Kenya’s four star Starlets bring bragging Zambia down to earth
Kenya advanced to the final round of qualification for the Fifa Under-20 Women's World Cup in emphatic fashion after blowing away Zambia 4-0 at the Nyayo Stadium on ...
View ArticleSudan's Bashir slams ICC warrant for defense minister
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir condemned an International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued for his defense minister, who stood by his side during a speech on ...
View ArticleEU and illegal deals in Morocco
The report 'Conflict Tomatoes' (attached) reveals massive growth in the Moroccan agriculture industry in occupied Western Sahara and its trade to the EU. The report will be published on 14 ...
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Wounded photographer calls for more action on Syria The photographer Paul Conroy - wounded in the attack in Homs that killed British newspaper Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin is being treated ...
View ArticleNew Measures to Ease Liquidity Crunch
THE recently-announced measures by the Ministry of Finance and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to improve liquidity should ease challenges being experienced in the financial sector and the entire economy ...
View ArticleIndia science model for Africa nations
New Delhi, March 3: Zimbabwes science minister Heneri Dzinotyiweyi has signed a pact to help his country draw lessons from a grassroots innovation programme in India that has commercialised, among ...
View Article150 killed in attacks in Northern Nigeria state
KANO, Nigeria Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Officials of northern Nigeria 's Kano State government said on Saturday that about 150 persons lost their lives in Friday's terrorist attacks which rocked ...
View ArticleThree rebels killed in clashes in Sudan's East Darfur
KHARTOUM, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least three members of Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) were killed when they attacked an area in Sudan's East Darfur State and clashed with ...
View ArticleSudan downplays South Sudan's intention to close joint border
KHARTOUM, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government on Wednesday downplayed the announcement by South Sudan that it intends to close its joint border with Sudan. "This announcement is just a ...
View ArticleElections may go to runoff in Senegal, West Africa's stablest democracy
Initial results suggest that Senegal's President Wade may be forced to go for a runoff against his own protege, Macky Sall. Observers appealed for peaceful ...
View Articlewhat is a foreign fighter
In countries where colonial borders don't reflect ethnic or family ties, it's not as easy to decide who is a foreigner. Yet Nigeria has deported 11,000 foreigners in the past six months on ...
View ArticleAU celebrates Environment Day, commemorates Maathai
The African Union (AU) on Saturday marked the African Environment Day commemorating Wangari Maathai, Kenyan World Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The AU ...
View ArticleSudanese president orders to open camps for Popular Defense Forces
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday ordered to open camps for the Popular Defense Forces (PDF), irregular militia which fought alongside the Sudanese army in South Sudan and Darfur. ...
View ArticleMuslim Brotherhood forms political party in Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The Muslim Brotherhood in Libya has formed a political party after six decades in the shadows of dictator Moammar Gadhafi's regime. The Islamist group declared the ...
View ArticleUp to 50 killed' in Guinea crash
Reports say up to 50 people have died and at least 20 injured after a road crash in eastern Guinea. "A lorry was the cause of this serious accident which has plunged numerous families into ...
View ArticleHomosexuality May Become a Felony in Liberia
Liberia is considering two proposals that would make consensual same-sex acts punishable with jail time; NATO refuses to get involved in the crisis in Syria; and a Jewish journalist killed by ...
View ArticleStudent dies as South Africa university protest turns violent
A protester died as a demonstration by students who failed their exams turned violent Monday at Walter Sisulu University in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, police ...
View ArticleUN asks Angola for helicopters
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday asked Angola to provide helicopters for peacekeeping missions in countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo and South ...
View ArticleBiafra leader's body flown back to Nigeria
The body of Nigeria's secessionist leader Odumegwu Ojukwu, who proclaimed the Republic of Biafra in 1967, was flown back to full military honours Monday, three months after his death in ...
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