Judgment Scheduled for Ex-Liberia President Taylor
- The Special Court for Sierra Leone has scheduled the rendering of judgment for former Liberian President Charles Taylor's trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity for April 26 at 11 ...
View ArticleBob Geldof urges financiers to invest in Africa
Bob Geldof chairs a private equity fund called 8 Miles, named after the shortest distance between Europe and Africa. Photograph: Ian Waldie/Getty ...
View ArticleSchool set on fire in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) -- An army official says assailants set fire to a school in Nigeria's northeast, the third fire since a radical sect warned it would target secular ...
View ArticleArsonists hit more schools in Nigeria
Maiduguri - Arsonists suspected to be members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram have burned down seven schools in north-eastern Nigeria the past few days, authorities said on Thursday, a new twist in ...
View ArticleA Valiant and Refreshing Perspective! By Edwin Madunagu
By Edwin Madunagu About 20 years ago, precisely on June 25, July 2, and July 9 1992, this column carried a three-part article on Sovereign National Conference (SNC). Each of the three parts dealt ...
View ArticleNGO suspects leave Egypt on special plane
Fifteen NGO defendants who were banned from travel have flown out of Cairo on a special plane for Cyprus, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported. The 15 people included eight Americans, ...
View ArticleClinton pledges US cash aid for Tunisia reforms
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged on Saturday that Washington would help Tunisia rebuild its economy and cement democracy, as the cradle of the Arab Spring struggles with reforms. ...
View ArticleGuarded optimism as leaders fail to tackle Somalia’s humanitarian crisis
After the international community during the London conference on Somalia at Lancaster House last week, there was no certainty about prospects of finally helping the troubled country to emerge from ...
View ArticleKiwi batsman Jesse Ryder dropped for first Test against Proteas
Star Kiwi batsman Jesse Ryder has been dropped from the national squad for the first Test against South Africa because of poor form, and not because of going out for drinks or for being involved in a
View ArticleKiwis announce team for first Test against Proteas, Nicol, Ellis new faces
Canterbury opener Rob Nicol and all-rounder Andrew Ellis are the new faces in the New Zealand test team named to face South Africa in the first Test to be played at the University Oval in Dunedin from
View ArticleS.African sports minister to reveal findings of Cricket South Africa report...
The South African sports ministry has revealed that it has received a report on the inquiry into Cricket South Africa (CSA) affairs, and the finding will be announced before the media on March 8.
View ArticleNow, condoms with barcodes to make 'safe sex map'
Planned Parenthood in the US has distributed condoms with Quick Response codes on the packaging, for users to scan the codes with a smartphone after using protection, and "checking in" on a global map
View ArticleGovt Set to Acquire River Ranch Mine
RANI Investment, the majority shareholder in Limpopo Mining Resources, a company that owns the River Ranch diamond mine in which the late general Solomon Mujuru held a minority stake, announced ...
View ArticleU.S. Army Hosts Logistics Conference
Vicenza, Italy - U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) hosted a conference for logisticians and logistics partners in Entebbe, Uganda, February 2012 to collaborate on ways to improve efficiencies in mission ...
View ArticleEnvironmental Concerns Nix Coal Export Plan
Maputo - The Mozambican government has rejected, on environmental grounds, the plan by the Australian company Riversdale to transport coal to the sea by barging it down the Zambezi river. Last year ...
View ArticleStaff Strike Disrupts Hospitals
Medical services in government hospitals countrywide were severely disrupted yesterday when nurses and paramedical staff went on strike. Victor Omollo died at the Kisumu District Hospital as the ...
View ArticleThe Child Brides of Butula
Batula - In Batula, a rural community in western Kenya, a local NGO deals with 12 child marriage cases a week. Some of these cases involve young girls who are inherited and forced to marry by a ...
View ArticleCountry to Become Clean Development Mechanism Hub
Kampala - Uganda is set to become a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Hub over the next three years, with financial assistance from Belgium. The Belgian Development Agency is investing US$2.6 ...
View ArticleCorruption Allegations Hit WWF Programmes in Country
Dar es Salaam - The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Tanzania is embroiled in a corruption scandal over the alleged misappropriation of Norwegian aid aimed at helping civil society organisations ...
View ArticleMicroloans, Greenhouses Help Women Cope With Climate Change
Nairobi - At Gakoromone Market in Meru, in Kenya's Eastern Province, Ruth Muriuki arrives in a pickup full of tomatoes and cabbages despite the scarcity of rainfall in the area, thanks to the ...
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