Renewed fighting expected as eastern province seeks autonomy
Eastern Libya will declare itself as an autonomous province, according to a report from the London-based Exclusive Analysis, thus increasing the risk of further war and risks to global oil ...
View ArticleUN chief saddened at loss of life in Congo arms depot explosion
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his profound sadness at the loss of life and destruction caused by the accidental explosion of an ammunition depot in the capital city of the Republic of ...
View ArticleCentral African Republic relief efforts facing severe funding shortfall, UN...
The Central African Republic (CAR) is facing one of the worst humanitarian funding shortfalls in the world, the United Nations warned today, adding that nearly half the ...
View ArticleUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends Angola’s first polio...
LUANDA, Angola, 2 March 2012 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the first polio eradication campaign of 2012 in Angola this week . Community health workers and volunteers are ...
View ArticleDeadly storms strike Mozambique
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambican emergency officials say heavy rains and high winds killed eight people in the southern African nation over the weekend. Manuel Machaieie of the Disasters ...
View ArticleWeapons smuggled into Egypt from Libya increase
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security officials say thousands of weapons are being smuggled into the country across the Libyan border.They say residents of southern Egypt, where extended families ...
View ArticleAlgeria custody battle dad accuses NZ diplomat of lying
The father of three children at the centre of a custody battle in Algeria has accused of the New Zealand diplomat involved of lying about who she was. Mohamed Azzaoui, 36, spoke to BBC correspondent ...
View ArticleNigeria to Import Morphine in Pain Relief Initiative
Nigeria's health minister announced last week that the country would immediately buy 55 pounds of morphine for the nation's hospitals and would form an alliance with a new nonprofit organization, ...
View ArticleDeath toll from blasts in Congo Brazzaville reflects bad urban planning
This disaster could have been averted by shifting rural newcomers to Congo Brazzaville to safer neighborhoods, and away from a dangerous site like the arms depot that blew up ...
View ArticleHaiti's bid to join the African Union
Yet anyone who has been to Haiti, or even compiled a hasty historical timeline of the Western hemisphere, can scratch out a tenable storyline that explains Haiti's unusual, but not unfathomable ...
View ArticleShip's anchor cuts Internet access to six East African countries
The outage - caused when the anchor cut a cable - comes as Kenya has assumed a leading regional role in technology, largely due to fast, reliable broadband connections, and could affect growing ...
View ArticleContraception hurts minorities, says African American leader
A pro-life advocate in the African American community said that minorities will not benefit from greater access to contraception and abortion, but rather from a greater respect for sex and ...
View ArticleLibya buries 170 bodies found in mass grave
Thousands of mourners gathered Monday in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to bury 155 bodies unearthed from a mass grave of people were killed during last year's civil ...
View ArticleMungatana Fails to Pay Sh2.5m Debt
A son of former minister Simeon Nyachae has accused Garsen MP Danson Mungatana of refusing to repay Sh2.5 million debt he allegedly owes him. Erick Nyachae says he gave the MP the money in early ...
View ArticleMaasai Elders Assure Cement Firm
The Maasai Council of Elders yesterday assured cement manufacturing companies in Athi River of their willingness to allow them get raw materials from Kajiado county. Their spokesman, William ...
View ArticleWar Taking Toll on Budget Says Government
The government has admitted that war in Somalia is putting pressure on the country's economy and putting challenges to implementation of the budge read last June. In a letter by Finance ...
View ArticleWomen Demand End to 'Sexy Billboards'
Women in Narok county have urged the government to stop advertisement companies from using women images exposing parts of their bodies on billboards. They said the advertisements deprives them the ...
View ArticleSouth Africa questions need for central bank to fight inflation
the latest inflation numbers came in at 6.3%, higher than the central bank's target range, pundits have started to question the appropriateness of the Reserve Bank's price stability ...
View ArticleCameraman Libya spy claims denied
The sister of a Welsh journalist detained in Libya has rejected claims her brother is a spy. Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, 36, from Carmarthen, a cameraman with Iranian television network Press TV, is ...
View ArticleVandalism of Canadian war grave in Libya appalls veterans minister
A few diehard fans of the Canadian band Hedley were moved to the point of tears as the Juno-nominated foursome played some of their best hits at the WFCU Centre Saturday, March 3, ...
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