Major gas discovery off Mozambique
A US oil company has announced "a string of major deepwater natural gas discoveries off the coast of Mozambique." The discoveries believed to be are large enough to secure commercial ...
View ArticleNamibia's Sam Nujoma "hospitalised"
Former Namibian President Sam Nujoma "has been hospitalised, following a pacemaker procedure or pacemaker implantation," according to "highly placed family and medical ...
View ArticleStill no intl pressure on Swaziland
As democracy revolts are spreading around the world and pressure on dictatorships to reform grows, the totalitarian Swazi kingdom still is left without pressure; even without ...
View ArticleFinally credible elections for Nigeria
Will the upcoming general elections in Nigeria become a repetition of the 2007 sham, or can the country finally organise a credible poll? There are both good and bad ...
View ArticleNamibia, Botswana connect to 5.12 terabit cable
Last week, the powerful WACS submarine fibre optic cable was landed in Swakopmund, Namibia. Now, the work has started to make WACS provide high-speed telecom services to consumers in Namibia and ...
View ArticleGhaddafi row in The Gambia
Gambian Dictator Yahya Jammeh has issued a surprise call for his old ally Moammar Ghaddafi to stop betraying his people and step down immediately. A shocked opposition thinks Mr Jammeh is desperate ...
View ArticleNigeria farmers double cassava yields
Nigerian farmers have more than doubled the yield of cassava, thanks to new varieties and a little bit of "juju" delivered to the Oyo state after a food crisis in ...
View ArticleNo money to stop Ghana child trafficking
The sad new was announced by the Accra office of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) today. The IOM has been the key coordinator in rescue operations freeing Ghanaian children from ...
View ArticleLibya, Chad row over "mercenaries"
Libyan revolutionaries and human rights group insist "mercenaries" from Chad are playing a vital role in the fighting. Chadian sources vehemently deny this, pointing to "naturalised ...
View ArticleUnder Secretary of State for Political Affairs Sherman to Visit Africa
Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman will visit Nigeria, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, and Kenya from March 3-11. The Under Secretary will hold discussions with national leaders to ...
View ArticleStatement at the Conclusion of an IMF Mission to Ghana
A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Christina Daseking, visited Accra during February 22 to March 2, 2012, to conduct discussions for the sixth review under the IMF’s ...
View ArticleAs mourners bury Biafra leader Ojukwu, Nigeria reflects on civil war that...
Bianca Ojukwu, centre, widow of late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu is seen at the family house in Nnewi, Nigeria on Thursday, March 1, 2012. The city where Ojukwu lived is preparing for the ...
View ArticleLibya's Muslim Brotherhood sets up political party
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's Muslim Brotherhood teamed up with other Islamists on Friday to establish a new political party that is set to be a leading player in the country's first ...
View ArticleSudanese troops massing near border, South Sudan says
JUBA, SOUTH Sudan -- South Sudanese officials said Thursday that Sudanese troops were massing near the disputed border and that Sudan's armed forces had bombed two oil wells in South ...
View ArticleRebels cage black Africans in zoo, force feed them flags
A shocking video has appeared on the Internet showing Libyan rebels torturing a group of black Africans. People with their hands bound are shown being locked in a zoo-like cage and allegedly forced ...
View ArticleCardinal Speaks Out Against UN Call For Homosexual Equality In Africa
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses a press conference at the African Union meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Jon Black) (CNSNews.com) - Cardinal Robert ...
View ArticleEast Africa Tackles Telecom Snafu
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View ArticleUN report faults NATO over civilian deaths in Libya
A man looks at a house that Libyan officials say was bombed by NATO forces, killing two children and their mother, in the town of Zlitan, 160 km east of Tripoli, Aug. 4, ...
View ArticleCameroon army targets elephant slaughter
Cameroon has launched a military offensive to flush out elephant poachers from a remote national park in the country's northeast near the border with Chad.Defence Minister Alain Mebe Ngo'o ...
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