Zambia asks Kenya to arrest Banda son
Photo/FILE Former Zambia President Rupiah Banda's son Henry. Lusaka police have issued an international arrest warrant for the man believed to have flown to Kenya from South ...
View ArticleMalaria Took More Lives Than Estimated
The global malaria mortality rate is higher than previously estimated, especially in adults, says a new study. According to the "Global malaria mortality between 1980 and 2010 report," ...
View ArticleKenyans Mourn Death of Whitney Houston
Nairobi - Kenyans have paid glowing tribute to the late pop legend and actress Whitney Houston but said her sudden death should be a monumental wake-up call to substance abuse. A section of those ...
View ArticleAfrican Airports Need to Expand
Running an airline in Africa is not an easy task, at least not any more. Passengers are demanding top-of-the-range safety and service, small old planes can no longer do the job and global airline ...
View ArticleReport Cautions Against Deepening Corruption in Oil Sector
Rigged: the Scramble for Oil, Gas and Minerals A new report by Global Witness, an international non-governmental organisation, has warned of a high risk of corruption in natural resource contracts ...
View ArticleSudans Drag Reluctant China Into Dispute
Sudan and South Sudan are dragging a reluctant China into their smouldering relations at a time when both sides say the situation is on the brink of open armed conflict. Beijing's ...
View ArticleMakerere Vice Chancellor Academic Papers in Doubt
Makerere University acting Vice Chancellor Venansius Baryamureeba has been accused of falsifying his academic profile and submitting plagiarised work to get accelerated promotion to full Professor. ...
View ArticleBayelsa Guber Poll - PDP Leads in 5 LGAs
Yenagoa - The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the results of the governorship election in five out of the eight Local Government Councils in Bayelsa State with the ...
View ArticleRegional Leaders Demand Amnesty for Ravalomanana
Madagascar must agree new amnesty laws by the end of February to pave the way for the return of exiled former leader Marc Ravalomanana, the South African foreign affairs ministry said on Sunday. ...
View ArticleZimbabwe diamond miner gets 'watchdog approval'
A private security employee guards a diamond processing plant in the diamond-rich eastern Marange region in Zimbabwe. International diamond watchdog the Kimberley Process (KP) has certified ...
View ArticleTunisia must protect victims and their families in former officials’ trial
Amnesty International urged the Tunisian authorities to ensure victims of human rights violations, their families, witnesses and lawyers are protected from harassment and intimidation as the trial ...
View ArticleCaf donates to victims' families
Families of the victims of violence at a football match in Egypt are to receive $150,000 from the Confederation of African Football (Caf). The donation for those affected by ...
View ArticleU.S. concert promoters held in Angola
A New Jersey woman says her husband and son are being held in Angola after U.S. rapper Nas allegedly skipped out on a concert in the African nation. Abby Allocco told the New York Post her husband ...
View Articleprivate sector considers investment opportunities in State of South Sudan
Manama: Feb. 12 -- (BNA) The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI)) revealed the desire of the Bahraini private sector to consider potential investment opportunities in the State of South ...
View ArticleTop US general holds talks to discuss NGO case in Cairo
Egyptian Lieutenant General Sami Anan (left) greets US General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, upon the latter's arrival for a meeting at the ministry of defense in Cairo ...
View ArticleNiger turns down demand to extradite Gaddafi’s son
Spokesman for the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) Mohammed al-Harizy, speaks during a press conference in Tripoli, Libya, on Saturday. Libya asked Niger to hand over al-Saadi Gaddafi, the ...
View ArticleGunmen kill 15, burn corpses in Nigeria
Nigeria 's Zamfara state, a local police chief said on Friday. "Gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers, attacked some local traders on their way back from a market in neighbouring Katsina ...
View ArticlePrivate jet crashes in Congo, death toll unknown
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A transport minister says a private jet crashed while landing in Congo's city of Bukavu, killing an unknown number and injuring a local governor.Provincial ...
View ArticleKenyan jets 'kill 10' in south Somalia air raid
Kenyan fighter jets pounded rebel-held southern Somalia in a strike that Nairobi said on Wednesday had killed Al Qaeda linked fighters but witnesses claimed caused several civilian deaths. Military ...
View ArticleSwedish reporters sentenced to 11 yrs in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- A court in Ethiopia on Tuesday sentenced two Swedish journalists to 11 years in prison on charges of supporting terrorism after the two illegally entered the country with an ...
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