Bowling legend Streak has Zimbabwe building again
Not surprisingly after a decade-long absence from our shores, there haven't been a whole lot of recognisable faces at Zimbabwe training in Napier over the past two days. Except the most ...
View ArticleNigeria Can Have Peace
As the violence in Nigeria escalates, the president of nearby Senegal is trying to help bring peace. President Abdoulaye Wade has offered to host a delegation of Muslims and Christians from ...
View ArticleDodgers Pitcher Clayton Kershaw Builds Christian Orphanage in Zambia
The Los Angeles Dodgers' left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw may not be making as many headlines as star quarterback Tim Tebow for his faith, but the Christian athlete is nonetheless doing big ...
View ArticleYouths rage at bombed Nigeria police station
KANO, Nigeria -; The angry youths piled on top of the burned-out truck near a blood-spattered police station Wednesday in Nigeria's north, alternating praises for the radical Islamist sect that ...
View ArticleChad Prosser Announces Congressional Campaign
- Today, Chad Prosser announced that he will seek the Republican nomination for South Carolina's new 7th Congressional District. Prosser is a proven leader, job creator and conservative ...
View ArticleUganda - Radio journalist attacked at gunpoint in front of his family
Gideon Tugume, Journalist (HRNJ-Uganda/IFEX) - Kampala, 24 January 2012 - Gideon Tugume, a journalist working for Capital FM radio in Kampala, was attacked by gunmen on the night of 20 January, at ...
View ArticleNamibia - Newspaper faces defamation charges
The Namibian, Newspaper (MISA/IFEX) - 24 January 2012 - Local newspapers reported that a N$300,000 (approx. US$37,000) defamation claim by former Walvis Bay Municipality Chief Executive Officer ...
View ArticleNigeria police chief made to retire
Nigeria's president has forced the nation's federal police chief to retire after an attack by a radical Islamist sect killed at least 185 people in the country's north.A statement ...
View ArticleDollar shortage hits Sudan investment
';I don't know how to pay my partners for their next shipment,'; said Mohammed, a sales agent for several foreign pharmaceutical firms in Sudan, who asked to be identified only by his ...
View ArticleRescue effort for landslide survivors continues
Dozens are feared dead in the disaster PORT MORESBY, 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - Rescue efforts are continuing in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) gas-rich Hela Province, a day after what officials have ...
View ArticleCyclone Funso causes floods in Malawi, 5 000 displaced
About 5000 people have fled their homes to escape floodwaters in south Malawi due to heavy rains from a deadly cyclone that is battering neighbouring Mozambique, authorities said on ...
View Article15,000 Congo AIDS victims likely will die
KINSHASA, Congo -- Some 15,000 AIDS victims in Congo likely will die waiting for lifesaving drugs in the next three years, Doctors Without Borders warned Wednesday in a report describing ...
View ArticleNavy SEALs rescue 2 held captive in Somalia
WASHINGTON - American commandos dropped into Somalia Tuesday night to rescue two hostage aid workers, including an American woman, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. The announcement of the daring ...
View ArticleZimbabwe to raise mine licence fees - state media
The state-controlled Herald newspaper reported on Wednesday the government will soon announce raised mining licence fees, which will mostly target the country's growing platinum and diamond ...
View ArticleGuinea-Bissau leader Malam Bacai Sanha dies in Paris
The leader of the troubled West African republic of Guinea-Bissau, President Malam Bacai Sanha, has died in a French hospital in Paris, a French government official said ...
View ArticleRenewed South Sudan clashes kill at least 24
Renewed tribal clashes in South Sudan's troubled Jonglei state have killed at least 24 people, days after a cattle vendetta rattled the stability of the world's newest state, officials ...
View ArticleNigeria's unlikely leader under pressure
Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan is a mild-mannered former zoology professor who became an unlikely president in 2010 and faces his biggest challenge yet amid mass strikes and religious ...
View ArticleHeritage Oil Adds Acreage in Tanzania
Heritage Oil Plc has been awarded a further Production Sharing Agreement ("PSA") in Tanzania. Heritage is the operator with 100 percent interest. Highlights The Kyela PSA, wholly ...
View ArticleTullow Oil Spuds Kenya Well
Africa Oil Corp. announced the spudding of the Ngamia-1 well on Block 10BB, Kenya. Tullow Oil plc is the operator with a 50% working interest and Africa Oil holds the remaining 50%. The Ngamia-1 ...
View ArticleMeyer receives South Africa approach
Heyneke Meyer has been approached by the South African Rugby Union about becoming the new Springboks coach. However, Meyer's current employers, the Blue Bulls, have reiterated that they have ...
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