Federal Government makes Holistic Master Plan for ICT Industry
LAGOS: Nigeria’s federal government has stated its interest in developing a holistic ICT master plan for the fast-growing country. The government promised that as soon as the aggregation of ...
View ArticleMasekela trumpets wedding songs
Legendary South African trumpeter and singer Hugh Masekela has recorded 28 albums but, according to him, only in the most recent one, Jabulani, all the songs are happy ones. The man who was once ...
View ArticleWednesday's Nations Cup results
Cape Verde all but booked their place in the final round of 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying when beating a poor Madagascar 4-0 in Antananarivo. Ryan Mendes opened the scoring in the first ...
View ArticleNGO trial judges resign in Egypt
The judges in the trial in Egypt of 43 people, including 19 Americans and other foreigners, over the funding of non-governmental groups, have resigned. The case caused a serious rift with the ...
View ArticleEgypt presidential poll date set
Egypt's first presidential election since an uprising forced Hosni Mubarak to resign will begin in May, the head of the electoral commission has said. Farouk Sultan told reporters that the ...
View Article'7/7 widow' link to terror probe
Kenyan police are seeking a terrorism suspect who has used identities including, it is believed, a widow of one of the 7/7 London suicide bombers. The investigation is focused on a woman whose ...
View ArticleUganda Opens Third Camp to Hold Congolese Refugees
Uganda will open a third aid camp to cope with the growing exodus of Congolese refugees fleeing violence in the east of their country, according to ...
View ArticleLiberia land deals with foreign firms 'could sow seeds of conflict'
Community leaders in Grand Cape Mount county, Liberia, point out land that has been cleared by Sime Darby, a company based in Malaysia. Photograph: Green ...
View ArticleEgypt interim government faces tough task selling IMF reforms
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's interim government will have to muster all its skills of persuasion to sell austerity measures to a country weary after a year of political and economic strife, if ...
View ArticleImplats says will not exit Zimbabwe
HARARE/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Impala Platinum, the world's second-largest platinum producer, said on Wednesday that it would not exit Zimbabwe despite the demands being made by the government ...
View ArticleEgypt sets May 23 for landmark presidential vote
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's presidential election will be held over two days starting May 23, the state election committee said on Wednesday, as the country's military rulers prepare to hand ...
View ArticleWar crimes court to rule in first case on March 14
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court said it will deliver its verdict on Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, who is accused of conscripting, training and arming hundreds of child ...
View ArticleGeldof praises private equity, urges investment in Africa
BERLIN (Reuters) - Sporting what he joked was his "Gordon Gekko" shirt, Irish rock star Bob Geldof cut an unlikely private equity figure on Wednesday as he exalted the industry's ...
View ArticleAid group sends supplies to Mali refugees
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- An international medical aid group says it is sending medical and logistical supplies to Mauritania to help the tens of thousands of people who have fled fighting in neighboring ...
View ArticleBashir trying to undermine South Sudan
Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday accused Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of trying to undermine newly independent South Sudan, adding that Washington would consider ...
View ArticleMitchell happy with Zimbabwe trip
Worcestershire captain Daryl Mitchell says more young players should go and spend part of their winter playing in Zimbabwe, having spent time playing there himself this off-season. He told BBC ...
View ArticleEast Africa hits it big in oil, gas boom
East Africa is emerging as the new hot zone for oil and natural gas exploration, with major discoveries by Anadarko of the United States and Italy's Eni in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and ...
View ArticleAlgeria already knows where the Arab Spring can lead
It is a crass comment, but a true one, that Algeria has been insulated from infection by the Arab Spring movement because of the deaths of 200,000 people in the country's civil war of the ...
View ArticleNASCAR docks Jimmie Johnson 25 points, suspends Chad Knaus
Car owner Jeff Gordon was also docked 25 owner points, and Knaus was fined $100,000. Car chief Ron Malec was also suspended for six races. Knaus and Malec won't be eligible to return until the STP ...
View ArticleIbori Won't Serve Prison Term In Nigeria
By SaharaReporters, New York Amid apprehension by some Nigerians that the Goodluck Jonathan administration might negotiate with UK authorities over the fate of former Governor James Ibori of Delta ...
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