Africa
Africa: Investing in Africa's Women
Cape Town — Invest and empower other women on the continent. This is the key message that came from former South African first lady and ...
Africa: Minister Confirms Troop Deployment
Cape Town — Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula confirmed on Friday that South Africa had deployed troops in countries neighbouring the Central African Republic. But this was ...
Africa: Zim Lags Behind As Africa Marks New Era
Herbert Moyo/Hazel Ndebele — TOMORROW Africa celebrates 50 years since the formation of the African Union (AU), formerly the Organisation for African Unity (OAU), on ...
Zimbabwe: Still Rolling Out the Barrel
Delta Corporation Limited, the biggest counter on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) by capitalisation, recently published results for the 12 months ended March 31 2013. Results ...
Zimbabwe: Zim Faces Food Crisis
THIRTEEN years after its fast track land reform programme, Zimbabwe is still importing most of its food and is far from regaining its breadbasket status. Analysts ...
Nigeria: Doctors Without Borders Shuts Clinic in Northern Nigeria
Abuja — Aid organization Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended emergency health care in Borno State, Nigeria, - the heart of an insurgency now ...
Africa: New Standards Approved for Extractive Industries
New performance standards have been announced (5/23) for oil, gas and mining companies, requiring them to be much more transparent in their business dealings. The Extractive ...
Africa: AGRA Welcomes African Union's Renewed Commitment to Agriculture
Nairobi — Jane Karuku, President of AGRA, said: “We share the African Union’s vision for an Africa that is free of hunger; an Africa that ...
Zimbabwe: Managing Local Content Via Your Websitemag
IN the last instalment TechnoMag had an opportunity to talk to executives behind the wheels of Zimbabwe's technology growth at a broadband forum sponsored by ...
Cote d'Ivoire: Rape Plagues Ivory Coast Long After Conflict's End
Bouake, Ivory Coast — Two years since Ivory Coast's post-election violence came to an end, rape remains a problem throughout the country. Though such attacks ...
Africa: Africa Tempts High-Tech Companies
Multinational High — Tech companies looking for new frontiers and fresh ideas are lining up for a slice of Africa's relatively untapped consumer market. Many experts ...
South Sudan: President Says 'Never' to ICC
Juba, South Sudan — South Sudan President Salva Kiir said Thursday that he would "never accept" the International Criminal Court. He spoke during a visit ...
Kenya: Politicizing the ICC Process Will Not Let ICC Suspects Off the Hook
At the World Economic Forum two weeks ago, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said that Kenya will meet its obligations under the Rome Statute even as ...
Africa: Pan-Africanism 'To Unlock Our Future'
Debates by Africans from all walks of life are reaffirming pan-Africanism as a guide to action and the foundation for Africa's renaissance, African Union Commission ...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Trip to Tokyo to 'Gobble Millions'
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe will next week gobble millions of dollars when he takes a huge entourage of more than 50 government officials to attend the ...
South Sudan: Marrying Off South Sudan's Girls for Cows
Juba — "Our daughters are our only source of wealth. Where else do you expect me to get cows from?" asks 60-year-old Jacob Deng from ...
Egypt: A Calm State in Tahrir Square Before Demonstrations
A state of calm prevailed in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday morning before a planned demonstration which several revolutionary parties and forces have called for. Participants ...
Africa: Africa's Dream of Unity
The African Union is turning 50. It was established as an organization to fight for African unity and initially fought against colonialism. Today it seeks ...
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Seeks to Restore Credibility in DRC
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon und World Bank President Jim Yong Kim are working on a new strategy to end the conflict in DRC. Their ...
Africa: Report Reveals 'Hidden' Social Costs of High Food Prices
A new era of high and volatile food prices is causing life-changing shifts in society, according to Oxfam and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) ...
Eritrea: Eritrea's 20th Anniversary - Haunted By Perceptions or Reality?
Eritrea celebrates its 20th anniversary of independence on Friday with state-run media describing festivities across the country. But Amnesty International has decried the alleged human ...
Africa: Fun and Games Help Communicate Disaster Science
Geneva — Playing games is helping to engage communities with the complex scientific information used to forecast natural disasters, as well as encouraging people to ...
Zimbabwe: June Election 'Unlawful' in Terms of New Constitution
The new Constitution that was formally gazetted by Robert Mugabe on Wednesday makes his desired June election date technically unlawful, with months worth of preparations ...
Uganda: Uganda Now Drug Hub, Admits Police
The police admit that drug trafficking is becoming a problem in Uganda, with many travellers frequently arrested for the offence in foreign countries. The Police Commissioner ...
Nigeria: London Attack - Both Suspects Are Nigerians
The second suspect in the brutal killing a British soldier, Lee Right, of the 2nd Battallion, the Royal Regiment of fusiliers, is also a Nigerian-born ...
Tanzania: Zanzibar Community Leader Attacked With Acid
Zanzibar — In yet another shocking incident in Zanzibar a local leader, popularly known here as sheha, has been attacked with acid. The elderly man, ...
Kenya: Kagame Got Me UN Job, Says Kituyi
Former Trade and Industry minister Mukhisa Kituyi yesterday said nobody from western or central province lobbied for him to be the Secretary General of the ...
Swazi albinos plead for protection ahead of vote
A woman with her albino child before registering him at the office of ...
Cars, schools torched in fifth night of Stockholm riots
Police extinguish flames left behind by hundreds of protesting Swedish youth. The riots ...
Salva Kiir backs Uhuru against ICC
Presidents Salva Kiir of South Sudan (second left) during the inaguration of President ...
Argentine case a challenge to debt restructurings: IMF
The New York legal case over Argentina's debt poses a deep challenge to all future sovereign debt restructurings, the International Monetary Fund said in a ...
Sierra Leone: 'Sierra Leone Is Owned By All of Us'
His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has said that Sierra Leone belongs every citizen. He made this statement during a courtesy call on him by ...
Nigeria
- Court grants Atuche, wife time to file no-case application
- MTN project fame season 6 auditions begin
- 18,426 youths from S/South employed under SURE-P scheme – Labour Minister
- Tuface, PSquare,19 others headline Star trek 2013
- JAMB takes step against exam malpractices
- NGF: Amaechi floors Jonathan
- Nigeria shines at Cannes 2013
- If you don’t have reason for waking up, sleeping becomes interesting – Linus Okorie
- Chief Edwin Clark: Celebrating a Nigerian treasure at 86
- Police arraign more accused for Arepo pipeline vandalism
Ghana
- Large scale cultivation of wee in Northern Regional town causes stir
- Eastern Region: Possible havoc ruled out in Thursday’s earth tremor
- Ghana's spate of lawlessness sky rocketing – Tony Aidoo observes
- African elite have failed us; AU made irrelevant - author
- Police grant bail to five suspects in Ablekuma forced marriage scandal
- PFAG, SEND-Ghana receives $80,000 to improve extension services
- Even Christ didn’t perform miracles as T.B. Joshua – Sheikh Bamehyi
- MTN Ghana Foundation increases investment in ICT facilities
- Midwives shortage hits Ghana - report
- NMC announces new board for state owned media
Kenya
- SHOCK as 48-year-old African man claims to be JESUS CHRIST
- Husband catches wife CHEATING while the man tries to escape (VIDEO)
- SHOCKER as daughter marries her MOTHER’s HUSBAND
- Mayhem as man catches sister (12) KISSING TENANT
- Woman bites boyfriend’s P*N*S after he refused to have S*X with her
- PHOTO: Who is doing this to MUSALIA MUDAVADI? Please STOP!!
- PHOTO of UHURU KENYATTA from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Those rare PHOTOs of unusual HOUSES
- What is wrong with this PHOTO?
- A very rare PHOTO of retired President DANIEL MOI with his entire FAMILY in 1967
General
- Roy Bennett: Police never question why there are so many car accidents involving members of the opposition
- Zimbabwean man gets two life terms for farm murders in SA
- Eleven Asiagate players' future uncertain
- Studio 263 director Godwin Mawuru dies
- Fighter Jets scramble in UK, Pakistan passenger Plane held
- Oscar Machapa offloaded by Moroka Swallows
- Africa: Investing in Africa's Women
- ZSE: Industrials advances to cap record week
- Dead body mysteriously loses body parts
- Nigeria: Doctors Without Borders Shuts Clinic in Northern Nigeria
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Morgan Tsvangirai invites corruption busters to investigate him
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who has been accused of living an opulent lifestyle that is inconsistent with his government salary, has invited corruption busters to ...
Munyaradzi Mlimo, aka DJ Munya sent to prison
Popular radio announcer, Munyaradzi Mlimo showed no emotion as he was sent to remand prison together with his co-accused during an initial remand hearing at ...
World Bank pledges $1bn to help the Democratic Republic of Congo
The World Bank has unveiled a $1bn (£660m) aid package to help the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbours, as fighting continues near the ... Full story
President Barack Obama Skips Nigeria's Visit
United States President Barack Obama will not be visiting Nigeria as recently speculated in the media. Obama and his wife Michelle will only visit Senegal, ...
Nelson Mandela’s daughters Zenani and Makaziwe Mandela to sue him over rights to property
NELSON Mandela’s daughters are suing him for the rights to his artworks and control of his millions, it has been reported. According to the Star on ... Full story
Oscar Pistorius' brother Carl acquitted of all charges
Carl Pistorius was acquitted of all charges, including culpable homicide and negligent driving, in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Pistorius was involved in an accident ...
Tintswalo Ngobeni, 22, Flees After King Mswati III Of Swaziland Tries To Make Her His 14th Virgin Bride
A young woman is seeking asylum in Britain after she spurned the advances of the polyamorous King Mswati III of Swaziland and refused to join ... Full story
Suspects In London Attack Are Both Nigerians
The second suspect in the brutal killing a British soldier, Lee Right, of the 2nd Battallion, the Royal Regiment of fusiliers, is also a Nigerian-born ...
Breaking News
Zoo worker has died after being mauled by tiger in front of visitors as she fed it in animal enclosure
24 year-old woman was mauled at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in CumbriaShe suffered serious injuries to her face and neck in the attack at ...
Sorry... we thought you were dead! Death notice blunder left expat's friends grieving for thirty years
Christine Greenslade and her family moved away from Cornish hometownShe placed an obituary for her mother in Cornish newspaper in 1980The Cornishman printed Christine's name ...
Seven-year-old killed by suicide jumper who plunged on top of her from tenth floor apartment in South Korea
South Korean man jumping off building kills girl after landing on herSeven-year-old died after her neighbour's body hit her on the street By Daily Mail ...
TEEN WORRIES: I'm a boy trapped in a girl's body but my parents won’t talk about it
I'M A boy trapped in a girl’s body but my parents won’t talk about it and think I should be happy being a girl. I’m 16 ...
Deidre daily drama: Secret sex with son of my dad’s bride ...and I have a boyfriend
MY DAD is getting married to his fiancée in two months’ time – and they’ve no idea I’ve been having sex with her son, especially ...
Lewis Hamilton warns health and safety from Monaco Grand Prix
Monaco Grand Prix Name: Circuit de Monaco Number of Laps: 78 Track Length: 2.075 miles Race Distance: 161.9 miles Number of times held: 70 Winners from Pole: 26 Full Throttle: 45 per ...
George Groves begs Carl Froch for a fair go
GEORGE GROVES has begged Carl Froch not to deny him a crack at the world title. The Commonwealth super-middleweight champion, 25, takes on Noe Alcoba on ...
Mark Cavendish’s hopes boosted by snow-hit stage 19
MARK CAVENDISH’S hopes of winning the Giro d’Italia points crown were given a huge boost on Friday — by snow. The sprint king was in danger ...
Carl Froch: I owe it all to Lennox Lewis
CARL FROCH will say a big thank you to Lennox Lewis if he manages to unify two super-middleweight titles tonight. Froch puts his IBF belt on ...
Ian Poulter admits he is struggling for Ryder Cup form
IAN POULTER admits he is struggling to recapture the form that provided the spark for Europe’s Ryder Cup triumph. And he is not alone as world ...
