Morocco - French magazine censored for publishing images from...
???? (ANHRI/IFEX) - Cairo, 9 February 2012 - ANHRI condemns the Moroccan authorities for its confiscation of the most recent issue of the French magazine "Le Nouvel Observateur" after it ...
View ArticleZimbabwe - MISA publishes position on inclusion of media freedoms in draft...
(MISA/IFEX) - MISA-Zimbabwe welcomes the inclusion of media freedom and the right to access to information as captured in the first constitutional draft published in The Herald on 9 February 2012. ...
View ArticleTurkish Red Crescent to open school in Somalia
The Turkish Red Crescent will open a nursing and healthcare professional school in famine-stricken Somalia. Ahmet Lutfi Akar, director general of the aid organization, said they would establish a ...
View ArticleArmed gang in Tunisia had al-Qaida links
TUNIS, Tunisia -- The armed group that clashed with Tunisian forces in the south of the country earlier this month had links to al-Qaida, the interior minister said Monday as he announced a wave of ...
View ArticleAfrican villagers embrace U.S. role in hunt for Lord's Resistance Army...
OBO, Central African Republic - On the edge of this quiet town in the isolated forests of central Africa sits one of America's newest military outposts, a base made of grass surrounded by razor ...
View ArticleZambia hold nerve to beat Ivory Coast, take title
Zambia national football team players celebrate their victory with their trophy at the end of the African Cup of Nations final football match between Zambia and Ivory Coast on February 12, 2012, at ...
View ArticleChipolopolo trample the Elephants to fulfill destiny with Africa title
With a deserved maiden Africa Cup of Nations trophy won in post-match penalty shoot-out for an 8-7 final result over pre-tournament favourites Cote d'Ivoire, the Chipolopolo Boys head to Lusaka ...
View ArticleClassy Kenya move up in rankings
PHOTO/AFP Team Kenya celebrates winning the Plate Final against Argentina during day three of the USA Sevens Rugby at Sam Boyd Stadium on February 12, 2012 in Las Vegas, ...
View ArticleIreland claim 10-run win against Kenya
PHOTO/GIDEON MAUNDU Ireland Cricket team players take bottles of gold water to quench their thirst at the end of day two training session at the Coast Gymkhana Club on February 11, 2012. Ireland ...
View ArticleWill Kenya Airways fly where others have failed
With commitment from its two principal shareholders -- Dutch airline KLM, which has a 26 per cent shareholding, and the government of Kenya, which owns 23 per cent -- to take up their full rights, ...
View ArticleTourism cities to be built at the coast and north Kenya
Kenya has set out an ambitious project to build three tourism resort cities at the Coast and in the North in the next two years to boost the ...
View ArticleTwo Deaths in Pirate Attack
Abuja, Feb 13 (Prensa Latina) On Monday, two people were killed during a pirate attack on a freighter in Nigerian waters about 120 miles from the capital. The dead were the captain and chief ...
View ArticleHyperdynamics Wraps Up Drilling Ops Offshore Guinea
Hyperdynamics Corporation has completed the drilling of the Sabu-1 exploration well on its concession offshore Guinea-Conakry. The Sabu-1 well was drilled to a depth of 11,844 feet in a water depth ...
View ArticleSouth Africa ready to launch T20 assault
South African cricket coach Gary Kirsten is ready to unleash an array of up-and-comers on the Black Caps in the first of three Twenty20 matches at Westpac Stadium in Wellington on ...
View ArticleOrganized crime in West Africa the focus of talks between UN envoy, Interpol
Transnational organized crime in West Africa, including illicit drug trafficking and the proliferation of illegal arms, as well as maritime piracy, dominated discussions today between a senior United
View ArticleUN welcomes official start of operations for Libyan electoral authorities
The United Nations today welcomed the official start of operations for Libya's new electoral authorities, but urged that the framework for staging the first free elections in the North African country
View ArticleCharting a course through The Gambia
The Gambia offers sunshine and sunloungers on its Atlantic coast, but it's easy to get off the beaten track and experience a different side of this West African ...
View ArticleMinisters Discuss Vehicle Road Limit
EAST Africa Community ministers will today start discussing a bill that seeks to see overloading of vehicles on regional roads made illegal. The ministers and experts from a cross section of sectors ...
View ArticleZambia wins African Cup after penalty shootout
Zambia won the African Cup of Nations Sunday, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a nerve-racking final at Stade de l’Amitie in the Gabonese capital of Libreville. ...
View ArticleWash. governor signs law legalizing gay marriage- Libya takes harsh stance at...
Feb. 13, 2012: Gov. Chris Gregoire, seated, is surrounded by legislators and supporters as she signs into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage in Olympia, ...
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