4-2 Egypt [aet] [Final tournament in ...
View ArticleChris Katongo - It Doesn't Get Much Bigger Than This Game
His goals and leadership has taken Zambia to their third Africa Cup of Nations final and Christopher Katongo says he and his teammates are ready for one more battle. On Sunday 12th February Katongo ...
View ArticleLow Turnout of Voters in Bayelsa Governorship Poll
There was low turnout of voters in Bayelsa on Saturday, evenas the Independent National Electoral Commission conducted a peaceful governorship election in the state. This, many attributed to the ...
View ArticleLes Aigles Beat Dispirited Black Stars to Win Bronze
Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix ) Cheick Tidiane Diabate's double ensured bronze for Mali at the African Nations Cup finals and added to Ghana's anguish at the tournament, where the final ...
View ArticleICoast expected to win but Zambia emotions strong
LIBREVILLE, Gabon: With a team packed full of Europe-based talent and on a run of five straight wins without conceding a goal, mighty Ivory Coast is expected to win its second African Cup of Nations ...
View ArticleGuptill's form continues as NZ beat Zimbabwe in Twenty20
AUCKLAND: Martin Guptill continued his rich vein of form against Zimbabwe as he scored 91 not out to help New Zealand beat the visitors by seven wickets at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday in the ...
View ArticleOut of Africa comes a Bellamy – Craig, of course, not David
Mark Pougatch admired the poise of Zambia's manager Herv Renard, who "thinks he's a bit of a cool dude". Could he be a candidate for Capello's job? Sadly it might take the ...
View ArticleIs Britain a role model for Islamists
One of the leading ideologues of the modern Muslim world has a vision of a state where respect for Islam and other faiths exists within a secular system - and he points to the UK as a model. But can ...
View ArticleAuthor spent a lifetime tracing his African roots
By KEITH UPCHURCHkupchurch@heraldsun.com; 419-6612DURHAM - John Q. Williams has spent 48 years researching his family's African roots, and out of that labor, a book has been born. "Our ...
View Article‘The real Morocco is not happy’
Anti-government protesters in Morocco. Ryan Mallett-Outtrim & Laura Gilbie The self-immolation of five activists in January briefly brought international attention to growing unrest in Morocco, ...
View ArticleI.Coast, Zambia set for Africa Cup of Nations final
LIBREVILLE (AFP) - The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations has enjoyed more than its fair share of upsets but Ivory Coast are praying Sunday's final with Zambia will go according to the formbook.The ...
View ArticleBomb at Arabic school in adds to sectarian fears in Nigeria
Published Date: December 29, 2011 LAGOS: Attackers threw a bomb into an Arabic school in mainly Christian southern Nigeria, wounding six children and an adult, police said yesterday, after ...
View ArticleSouth Africa banknotes to feature Mandela
South Africa will issue new banknotes bearing the portrait of former president Nelson Mandela, the government and the country's central bank say.The announcement was made on the 22nd ...
View ArticleLibya asks Niger for Gadhafi's son
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libya demanded Niger hand over one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons who is under house arrest in the neighboring African nation after he warned in a television interview that his ...
View ArticleKidnapped priests released in Sudan
Two priests kidnapped in Sudan on Jan. 15 have been released after two weeks in captivity."The two priests were released yesterday, January 30, around 4 p.m. local time and today will arrive ...
View ArticleSouth Africa to issue bank notes with Nelson Mandela's image
South Africa will issue a new series of bank notes bearing the image of the nation's iconic freedom fighter and first black president Nelson Mandela.
View ArticleLibya's 'forgotten hostages' continue to live in fear
"He wanted to turn Libyans on each other, to divide and rule," said Barra, one of thousands of displaced black Libyans who have suffered revenge attacks from victorious anti-Gaddafi forces ...
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