246 dead after arms depot blasts
Red Cross officials aid people displaced by deadly explosions at a munitions depot, at the reception center at Notre Dame du Rosaire cathedral in the Bacongo district of Brazzaville, Republic of ...
View ArticleSecurity Council concerned over renewed clashes along Sudan-South Sudan border
The Security Council today expressed grave concern about reports of renewed cross-border violence between Sudan and South Sudan, and called for a ceasefire in the area to end the hostilities that have
View ArticleTribal leaders declare eastern Libyan city of Benghazi 'a...
The eastern city of Benghazi in Libya has been declared a semi-autonomous region by tribal leaders backed by armed militia, in a move that could break up the country.
View ArticleNigeria’s Arab Spring - Fuel Subsidy Cuts Spur Protests
WASHINGTON – As Occupy protests continue across the country, members of the Nigerian-American community rallied Monday in front of the World Bank headquarters to voice opposition to the ...
View ArticleWhy Obama sent US troops to Uganda to get him
The feared group LRA is responsible for the murder and rape of thousands in Central Africa. Siding with interventionist advisers, Obama sent the US troops to help remove Joseph Kony from the ...
View ArticleIs Libya More Dangerous After Gaddafi's Fall
Libyans shop at a market in the old city of Tripoli on Feb. 15, 2012. One year since the anti-Gaddafi revolt erupted, Libya is still struggling to control the rowdy militia groups that took part in ...
View ArticlePayne 'An influential leader' - AFRICOM Commander
Stuttgart, Germany - According to a posting on his web page, Representative Donald M. Payne (77) passed away Tuesday, March 6, at the Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey. Gen. ...
View ArticleNNPC Blames Customs, Navy for Fuel Scarcity
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation says the activities of the Nigerian Customs Service and the Nigerian Navy at the ports are responsible for the shortfall in fuel supply, leading to the ...
View ArticlePayne 'A True Champion of Human Rights and Social Justice'
Malaria Policy Center ) Washington, DC - Mourning the loss of U.S. Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ) at the age of 77 on March 6, 2012, Enough Project Co-founder John Prendergast stated: ...
View ArticleEgg Prices Shoot Up in Kampala
Kampala - Local poultry farmers have raised farm gate prices of eggs following a reduction in the laying patterns of the birds in the dry season. According to farmers and market sources, a month ...
View ArticlePrivate Equity Deals On the Rise in EA
Kenya - The East African region recorded the second highest number of Private Equity (PE) deals after Southern Africa according to a report released by Deloitte analysing the market for 2011. ...
View ArticleAU Selects Preferred Registry Operator
The .ZA central registry operator, UniForum SA, has been selected by the African Union as its preferred registry operator that will administer the upcoming dotAFRICA Top Level Domain. dotAfrica is ...
View ArticleRed Cross Provides Support for Explosion Victims
Since ammunition stockpiles exploded in Brazzaville on 4 March, reportedly leaving over 150 people dead and several thousands injured or without shelter, the Red Cross has been responding to the ...
View ArticleFG Rules Out Building of Refineries as Condition for Awarding Acreages
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Tuesday ruled out the possibility of building refineries as a precondition in the allocation of acreages in the oil and gas sector of ...
View ArticleAfrica's Green Energy Revolution
As a global community we have to address two major issues: demographics and climate change. With respect to the former, the global population is expected to grow from seven to nine billion by 2050, ...
View Article46 Days After, Chevron Gas Rig Fire Stops Burning
The fire from an explosion at a new gas well head at Funawa 5 gas platform on the drilling rig KS Endeavour operated by Chevron Nigeria Limited in Bayelsa State has gone out after 46 days of its ...
View ArticleFacebook Brand Page Changes Require Greater PR Involvement
Facebook's announcement last week - that, as of 30 March 2012, all brand pages on the social media website will change over to the new timeline format - has caused many agencies and marketing ...
View ArticleTerrorism Insurance - CIIN Calls for Consolidated Action
The umbrella body for insurance professionals in the country, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN), has called on all insurance operators and practitioners to forge a common front to ...
View ArticleAfrican Experts Meeting to Review Progress Towards Achiving the MDGS
This morning, a meeting bringing together AU member states to review the 2012 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report began at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. According ...
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