When Independence day becomes a ho-hum affair, it's a good sign
On this day, Ghana's founding father said the country must show 'the black man is capable of managing his own affairs.' It's a lesson Ghanaians - the first black African nation ...
View ArticleIncrease in Sudan kidnappings scares young Catholics
Militias in the Sudan are targeting minority groups for kidnappings, leaving many young Christian men afraid to go to Mass."People are uncertain about the future. The pressure is greater than ...
View ArticlePope Contributes To Restoration Of The Basilica Of St. Augustine In Annaba,...
Vatican City, 14 February 2012 (VIS) - Benedict XVI is among those contributing to the restoration of the Basilica of St. Augustine in the Algerian town of Annaba, work on which began last year. The ...
View ArticleChevron says Nigeria rig fire out
OUT AT LAST: A natural gas fire that killed two and destroyed a Chevron Corp. rig off the coast of Nigeria went out on its own, ending an ocean inferno that burned for 46 ...
View ArticleCall for anti-government protest
Mozambican state media report about 300 armed men have gathered in a northern town, saying they are awaiting orders from the country's main opposition leader to launch anti-government ...
View ArticleFree Speech Double Standards
Freedom of expression has become a battleground in post-revolution Tunisia. Debate is already raging at the National Constituent Assembly over a draft constitution put forward by the Islamist ...
View ArticleNamibia gives Walmart merger the nod
Walmart must also allow the Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union to keep representing Massmart's workers during the same period, the newspaper quoted Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob ...
View ArticleSouth Africa desperate for skilled teachers
According to a report released by the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) on Wednesday, South Africa is in dire need of good, skilled ...
View ArticleImproving Nation's Investment Climate
Prime Minister Philemon Yang chaired the third session of the Cameroon Business Forum on Monday. Some 200 participants from the public and private sectors, international funding organizations, and ...
View ArticleNew Minimum Wages Should Be Published At Once
Maputo - Employers and trade unions alike on Monday urged the government to publish the new statutory minimum wages immediately they are approved. They made this plea at the first meeting this year ...
View ArticleTranscript - U.S. Africom, Eucom Commanders Testify Before Senate Armed...
Washington, DC - General Carter Ham, commander of U.S. Africa Command, and Admiral James Stavridis, commander of U.S. European Command, testified as part of the Senate Armed Services ...
View ArticleGovt Returns Tropical Bank to Libyan Control
Bank of Uganda Tuesday returned management of Tropical Bank to the Libyan Foreign Bank following a United Nation resolution to lift sanctions against the Libyan Foreign Bank and associated ...
View ArticleKeynote Address By the Prime Minister Tsvangirai On the Occasion of the Local...
The Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion and convenor of this forum, Hon. Dr Tapiwa Mashakada, Ministers and senior Government officials from Zimbabwe here present, Hon. Ministers ...
View ArticleSh300 Million Tanzania Bank Robbery Hearing Starts
THE trial of 12 Kenyan robbery with violence suspects arrested in Mozambique and handed over to Tanzania in 2006 finally kicked off yesterday after a six-year delay. The case had been adjourned 32 ...
View ArticleUN Millennium Development Goal Drinking Water Target Is Met
New York/Geneva - The world has met the Millennium Development Goal target of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water, well in advance of the MDG 2015 deadline, ...
View ArticleImproving Markets Key to Better Food Security - Book
Food scarcity is a daily reality for much of sub-Saharan Africa, with yet another hunger crisis accelerating in West Africa's Sahel region, just as drought-driven famine in Somalia eases. So ...
View ArticleStatement by U.S. President Obama on Passing of Donald Payne
Malaria Policy Center ) Michelle and I were saddened to hear about the passing of Congressman Donald Payne, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and former Chairman of the ...
View ArticleHoly Cows and the ANC's Quest for Policy Change
The first thing to know about ANC discussion documents is that their job is to include most of the facts and almost all of the issues around a particular subject. To quote the ANC's policy head ...
View ArticleIrina No Longer in Mozambique Channel
Maputo - Cyclone Irina has moved out of the Mozambique Channel and early on Tuesday morning it was about 500 kilometres east of the coast of the South African province of Kwazulu-Natal. The ...
View ArticleSata Targets Corrupt Contracts
Corruption of previous governments is likely to be targeted by new Sata regime, particularly in infrastructure, energy and retail sectors. In the next six-months, President Sata is unlikely to ease ...
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