Lion kills two people in Nigeria
Sarki said the lion was believed to be holed up near Damaturu as residents in nearby villages reported seeing the devoured remains of animals they suspected to have been killed by the big ...
View ArticleReport says Somali children used as 'cannon fodder'
Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab rebels have forced children as young as 10 to fight alongside them and serve as "cannon fodder" in battles against government troops, Human Rights ...
View Article'I have beaten Christ'
HARARE — Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe turned 88 on Tuesday, joking about reports circulating for years of his imminent demise and vowing to stay in power despite international ...
View ArticleAnadarko and Cove Energy Find Further Gas in Mozambique
East Africa-focused Cove Energy reported Tuesday that, along with operator Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, it has encountered a further 577 net feet of natural gas pay offshore ...
View ArticleTotal Becomes Operator of EA-1 License in Uganda after $2.9B Deal
Tullow Oil announced Tuesday that it has completed the farm-down of 66.67 percent of its Ugandan licenses to CNOOC and Total for a consideration of $2.9 billion. The farm-down follows the recent ...
View ArticleTullow announces third Liberia find
Exploration company Tullow Oil has announced a new find from its Jupiter-1 exploration well off the coast of Sierra Leone. Tullow said drilling had encountered hydrocarbons, which indicate the ...
View ArticleGhana slips in FIFA world rankings
Ghana dropped further three places in the latest FIFA world ranking, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced here on Wednesday. A statement on the website of the country's footbal ...
View ArticleTunisia enters semifinal in Junior Handball worlds
Tunisia reached the semifinals of the World Junior Handball Championship held from July 17 to 31 in Thessaloniki, Greece, beating Spain 31-30 in a quarterfinal match on Tuesday, the official press ...
View ArticleEthiopia rejects Banyana's request
The South African Football Association's request for a postponement of Banyana Banyana's second leg 2012 London Olympic qualifying match against Ethiopia in Addis Ababa on September 11 has ...
View ArticleCall it 'Elections in Sudan'
In a report released on Tuesday, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group accused the government in Khartoum of using flawed census figures to draft unfair election laws and skew electoral ...
View ArticleGrowth Down; Unemployment Up
LILONGWE, Malawi, (IPS) - Due to the global economic and financial crisis, growth on the African continent dropped to an average of 1.6 percent in 2009, compared to 4.5 percent in 2008. These ...
View ArticleChico Attorney's Water Project Quenches Thirst, Ambition In Tanzania
When Besta Mlowe was born 18 years ago in the town of Ifunda in Tanzania, it seemed this would be her future: she would marry young, have many children, be dominated by her husband and live in a mud ...
View ArticleCorruption puts strain on South Africa budget
JOHANNESBURG - Lucas Netshiavha feels resentful whenever he sees the slice of his salary taken by South Africa's taxman, since - so he believes - a large chunk will end up in the pockets of ...
View ArticleBP Makes Opaque Payments for Oil Block As Petro-Lobby Seeks Weak Transparency...
As oil industry lobbyists attempt to water down watershed transparency legislation in the United States and the European Union, Global Witness shows that BP has agreed to make multi-million dollar ...
View ArticleCommonwealth Ministers Call for New Ways of Managing Ocean Resources
Ministers agree to intensify efforts to create greater understanding of the value of ocean resources in national development and new ways of working together to agree goals for ocean management ...
View ArticleWorld Bank Thumbs Up Open Data Move
Nairobi - World Bank Group Managing Director Caroline Anstey has lauded the government for opening up access to State information through the Kenya Open Data Initiative (KODI). She said the ...
View ArticleAU Commission Chairperson Briefs Partners Group on Summit Outcomes
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Dr Jean Ping today briefed the African Union partners group (AUPG) on the outcomes of the 18th meeting of the Assembly of the African Union, which was ...
View ArticleSmart Public Policies Key to Powering Up Clean Energy Potential
Nairobi - Opening up energy markets to private sector investment through the introduction of smart government policies will be the key to unlocking Africa's massive renewable energy potential, ...
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