Ghana con-men sell sand as fertilizer
Impostors in Ghana are giving new meaning to the expression of "selling sand in the Sahara." The gang managed to sell sacks of sand to poor farmers, telling them it was ...
View ArticleSwaziland uprising "begins on Friday"
Trade unions and student organisations in the totalitarian kingdom of Swaziland are to start mass protests and strikes tomorrow, Friday, demanding democracy and economic ...
View ArticleUS officials meet the Libya Contact Group at historic time
US officials meet the Libya Contact Group at historic time Libya-USA, Politics, 8/26/2011 US Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns led the U.S. delegation to the August 25 Libya Contact ...
View ArticleFirestone Workers in Liberia Sign Historic Contract
New Contract is a Major Victory for International Campaign Against Firestone WASHINGTON - August 6 - Workers on the ...
View ArticleSudan Still Holding Hundreds Without Charge Months After Attacks Ouside Khartoum
Sudan Still Holding Hundreds Without Charge Months After Attacks Outside Khartoum, Amnesty International Says NEW YORK - August 18 - Amnesty International today accused the Sudanese government ...
View ArticleOperation in Somalia at midpoint
KISMAYU, Somalia, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The Kenyan military said Saturday it is about halfway through its mission of ridding southern Somalia of the militant group al-Shabaab. "As we are speaking ...
View ArticleAt least 156 dead in Nigeria bombings
KANO, Nigeria, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The death toll from a series of bombings in the northern Nigerian city of Kano was raised to 156 people Saturday, with about 50 people injured, officials said. The ...
View ArticleOperation in Somalia at midpoint
KISMAYU, Somalia, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The Kenyan military said Saturday it is about halfway through its mission of ridding southern Somalia of the militant group al-Shabaab. "As we are speaking ...
View ArticleFailed Congo refugee claimant deported
Officials of the Canada Border Services Agency said on Thursday they couldn't reveal when Sungu was deported from Canada due to security concerns. A nephew of a former iron-fisted president of ...
View ArticleWest Africa Oil Boom Overlooks Tattered Environmental Safety Net
Fishmongers shown in Sekondi, now Sekondi-Takoradi, is Ghana's "Oil City." Fishermen here are among those whose operations have been impacted by the oil development. Like all the ...
View ArticleMali becomes first African state to enforce ICC sentences
International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] to become the first African country to agree to enforce the ICC's sentences of imprisonment. Article 103 of ...
View ArticleGunmen kidnap American in Somalia, police say
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Gunmen kidnapped an American man in the northern Somali town of Galkayo on Saturday, officials said, the same day an airstrike killed a senior insurgent leader with ties ...
View ArticlePentagon to use US vets as guinea pigs
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has been growing among US vets at an alarming rate. The trauma of war has over 300,000 deployed soldiers living with PTSD, which makes approximately 20 percent of ...
View ArticleDeconstructing the “Occupy Nigeria” Protests By Malcolm Fabiyi, PhD
Malcolm Fabiyi, PhD It has been a long time since anyone witnessed the unprecedented wave of popular uprising that followed the Jonathan Government’s decision to remove fuel subsidies. The ...
View ArticleOne Indian killed, six hurt in Nigeria terror attack
An Indian was killed & six Indians, including two children, were injured in a terror attack in the Nigeria that left over 150 people dead, said ...
View ArticleMadagascar's outed president rebuffed in bid to return
A commercial airliner carrying the ousted president of Madagascar back to that country's capital was turned around midflight, after government officials abruptly closed the nation's ...
View ArticleMcCully to visit Ethiopia for African Union Executive Council
Foreign Minister Murray McCully will visit Ethiopia this week to attend the African Union Executive Council. Mr McCully is scheduled to meet with Ethiopian government ministers while in Addis Ababa ...
View ArticleLibya protests flag mix-up on official website
Libya threatened to boycott all media events and stop cooperating with African Cup organizers until the blunder was fixed, team media officer Fathi Aborzeza told The Associated ...
View ArticleZambia and Equatorial Guinea enjoy opening day victories
Zambia threw out the form book on the opening day of the African Cup of Nations by handing Group A favourites Senegal a surprise 2-1 defeat. Goals from Emmanuel Mayuka and Rainford Kalaba ensured a ...
View ArticleBritons get Nigeria travel warning
Britons are being urged against travelling to parts of Nigeria after a series of terrorist bomb attacks left scores of people dead. At least 143 people were reported to have been killed in the ...
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