Former MP of Galmudug Gov't Killed
Galkayo, Somalia - A former MP of the Galmudug state government was shot and killed Tuesday in Galkayo, Radio Garowe reports. Abdullahi Mohamed Saeed was shot dead in the Galkayo main market by a ...
View ArticleEricsson, MTN establish partnership to boost m-wallet services in Africa
MTN logo Leading mobile phone company Ericsson and Africa's largest telecom operator MTN announced they would be establishing a new strategic partnership aimed at boosting the m-wallet ...
View ArticleTanzania looks to tackle poor phone quality
Mobile phone use on the rise. Tanzania has been battling reports of a lack of quality in mobile phone calling services in recent months, with telecom operators claiming they are working hard to ...
View ArticleUnidentified gunmen shoot dead Somalia radio journalist in war-torn capital
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A colleague says gunmen shot dead a Somali radio journalist in the chaotic capital, Mogadishu. Bashir Abdulqadir Mohamed said the attackers killed Somaliweyn radio ...
View Article14 killed in heavy fighting in Somalia
Nine Somali soldiers and five al-Shabaab militants were killed in heavy fighting in southern Somalia, officials said Tuesday. Witnesses said fighting erupted about midnight after the militants from ...
View ArticleOgonis Of Nigeria Charge Shell Oil With Murder In Landmark Case Before...
By Global Information Network (GIN), New York Feb. 28 (GIN) – Royal Dutch Shell, Europe’s biggest oil company, is at the center of a major test of U.S. law that allows foreign nationals ...
View ArticleClinton says US helping post-Gadhafi Libya
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States is working closely with Libya as it struggles to create a post-Moammar Gadhafi (MOO'-ah-mar gah-DAH'-fee) ...
View ArticleEgyptian judges of NGO case drop out
Presiding Judge Mohamed Mahmoud Shokry (C) speaks during trial of workers of Egyptians and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGO), who were charged with receiving illegal foreign funding, in ...
View ArticleChinese help sought as 130 killed in Sudan
The African Union-United Mission in Sudan operates primarily in Darfur with the aim of performing peacekeeping operations related to the Darfur conflict. REUTERS photo Rebel groups in Sudan ...
View ArticleNo end in sight to Sudan oil tiff
Sudan has denounced suggestions that it was confiscating oil from South Sudan and indicated yesterday that the newly independent nation was responsible for stonewalling an oil deal between the two ...
View ArticlePrime Minister Mosisili leaves Lesotho ruling party
Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Tuesday resigned from the faction-riven Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) to join a new ...
View ArticleSudan wants legal rights, not grants
"We will not relinquish those rights and the south has only two options: either to pay us our financial rights or search for another means to export its oil through any country that it selects. ...
View ArticleBloc backs former South African minister for AU top post
Southern African countries meeting today in Cape Town have vowed to lobby hard for South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to be elected new African Union chief in fresh polls after a recent ...
View ArticleGovernment should register another power operator in Kenya
The relevance of Kenya Power lies in its ability to provide electricity on an uninterrupted basis. Any exception should be by prior notice through the print and electronic ...
View ArticleBlasts rock Baidoa seized from Shabaab by Ethiopia
Two strong explosions rocked the strategic Somali city of Baidoa hours after Ethiopian and pro-government forces wrested it from Al-Qaeda-backed insurgents, officials and witnesses said on ...
View ArticleKenya set for ‘war’ as Hawk-eyed Stars train their sights on Togo
Photo/MOHAMMED AMIN Togo's squad trains at the Nyayo National Stadium February 28, 2012 afternoon. Kenya tackle Togo in a 2013 Nations Cup qualifier at the same venue on February 29, ...
View ArticleSudan parliament working on new anti-espionage laws
Activists, opposition politicians and journalists are concerned about the new espionage laws being debated and drafted in the Sudanese parliament. A few months ago, Ahmed Ibrahim Al Taher, the ...
View ArticleNigeria bank on hot Odemwingie to net goals in Kigali game
Nigeria hope Peter Odemwingie can transfer his scoring touch from the English Midlands to Rwanda as the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers begin on ...
View ArticleEU could give North Africa ‘debt relief’
European governments have opened the way for a radical offer of "debt relief" for Arab north African and Middle Eastern neighbours, EU and governmental sources ...
View ArticleWB resumes funding in Madagascar
The World Bank is set to resume funding for its projects in Madagascar. The institution's resident representative in Madagascar, Adolfo Brizzi, said that the bank's current portfolio in ...
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