- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Malawi24] The security, which has gone to the dogs and new minister of security Atupele Muluzi has failed to get hold of, saw armed robbers pay an unceremonious visit to the house of Supreme Court judge Justice Dunstan Mwaungulu in the ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Breaking news from AFRICA, Maghreb and Sub-Saharan AfricaTogo's main opposition coalition on Wednesday rejected the results of a presidential election after incumbent Faure Gnassingbe was declared the winner, instead claiming a win for its candidate.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[AIM] Harare -The wave of xenophobic attacks against foreign residents in South Africa is not on the official agenda for the extraordinary summit of heads of state and government of SADC (Southern African Development Community) due to st...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from CCTV AfricaBoxers Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao arrived in Las Vegas on Tuesday and participated in rallies attended by fans. The showdown between the two top fighters, which has been years in the making, is expected to smash pay-per-view rec...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from African SpotlightPresident-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, (rtd), yesterday outlined 10 development challenges as the mission of his presidency due to begin on May 29. Speaking in Abuja in an address he delivered at the induction held for the incoming m...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaA Paris prosecutor confirms an investigation is under way into claims French soldiers in the Central African Republic sexually abused children.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from African SpotlightGraduates of Nigerian institutions, who have been waiting for their National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posting can now check and print their call up letters online. The NYSC 2015 Batch A call up letter was uploaded today. Prospective co...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by CCTV AfricaUganda to introduce Mandarin to it's curriculum Uganda plans to introduce the Chinese language to its curriculum for high school students. A few private schools, including major Universities already teach Mandarin, but the government...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Africa | The GuardianGovernment investigates claims that peacekeepers sexually abused young boys in Central African Republic as UN threatens to sack whistleblower France promised to act on Wednesday on a leaked United Nations report exposing the alleged abus...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from African SpotlightAmnesty International on Wednesday said apart from the Chibok school girls kidnapped more than a year ago, there are over 2000 women in Boko Haram captivity. The organization also commended the Nigerian military for rescuing 293 women an...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaAn Egyptian woman has been dressing and working as a man for 42 years to be able to earn money for her family.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Al Jazeera] Burundi's constitutional court is to examine the legality of President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term, the Senate has said, after three days of political unrest that has left at least five people dead.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from African SpotlightLibreville – Gabonese authorities were unable Wednesday to transfer the body of longtime opposition figure Andre Mba Obame from Libreville to his stronghold in the north due to the huge crowd of supporters thronging the capital, a ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Uploads by CNBCAfricaHow to check your credit score Now this is something that we are all encouraged to do but how does one go about checking your credit score? Joining CNBC Africa to answer this and more is Salem Dyafta, manager and consumer... From: CNBCAf...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from CCTV AfricaA plane carrying former U.S. President Bill Clinton made an unexpected landing in rural Tanzania after an engine problem, according to a Clinton spokesman. An unexpected landing happened on Wednesday after a problem with one of its four ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[The Star] Attorney General Githu Muigai yesterday appealed a decision of the High Court allowing the registration of a gay and lesbian organisation.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from African SpotlightThe president-elect of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, said he was neither consulted nor informed of the ban imposed on AIT from covering his activities, by his aides. He stated this today, adding that he got to hear about it after th...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Africa0 Kenyan refugees from the 2008 violence prepare to return home from Uganda, there's confusion about the identities of the women rescued from the clutches of Boko Haram by the Nigerian army and is fiscal consolidation really good for the...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Deutsche Welle] Speaking at a regional summit on industrialization, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has urged migrants in South Africa to return home. There has a been a month of attacks on foreign workers in South Africa.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[IRIN] Gueckedou -The odds were stacked against Guinea's vaccination teams. The initial side effects of the measles vaccine can easily be mistaken for the first symptoms of hemorraghic fever and a false rumour had spread blaming the dist...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from African SpotlightMavin Records artist Di’Ja has painted one of her finger nails with #BringBackOurGirls in solidarity for the 219 kidnapped Chibok girls taken by Boko Haram for more than a year ago. The singer revealed the newly gotten paint on her...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from CCTV AfricaSeveral countries, including Zambia and South Sudan, have expressed interest in Rwanda’s Irish potatoes, a development that could turn around the fortunes of farmers and expand the country’s exports base and revenue. Francois Kanimba, th...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Uploads by CNBCAfricaExploring Chinese investment in Africa CNBC Africa's Nozipho Mbanjwa together with Glenn Ho, partner at KPMG and Kenneth Okwaro,director at the Africa Centre for People, Institutions and Society tackle the often contentious issue... ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsNews24 Robbery ruled out as motive in PE teacher's murder News24 Port Elizabeth - Eastern Cape police spokesperson Brigadier Marinda Mills has confirmed that two men, aged 28 and 31, have been arrested in what was described as a majo...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Breaking news from AFRICA, Maghreb and Sub-Saharan AfricaFrench authorities are investigating a leaked UN report into the alleged sexual abuse of children by French soldiers in the Central African Republic. FRANCE 24 talks to aid worker Paula Donovan who shared details of the report with the p...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from AFKInsider
Whether you're going on your first safari or your fiftieth, you may be wondering how to get the most compelling photos of the wildlife you’re going to see. You also might have missed some shots in the past by being too far away or having... - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from CNN.com - AfricaInvestigations reveal smugglers lure migrants by offering discounts to get onto overcrowded ships if people bring more potential passengers.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsMiami Herald SADC Adopts Industrial Development Strategy AllAfrica.com Harare — HEADS of State of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) yesterday adopted an industrial development strategy to leverage the region's resourc...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Africa | The GuardianGirls and women rescued had fired on soldiers advancing on Boko Haram’s forest stronghold after becoming indoctrinated into believing the group’s ideology Some of the nearly 300 girls and women freed by Nigeria’s military from the forest...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsEyewitness News Graça Machel 'deeply ashamed' of anything related to xenophobia Eyewitness News Graça Machel speaks at Emmanuel Josias's, who died during the xenophobic attacks, memorial service in Alexandra on 29 April 2015....
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from AFKInsider
South African troops have been stationed for more than a decade in the DRC. They have stood guard over elections, been involved in "peacekeeping," and at times protected the interests of the South African ally, Joseph Kabila. South Afric... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaThe Nigerian military says it has rescued 200 girls, and 93 elderly women from Boko Haram camps - Will Ross looks at who they are and what it means.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from African SpotlightRapper P Diddy and movie star Mark Wahlberg have made a staggering $250,000 bet on the outcome of the Mayweather vs Pacquiao mega-fight, with the hip-hop star backing the undefeated American and the movie actor siding with the Filipino.....
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from AFKInsider
There are concerns that the actual value generated by Africa's tech startup scene might not measure up to the hype. Among the most influential startup accelerators at the moment is Think. With backing from telecom giant Millicom, this Rw... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Aswat Masriya] Cairo -The Cairo Criminal Court will issue its verdict on former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons over embezzlement charges on May 9, it announced at the trial's second session on Wednesday.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaTogo's opposition leader says he considers himself the new president, rejecting official figures saying incumbent Faure Gnassingbe had won.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Africa - Los Angeles TimesA Nigerian official dashed hopes Wednesday that the army’s rescue of nearly 300 Nigerian girls and women from a militant group’s forest camps had freed most or all of the missing schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok town last year.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[The Star] Fifteen people were killed, eight injured and several others are reported missing after flash floods hit Narok town on Tuesday evening.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from NYT > AfricaSixty-nine people suspected of being supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday for burning a church in a village near Cairo in 2013.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from AFKInsider
Overlooking the Indian Ocean, Watamu offers a unique Kenyan coastal experience: from scuba diving, to exploring ancient ruins, to watching a perfect sunrise on the beach, this town is a great place to relax and get away from it all. Here... - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from UN News Centre - AfricaThe United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today said that surveillance and community engagement still require improvement in some areas of Guinea and Sierra Leone where new cases continued to surface, a day after the new Special...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by CCTV AfricaNigerians React to Boko Haram Leader's TIME 100 Feature Boko Haram is clearly back in the headlines - and earlier this month the group's leader Abubakr Shekau was named as one of the Time magazine's top 100 most influential p...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Premium Times] The Nigerian government has promised to clear an eight-month arrears owed midwives employed under the Midwives Service scheme.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Africa and Indian Ocean news, all the latest and breaking African newsGraca Machel, a Mozambican, says government must correctly identify those killed in xenophobic attacks and create economic opportunities to avoid a repeat
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Africa | The GuardianAs international community questions credibility of presidential poll, Human Rights Watch highlights continuing crackdown against political opponents The Sudanese government is continuing the crackdown on political opposition and student...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Deutsche Welle] Campaigners behind the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement in Nigeria have urged the military to ensure that all women and girls abducted by Boko Haram islamists in northeastern Nigeria are rescued.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsSowetan Live (press release) (registration) (blog) Born-frees in chains Sowetan Live (press release) (registration) (blog) A report by the SA Institute of Race Relations said the children born in the year Mandela was released are an alie...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by CCTV AfricaS. Africa Xenophobia: Memorial Service Held for Mozambican Victim of Violence The widow of Nelson Mandela has appealed for African unity. Graca Machel was speaking at the memorial service of Emmanuel Sithole, killed in the recent wave of...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from African SpotlightPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday approved the appointment of Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Alhaji Sanusi, a lawyer, from Kano State takes over from Mallam Habib Ab...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaProvides an overview, basic information and key events for this African country
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from DailyNews Live
HARARE - Four MDC youths were yesterday detained for protesting against President Robert Mugabe's rule ahead of a summit of regional leaders. Those arrested were part of more than 100 demonstrators. Charity Charamba, the chief police spo... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from DailyNews Live
GWERU - The Gweru City Council has offset a local hotel's $56 000 water and rates bill with food for councillors, the Daily News has learnt. Already, councillors have amassed a $40 000 bill at Fairmile Hotel, with the remaining $16 000 t... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from DailyNews Live
HARARE - Controversial businessman Energy Mutodi, who played a key role in the expulsion of former Vice President Joice Mujuru's allies in Mashonaland East, has accused Aeneas Chigwedere and Joel Biggie Matiza of abusing the First Family... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe City of Johannesburg and the SA Council of Churches will hold a memorial service on Wednesday at 1pm for the Mozambican man initially identified as Emmanuel Sithole, who was stabbed and later died in Alexandra during a spate of attac...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsMacroeconomic forecasts from the Mozambique government for 2015 differ, except for inflation, from those presented by two of the leading independent economic analysts who regularly follow the developments of the Mozambican economy.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsArmed police and over 200 members of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) clashed in the Harare central business district on Tuesday morning, in front of the venue where a SADC summit was underway.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe recall of Nigeria's top diplomat after a spate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa follows several similar spats that expose the two countries' deep rivalry for economic and political dominance in Africa.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe Australian mining company Triton Minerals, which holds the rights to graphite deposits in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, announced on Monday that it has secured up to US$200 million to develop its mine.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, left Abidjan Tuesday for Lome, the Togolese capital where he will attend the consultations on the political situation in that country after release of results of that country's presidential electi...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsMomade Assife Abdul Satar (“Nini”), one of the businessmen who ordered the November 2000 murder of Mozambique’s top investigative journalist, Carlos Cardoso, was not only released early from prison, but has been allowed to leave the coun...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsJean-Marie Le Pen, founder and honourary president of France’s far-right National Front (FN) party, is in hot water yet again this week after allegations emerged that he had stashed 2.2 million euros in a secret Swiss bank account.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsMembers of the U.S. House of Representatives launched an effort on Tuesday to prevent new travel from the United States to Cuba, one of the first legislative attempts in Congress to thwart President Barack Obama's move to normalize relat...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday he was confident of an outline deal with international creditors within two weeks, after shaking up his negotiating team and sidelining his finance minister who has infuriated euro zone...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsAn Indonesian firing squad executed eight drug traffickers, including seven foreigners, in the early hours of Wednesday, sparking condemnation from Australia and Brazil who had made final, desperate pleas to save their nationals.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsIndonesia early Wednesday executed eight people convicted of drug smuggling, according to foreign governments and local media reports, although a Philippine woman was granted a stay of execution.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsSaudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz has relieved his younger half-brother of his duties as crown prince and appointed his nephew, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, as the new heir apparent.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe world's biggest retailer, Walmart, plans to open 115 new stores in China by 2017, the company says.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsBurundi's government told diplomats on Tuesday to stay neutral and not side with protesters who accuse President Pierre Nkurunziza of violating the constitution by announcing he will seek a third term in office.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsAuthorities in protest-hit Burundi on Wednesday cut mobile access to several social networks and messaging applications, a telecoms official said.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsVenezuela says it will cut the working day for public sector workers to five-and-a-half hours to conserve energy, down from eight to nine hours.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsA man pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in Kathmandu more than three days after the deadly Nepal earthquake says he drank his own urine to survive.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsLower oil prices will reduce growth in sub-Saharan Africa's major petroleum producing countries and push governments to implement significant policy adjustments, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsHigh-ranking officials from the Mozambican and South African governments are expected to meet soon to discuss violent killings of foreigners in South Africa, APA can report.The planned meeting has been announced by Mozambican President F...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsZambian president, Edgar Lungu, and his Zimbabwean counterpart, Robert Mugabe, yesterday held a high-level closed-door meeting at State House, which lasted for two hours.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe President of MDM (Mozambican Democratic Movement) Daviz Simango, classified a speech where the Mozambican President claimed that he will not kneel to anyone to beg for peace as "intolerant and inflammatory". Daviz Simango called for ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe Boane transit centre for xenophobia victims in South Africa no longer houses any Mozambicans. Only 11 citizens from Malawi were still being housed in the facility, located on the outskirts of Maputo, the Mozambican National Institute...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe South African minister in the office of the presidency‚ Jeff Radebe‚ said that the Mozambican national Emmanuel (Manuel) Jossias‚ (Emmanuel Sithole)‚ who was pictured being stabbed to death on the front page of the Sunday Times‚ was ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique News29-year old Açucena Agostinho suffered serious injuries and died on the way to hospital, after being thrown from a moving vehicle last week.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe president of MDM (Mozambique Democratic Movement), Daviz Simango, considers that the appointment of opposition governors in Mozambique is “urgent”, in response to the instability created by Renamo’s proposal to create autonomous prov...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe Mozambican state cashed over 30 billion meticais (around US$1 billion) in tax and customs revenue collected during the first quarter of 2015, 300 million meticais (around US$10 M) more than the value achieved in the same period last ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsFormer Finance Minister Manuel Chang formalises this afternoon his intention to run for the presidency of the Mozambican Soccer Federation (FMF).
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsGraca Machel spoke at the memorial service for Emmanuel Josias in Alexandra this afternoon.The former first lady of Mozambique, Graca Machel, has extended her condolences to the family of slain Zimbabwean Emmanuel Josias at his memorial ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsIn the same way as the European financial media is full of calculations of possible Greek default and/or Euro exit based on that country’s major debt repayment timelines, Mozambique’s financial calendar has its own bulges and choke point...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe mediator in the political dialogue, Lourenço do Rosário, recommended yesterday in Chimoio that the president of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, and the Frelimo party should add their ideas to the preliminary draft on provincial municipalit...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe fragility of the metical against the US dollar constitutes the main risk to inflation (rise in the general price levels) this year, says the Standard Bank Monthly Economic Bulletin for the month of April.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe Portuguese identified as illegal at the Teixeira Duarte construction site in Maputo were not present at the time of inspection of the Mozambican authorities and are only recorded as visitors, a source for the construction company in ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) is due within 30 days to launch the first phase of construction of the Pemba Logistics Base in northern Mozambique, the chief executive of ENH Logistics said.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Mmegi Online - Editorial
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Malawi VoicePeter Mutharika has directed that cabinet ministers should be spending K45 000 per night for accommodation when they are travelling on official local trips. The directive further allows the ministers to make a maximum of eight official l...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from LusakaTimes.comFirst President Kenneth Kaunda says peace and unity are essential for the development of the nation. Dr Kaunda was speaking at his residence in Lusaka’s State Lodge Area when UNIP members drawn from constituencies across...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from DailyNews Live
HARARE - Ordinary people are now helping foreign nationals, who were displaced during the recent xenophobic attacks, to return to their home countries. City Press has learnt that apart from several foreign governments’ initiatives to eva... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from LusakaTimes.comLABOUR and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda has advised workers in the country not to listen to cheap politics which some politicians are propagating over this year’s Labour Day Celebration which falls on Friday this...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News24 WorldLawyers seeking to spare Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the death penalty will delve deeper into his older brother's Islamist militant beliefs in court.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News24 AfricaMilitants have opened fire on troops at a national guard in northern Mali, killing two soldiers and a child, security sources say.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News24 AfricaZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has opened a SADC summit on regional industrial growth with a call for the empowerment of youths and women - but no mention of the xenophobic violence in SA.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from LusakaTimes.comGovernment says it is disappointed with opposition Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) President Charles Milupi sentiments that government is fooling the people of Western Province. Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwi...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Malawi VoiceInformation Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa has said government can avoid expenses associated with chartering aircrafts for the president by simply buying a presidential jet once the economy recovers. “In all fairness every country needs a p...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from TimesLIVEThe “born frees”‚ people born after 1990‚ will increasingly become more involved in violent protests and abandon democratic institutions‚ due to ongoing political and economic alienation.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from eNCA.com | WorldA Palestinian unity rally attended by hundreds in Gaza on Wednesday ended in scuffles that showed the depth of divisions delaying reconciliation and recovery from a devastating war
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from News South Africa Category RSSFrom vintage Bentleys to the Bloodhound supersonic car, Knysna Motor Show has something for petrolheads of all ages.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsOfficers of the Federal Road Safety Commission returned the sum of N600,000 belonging to an unnamed accident victim. The man was involved in an accident
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsAward-winning musician and producer, Cobhams Asuquo, has broken records in the Nigerian music industry as a visually- impaired musician and producer. In a recent interview with Tribune, he reflected on how he wooed and proposed to his wi...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from PoliticsTUNIS (TAP) - The security work must not be opposed to freedom of expression and the right to access to information, Minister of Interior Najem Gharsalli said Wednesday.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Libyan News Agency (LANA)Sirte, 29 April 2105 The Head of the Sirte Local Council and members of the council along with notables of the area have attended an event to mark the 100th anniversary of the famous Al...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Morocco World NewsRabat- Cereal harvest is expected to hit a record 11 million tons this year, Aziz Akhannouch, agriculture minister said on Monday. "This campaign is exceptional on all levels thanks to good rainfall, well distributed in space and time, i...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsPresident-elect, Gen Buhari happy about news of the rescue of 293 girls and women from Sambisa Forest by Nigerian troops yesterday April 28th.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesJudge Mohamed Nagi Shehata of the Giza Criminal Court sentenced 71 defendants affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood to life imprisonment on Wednesday and fined them LE20,000 each, deeming them guilty of burning a church in Kerdasa in Au...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comParallel to the Indian government's massive relief efforts, several religious and spiritual groups in the country are extending a helping hand to earthquake victims in Nepal. The groups, as diverse ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsThe Enugu State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has described the victory of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi at the April 11, 2015 poll as the wil...
- The Deputy Eastern Regional Chief Imam, Abubakar Ali, has urged Ghanaians to do away with intolerance, tribalism and disrespect to each other, to sustain the peace in the country
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Cairo Post
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from ALGERIAALGIERS- Algeria on Wednesday reiterated its commitment to "effectively" contribute to the success of the support program to the economic and political governance "Spring," said the Foreign Ministry’s director of cooperation with the Eur...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Egypr.com - Egypt NewsCairo Criminal Court is witnessing Wednesday the retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons Alaa and Gamal media dubbed as “Presidential Palaces”
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsA faulty app caused American Airlines to ground dozens of its jets on Tuesday. The glitch caused iPad software, used by the planes' pilots and co-pilots
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: An Eritrean was arrested scaling a wall of the Cairo International Airport to enter the runway Wednesday; he told the police he wanted to travel abroad but does not have the money “for the dream,” Youm7 reported. The man is regist...
- A newly- completed five-bedroom house was in the afternoon of Sunday, April 26, razed down by fire at Oti, near Atonsu in Kumasi
- Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has called for greater representation of women in decision-making, to bridge the gap of gender inequality
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Ghanaian Chronicle » Lead Stories
By Richard Attenkah Professor Kwesi Yankah, President of the Central University College, says the Flag Staff House has now become a safe haven for government officials, who are either involved in corrupt practices, or under investigation... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Cairo Post
CAIRO: Seven people are under investigation, charged with selling an adopted 8-month-old child for 17,000 EGP ($2,227.55) in Sohag (Upper Egypt), Youm7 reported Wednesday. A couple, Bahaa el-Din and his wife Abeer, is accused of selling... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Cairo Post
CAIRO: The number of tourists visiting Egypt increased by 4.4 percent in 2014, registering 9.9 million tourists compared with 9.4 million tourists the previous year, according to the annual bulletin of the Central Agency for Public Mobi... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsThe UK Home Secretary Theresa May has been ordered by court to bring back immigrant mother and her son deported earlier to Nigeria. This is a landmark precedent impacting current British deportation policy of deporting first, appealing l...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Egypr.com - Egypt NewsThe Egyptian Minister of Environment said Wednesday that the barge carrying phosphate, which capsized eight days ago in the Nile river in Upper Egypt, has
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from PoliticsTUNIS (TAP) - Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche received, Wednesday in Tunis , Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsMasterCard Inc (MA.N), the world 8217;s No. 2 debit and credit card company, reported a 17 percent rise in quarterly profit as people spent more using its cards and the company paid lower taxes. MasterCard shares were up about 2 percent ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsDivine succour has finally come the way of Taiwo Oluwatoyin Akinbode, the abducted twin sister of famous gospel music singer, Kenny K'ore of the Olorioko fame. Recall that she was whisked away by men of the underworld few days back on he...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from ALGERIAALGIERS-The "recent and ongoing" reforms initiated by Algeria represent an "undeniable" progress, said Representative of the European Union (EU) in Algeria Manuela Navarro stressed Wednesday. "In Algeria, recent and ongoing reforms repre...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice Newsquot;Dear Dr X, A medical teacher for instance, does not just treat his patient. He sees it as an opportunity to teach. He seizes the opportunity so provided to dwell on his patient 39;s conditions to the benefit of his students...taking...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Cairo Post
CAIRO: Mary Ellen Weber, a former NASA Astronaut and the Managing Director of Stellar Strategies and Member of the NASA Advisory Council Committee on Innovation and Technology, visited Nile University Wednesday to talk about her experien... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesSixty-nine suspected Muslim Brotherhood supporters were each sentenced to 25 years in prison in Egypt on Wednesday for attacking and burning a church in a village near Cairo in 2013, judicial sources said.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsAfter going through nine months of pregnancy, which was followed by a successful delivery, a mother named Esther Johnny allegedly connived with a doctor to sell her baby boy for N300,000 to a woman in Abuja. Luckily, the Akwa Ibom State ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Egypr.com - Egypt NewsWorld BulletinAn Egyptian court on Wednesday convicted 36 student supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi of "rioting" while acquitting a Turkish student of the same
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Libyan News Agency (LANA)Rome, 29 April 2105 The UN Secretary General Ban Ki Mon on Tuesday said proposals by Italia Interior Ministry to destroy traffickers boats before they set sail from Libyan coast was...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Egypr.com - Egypt NewsThe Giza Criminal Court sentenced on Wednesday 71 defendants to life in prison for breaking into a church in Kerdasa and torching it in August
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsA witness representing the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), Engineer Dr. Victor Oyenuga has told the coroner that the collapse of the building belonging to The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) was not...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesCypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, during the tripartite summit held on Wednesday in the Cypriot capital, signed the Nicosia declaration, aimed at streng...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsBarclays (BARC.L) set aside another 800 million pounds ($1.2 billion) on Wednesday to cover potential settlements for alleged foreign exchange manipulation, hitting profits and reflecting its struggle to put past problems behind it. Barc...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Breaking International News latest RSS headlines - Sierra Leone Times.comThe United Nations says it is beginning to distribute food and medicine Wednesday in the area near the epicenter of Saturday's earthquake in Nepal, where the death toll continues to rise. The World ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsJapan 8217;s military is considering joining the United States in maritime air patrols in the South China Sea in response to China 8217;s increasingly assertive pursuit of territorial claims, a Japanese and a U.S. source familiar with th...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesThe veil has yet again been brought to the forefront of ongoing culture wars in Egypt with a campaign to encourage women to take off the hijab, accompanied by an ensuing backlash. A photo has gone viral on Facebook of a woman who ...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by NTANewsNTA Ntionwide News At 4pm Wednesday 4/29/2015 Live News Broadcast from Nigerian Television Authority. Abuja, Nigeria More from NTA at Website: http://www.nta.ng/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NTANewsNow Facebook: ... From: NTANews View...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsTwo Al Jazeera journalists, who were released early April by the Nigerian military after spending 12 days in their custody, have resolved to maintain the
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: A heat wave continues to batter Egypt, with a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius in Cairo Wednesday, Youm7 reported. “Hot temperatures are expected to continue for the next two days, then a drop by 8 degrees starting from Thursday,...
- The Convention People’s Party (CPP) on Monday marked the 43 anniversary of the death of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah the first President of Ghana with a clarion call for unity
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Frontpage Slideshow - Graphic OnlineTogo's President Faure Gnassingbe has been re-elected for a third term, electoral officials say.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Uploads by SaharatvVideo Highlights: Seun And Femi Kuti's Joint Performance on Lagos Island Watch Oritsefemi, Lil Kesh, Seyi Shay, Simi, Rayce, Niyola, others entertain audience as Seun and Femi Kuti host their first official joint stage, 24th April 20...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Frontpage Slideshow - Graphic OnlineGhanaian movie star, John Dumelo, has urged critics of President John Dramani Mahama to get off his back and give him time to solve the challenges facing the country.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Egypr.com - Egypt NewsThe Egyptian president says the country's delayed parliamentary elections will take place before the end of 2015.In an interview with El Mundo newspaper published Wednesday,
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsOver 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted in April 2014 by Boko Haram militants were not among a group of women and girls rescued by the Nigerian
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesEgypt's economic growth is set to accelerate in the next two years, reaching 5.5 percent in fiscal 2016/17, a Reuters poll forecast on Wednesday. After struggling to restore growth during more than four years of political uphea...
- Cabinet has approved a memorandum for the ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) which seeks to ensure standardisation in the arms trade and transfer to foster peace and security
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesA family in Garissa is in agony after their father, an Islamic teacher, was allegedly abducted by security officers on Monday.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Bartamaha » Latest Somali NewsAP MINNEAPOLIS Somali organization has signed an agreement to purchase a 24,000-square-foot-building for a future Somali community center in Minneapolis.The Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota announced the purchase agreement...
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Bartamaha » Latest Somali NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) .S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Sri Lanka on Saturday to meet with its new president, Maithripala Sirisena, the State Department said, following years of strained relations between Washington and th...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Daily MonitorNewsAuthorities in protest-hit Burundi on Wednesday cut mobile access to several social networks and messaging applications, a telecoms official said
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsSenators have faulted security agencies over lapses that have made the country vulnerable to terror attacks.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesKhanal found himself buried under the debris of a five-storey Kathmandu guest house, pinned to the ground by fallen rubble and forced to drink his own urine, as he shouted for help and waited for more than three days to be rescued.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from EastAFRO.com » NewsEritrea Denies Barring President Uhuru Kenyatta's Flight By Nyambega Gisesa | www.standardmedia.co.ke | April 30, 2015 Eritrea has denied reports that it played a role in events leading to President Uhuru...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Uploads by NTVKenyaNarok Floods: Floods hit Narok town a second time in two days Flash floods struck Narok town a second time on Wednesday night causing further damage to a town already reeling from the effects of deadly floods. Officials expect the death ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan
April 29, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – A Sudanese student was killed on Wednesday in clashes which erupted between students belonging to the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and others supporting Darfur rebels groups at the East Nile College (E... - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from DailyNews Online Edition - Local NewsAS the country inches towards general election, Registrar of Political Parties, Francis Mutungi has urged all political parties to ensure that they refrain from enunciating confrontational remarks that will plunge the nation into violence.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan
April, 29 2015 (RAJA) - A close source from the South Sudanese military intelligence in Western Bahr el Ghazal state said a movement of rebel fighters under the leadership of former vice president, Riek Machar, was detected in parts of t... - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesNyali MP Hezron Awiti has admitted to owning the premises housing the alleged killer factory at Owino Uhuru area in Changamwe, Mombasa.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on SudanApril 29, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – Media official for the leadership of the rebel group led by former vice president, Riek Machar, has refuted allegations of harassment against personnel of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsAngry MPs Wednesday turned the heat on their absent colleagues for skipping House sittings.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesWhile the world celebrates the World Press Freedom Day, Kenya is yet to stop assault on media operations to reach globally accepted standards.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesThe Chairman of the board, Philip Murgor, and the CEO of WildlifeDirect Dr Paula Kahumbu, would like to thank His Excellency, President Uhuru Kenyatta for the appointment of Dr Richard Leakey as the new Chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Ser...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from DailyNews Online Edition - Local NewsTHE tender for construction of a flyover at Tazara area in Dar es Salaam was opened in Tokyo, Japan and the agreement leading to the implementation of the project will be signed on June 3, this year.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Daily MonitorNewsMaj Gen James Mugira who was recently promoted to his current rank has been given more responsibility to oversee National Enterprise Corporation (NEC), the business arm of the military
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesUgandan authorities said on Thursday they were trying to verify whether a man arrested in Tanzania was Jamil Mukulu,
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsWhen Libyan government forces and Islamist militants battled with artillery guns right in his district, Khalil al-Barassi knew it was time to pack up.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesRescuers pulled a 15-year-old boy alive from the rubble of Nepal's massive earthquake on Thursday, five days after the disaster which is now known to have killed more than 5,500 people.
- Executed away from home: Africans on drugs crimes find little mercy from Asia, its new trade partnerWednesday, April 29, 2015 from M&G Africa Index FeedAll nationalities —Nigerians, South Africans, Ugandans - are often affected. This time the four Nigerians were killed by firing squad.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsChief Justice Willy Mutunga has warned politicians and individuals involved in organised political violence and crimes that their days are numbered.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from M&G Africa Index FeedThe two countries have had a frosty relationship during Goodluck Jonathan’s term in office.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from DailyNews Online Edition - Local NewsFINANCE Minister Saada Mkuya Salum unveiled projections for revenue collections and expenditures for the 2015/2016 fiscal year in which the government seeks to trim donor dependency from 14.8 to 8.4 per cent.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Daily Nation RSS Feeds: AfricaA man died after being injured in clashes between two groups of university students in the Sudanese capital Khartoum.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from M&G Africa Index FeedThe UN employee accused of the leak has been suspended and faces dismissal.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesWe all recently watched migrants leaving Africa for Europe perish in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Uploads by NTVKenyaKiambu Building Collapse: County launches manhunt for 2 developers The Kiambu county government is looking for developers of two houses that collapsed in Kikuyu and Kiambaa. The two are accused of negligence in construction, although the...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The CitizenNewsTanzania government plans to cut donor dependency in the coming Budget from the current 14.8 per cent to 8.4 per cent of the total estimates as part of its effort to facilitate smooth implementation of development projects.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of 15 senior officials this year as punishment for challenging his authority, South Korea's spy agency told a closed-door parliament meeting on Wednesday.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan
April 29, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - The opposition National Consensus Forces (NCF) said they do not support an attack by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in South Darfur but reiterated that no dialogue with the regime before it fulfil the... - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from Bartamaha » Latest Somali NewsUN NEWS CENTER omalia in 2014 exported a record five million livestock to markets in the Gulf of Arabia thanks to heavy investments in animal disease prevention backed by the European Union and the United Kingdom, the United Nations Food...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of 15 senior officials this year as punishment for challenging his authority, South Korea's spy agency told a closed-door parliament meeting on Wednesday.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsSuspended Transport Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau rejected requests by the Public Investment Committee (PIC) to return to his office and retrieve documents crucial to an ongoing probe against the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA).
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The CitizenNewsPresident Jakaya Kikwete yesterday led hundreds of mourners in paying last respects to the fallen Africa liberation hero, Brigadier General Hashim Mbita.
- Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from M&G Africa Index FeedThe options are stark for sub-Saharan Africa, a new IMF study shows: Nurture growth, or perish.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesWould you share the passwords to your computer, email and social media accounts with your girlfriend or boyfriend?
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Uploads by NTV UgandaOpposition activists launch campaign against recent constitutional reforms Opposition activists have embarked on a fresh campaign called “Citizens' Reforms Now”, aimed at rallying Members of Parliament and citizens of Uga...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from EastAFRO.com » NewsSaudi Arabia, Eritrea Agree to Boost Red Sea Security news.videonews.us | April 30, 2015 Saudi Arabia and Eritrea have reached a security and military agreement on fighting terrorism, illegal trade and piracy in the Re...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Uploads by NTV UgandaTeenage girl's body found at Kampala golf course Police has discovered the body of a teenage old girl lying at the Kampala Golf Course. The police suspect the girl was murdered and her body dumped there. The Primary Five pupil had be...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsNigeria's military rescued another set of women and children who had been kidnapped by Boko Haram militia and were being detained in Sambisa forest where the Islamist group has been holed up, an army spokesman said on Thursday.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Uploads by NTVKenyaPorsche launches latest edition of Porsche Cayenne As the battle for the pockets of Kenyan consumers heats up, sports car manufacturer Porsche has launched its latest edition of its Cayenne sport utility vehicle. The Cayenne has been the...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan
April 23, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government has disclosed that Arab Gulf states have made deposits with the central bank that should help it improve the situation of the pound relative to major currencies in the black market. “Th... - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsMedia experts have faulted increasing attack on journalists, summoning of editors and retrogressive laws in Kenya as the World marks World Press Freedom Day.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsNigeria's military said on Wednesday it had transported nearly 300 women and girls rescued from Boko Haram to the hilly border town of Gwoza, as it seeks clues to the whereabouts of other girls whose abduction last year provoked internat...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from South Sudan News Agency - News, Breaking NewsThe SPLM National Convention [23-24 May 2015] Omaha, Nebraska Press release ATTN : All South Sudanese residing in the United States United States, April 29, 2015 (SSNA) -- The South Sudan People’s Movement (SPLM)-[In Opposition], u...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsNigeria's military rescued another set of women and children who had been kidnapped by Boko Haram militia and were being detained in Sambisa forest where the Islamist group has been holed up, an army spokesman said on Thursday.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Uploads by NTV UgandaNTV Uganda Live Stream Subscribe to Our Channel For more news visit http://www.ntv.co.ug Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/ntvuganda Like our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/NTVUganda. From: NTVUganda Views: 0 0 ratings T...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan
April 28, 2015 (JUBA) – Over three thousand South Sudanese university graduates have been told by President Salva Kiir to look for jobs in the private sector as government is unable to employ them. Addressing a graduation ceremony at the...
