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The move to call Harare one of Africa's most livable cities has been set off globally, according to Counterpunch. Lonely Planet calls Harare a "safe and laid-back city" with access to wildlife and a portal to Southern Africa. - Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaPlaying ping pong, picking up penguins and mosquito mimics
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nkolfoulou -Cameroon will increasingly rely on renewable energy as it moves towards its goal of "economic emergence" by 2035, the government has announced.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[HRW] The rescue by Nigerian security forces of 200 girls and 93 women from a Boko Haram stronghold on Tuesday is a hugely welcome development. I am in Nigeria for a series of meetings this week, and the public sense of relief and pride ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Premium Times] The Nigerian Military is yet to ascertain the true identities of the 293 girls and women rescued from the Sambisa forest camps of Boko Haram, to confirm if the Chibok Girls are among them, the Defence Headquarters said on...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from NYT > AfricaHopes that a recent tenuous peace deal and cease-fire would pacify Mali’s restive, separatist-minded north have diminished as rival ethnic factions clashed recently.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from African SpotlightBrussels – Belgium under-21 international Gregory Mertens died three days after collapsing with heart failure during a match, a spokesman for his club, Sporting Lokeren, said. The 24-year-old defender had been in a coma since going...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsIndependent Online Jayde murder case: robbery ruled out Independent Online Port Elizabeth - The murder and abduction case of Port Elizabeth teacher Jayde Panayiotou took a dramatic twist on Friday as police announced a “major breakthroug...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[African Arguments] With less than a month until the swearing in of the government of President elect Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian political landscape is bracing itself for a seismic shift. For the first time since the return to democr...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaThe Nigerian military is expected to hand over nearly 300 people rescued from Boko Haram camps, so they can receive treatment and see their families.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from CCTV AfricaNiamey – Niger authorities have urged people living on islands in Lake Chad to leave to avoid new attacks by Boko Haram, after an assault by the Islamist last weekend left at least 74 dead. The weekend attack was the country’...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Al Jazeera] Two prominent opposition leaders in Burundi have said they will boycott presidential elections in June unless President Pierre Nkurunziza drops his bid to stand for a third term.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsIndependent Online Advocate dies before watershed ruling Independent Online Johannesburg -. By the time the High Court in Pretoria ruled he could be assisted to die, Robin Stransham-Ford, 65, had already died peacefully. The Cape Town ad...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaAlgeria could become the first country to have three clubs qualify for the Champions League group stage.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaHow did the Seychelles manage to meet their millennium development goals? The BBC's Lerato Mbele speaks to President James Michel.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from CNN.com - AfricaApril 27 is celebrated as Freedom Day in South Africa, commemorating the country's first democratic elections in 1994 election which saw Nelson Mandela elected as president.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaDoes the Seychelles live up to its reputation?
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from CCTV AfricaIn Uganda, as conservationists mobilize support to protect the endangered mountain gorillas, a musician has gone into the recording studios to try to help. Singer Richard Kaweesa has penned a song aimed at engaging more community partici...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[UN News] United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for an immediate end to hostilities in northern Mali and expressed concern over the ceasefire violations that have occurred in the besieged country in recent days at a "...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[IRIN] Bamako -The last few years in Mali have been busy: an independence declaration, a coup, a mutiny, a northern takeover by Islamist groups, a French military intervention, a hostage crisis, a guerrilla campaign, a preliminary peace ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from NYT > AfricaA conference hosted by the Republic of Congo’s government, which drew heads of states from several African nations, aimed to address a resurgence in international demand for elephant tusks.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Uploads by CCTV AfricaGlobal Business 29th April 2015 Global Business 29th April 2015. From: CCTV Africa Views: 2 0 ratings Time: 28:11 More in News & Politics
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaThe story of Takamaka Bay rum, a dark rum distilled, manufactured and exported by two brothers in the Seychelles.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsiAfrica.com 'Maimane kind of leader SA needs now' iAfrica.com Black Like Me founder Herman Mashaba has publicly endorsed the Democratic Alliance's Parliamentary Leader Mmusi Maimane, saying he's the kind of leader the cou...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from CNN.com - AfricaMeet Zuriel Oduwole, who spends her free time interviewing heads of states and has already four documentaries under her belt.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaSouth African musician David Jenkins, who is known as Qasadi and has the nickname "White Zulu", talks about his passion for Zulu culture and music.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Zimbabwe Independent] THE dismissal of an appeal by Zimbabwe's Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana and 122 other people, including top police and army officers as well as 11 companies "with costs", could cost the country over US$10 million.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Top Stories - Google NewsiAfrica.com Nepal quake toll tops 6200 iAfrica.com Members of The Nepal Red Cross distribute tarpaulins to displaced residents. Credit: AFP PHOTO /PALANI MOHAN/IFRC. The death toll in Nepal from last weekend's devastating earthquake ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Uploads by CCTV AfricaAstronaut Fire up Student's Space Dreams Egyptian students are dreaming of space exploration after a former NASA astronaut spoke to them about her experience. Mary Ellen Weber is on a visit to Egypt to promote higher education progra...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Deutsche Welle] President Francois Hollande has vowed to "show no mercy" if French troops in the Central African Republic are found guilty of sexually assaulting children in exchange for food. The accusations follow a UN report.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Al Jazeera] Durban -The inner city marches, the plethora of statements, civil society interventions and murals painted on the walls of fancy coffee shops all shout for an end to xenophobia.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[IRIN] Kampala -The announced arrest in Tanzania of the leader of one of the longest-standing insurgencies in Africa's Great Lakes region marks a step forward for justice and accountability but is unlikely to bring an end to the transnat...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from CNN.com - AfricaA crowd of about 200 people gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Bujumbura, Burundi, Thursday, according to a State Department spokesperson, the same day a senior U.S. diplomat was in town to try and ease tensions.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from African SpotlightA midwife at Koforidua Zongo Health Centre in the Eastern Region, Ghana, has allegedly turned away a woman in labour for failing to shave her private parts. Bushira Safinau, 25, was reportedly ordered by the midwife to go home and shave ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[ENOUGH] In-depth Report Proposes Seven Solutions for Governments, Gold Industry to Bring Conflict Gold into Legal Trade
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Deutsche Welle] Violence continues on the streets of Burundi's capital Bujumbura over president Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term. Several people have been shot during the latest clashes, reports say.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from NYT > AfricaBurundi’s national university was abruptly closed Thursday amid protests in the capital as barricades burned in some neighborhoods.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Africa | The GuardianSome reports say intelligence officer fired fatal shot in clash at barricade in landlocked south-east African country A man died and as many as 15 other people were injured as clashes over a bid by the country’s president for a third ter...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaNigeria aim to make history at the 2018 World Cup by becoming the first African team ever to reach the semi-finals.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[The Star] HUMAN rights organisations and families are alarmed over the alleged resurgence of extra-judicial killings and disappearances of terror suspects.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from AllAfrica News: Latest[Al Jazeera] Borama, Somaliland -From emotionally-traumatised returned migrants, to the chief immigration commissioner to the top smugglers, one thing keeps turning up in conversation: social media.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Africa – France 24 - International News 24/7Hundreds of students from a Burundi university shuttered by the government were seeking refuge outside the U.S. embassy in the capital on Friday, amid unrest and escalating tensions ahead of the June 26 presidential vote.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from African SpotlightEven as it is being predicted that Floyd Mayweather will add another $180million to his bulging bank accounts, there are genuine concerns here that the richest athlete in the world will end up without a cent to his name. Mayweather’s fat...
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The recent Egyptian Economic Development Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh was a powerful reminder of how Egypt’s future growth and stability is tied to Africa’s, a stakeholder says. Tens of billions of dollars in new investments were announ... - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from CNN.com - AfricaNigerian troops rescued an additional 160 women and children from Boko Haram days after they found hundreds of other hostages, the military said Thursday.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from African SpotlightMichael Igbinedion, brother of former Edo state governor Lucky Igbinedion got a slap on the wrist over the N25billion money laundering charge for which he was convicted Wednesday. At his sentencing today, he was fined N3million by Justic...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - AfricaOne of the leading operators of masts for mobile phones in Africa, Eaton Towers, has put together $350m for new acquisitions, alongside a major deal in Egypt.
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Linguists are in awe of Igbo, a tonal language spoken by more than 24 million people in Southeast Nigeria. While there are more than 20 dialects, Central Igbo is the most prevalent. Igbo features words that sound the same, but a slight c... - Friday, May 1, 2015 from CCTV Africa
A magazine called Vangardist is seeking to draw attention to HIV and AIDS with a provocative cover printed with ink containing HIV-positive blood. The special edition of the magazine features stories of “HIV heroes” at... - Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Uploads by CCTV AfricaChild Abuse in C.A.R: French Peacekeepers Accused Of Abusing Displaced Children French president Francois Hollande, has vowed to show no mercy over allegations that French peacekeeping soldiers in the Central African Republic, sexually a...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News24 WorldSix Baltimore police officers have been charged over the death of a 25-year-old African-American from injuries sustained while in custody, in a surprise announcement after days of riots and protests in the US city.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News24 WorldJust over a month of fighting in Yemen has left nearly 1 250 people dead, in a conflict affecting 7.5 million people, the World Health Organisation says.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from eNCA.com | WorldThe opening of Expo 2015 was marred on Friday by violent clashes between police and opponents of Milan's hosting of the first world fair since Shanghai five years ago.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from eNCA.com | WorldSix Baltimore police officers will face criminal charges, including second-degree murder and manslaughter, in the death of a black man who was arrested and suffered fatal injuries.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News24 WorldOne thousand EU citizens are still unaccounted for in Nepal, almost a week after a massive earthquake, diplomats say.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from eNCA.com | WorldTurkish riot police fired water cannons and canisters of tear gas as they chased protesters down side streets in Istanbul when stone-throwing protesters ran riot on Friday.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from eNCA.com | WorldThai authorities uncovered a mass grave in an abandoned jungle camp on Friday, believed to contain the remains of migrant 'hostages' from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News24 WorldTurkish police used tear gas and water cannon against May Day protesters who sought to march toward Istanbul's iconic Taksim Square, where the government had banned demonstrations.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News24 WorldMost Americans support drone strikes against terrorists overseas, a new poll has revealed.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News24 WorldVillagers in quake-stricken Nepal áre distributing emergency provisions among themselves as official aid and rescue operations continue to be held up.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News24 WorldFifteen people returning from a wedding, including the bride and groom, have been killed after their vehicle collided with a truck in eastern India, police say.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from eNCA.com | WorldThe South African humanitarian team are in the earthquake-ravaged country to help with the search and rescue effort.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News24 WorldThe US ambassador to Turkey has hit back at sexist remarks by Ankara's maverick mayor to the US State Department spokeswoman in unusual style, posting a picture of himself with blonde hair.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News24 WorldA 65-year-old woman bitten to death by a shark while snorkelling off the Hawaiian island of Maui loved the ocean and went swimming every day, her brother says.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from eNCA.com | WorldAbbott recalled Australia's ambassador to Indonesia, Paul Gibson, in protest against the execution of two Australian convicted drug traffickers.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News24 WorldDavid Cameron won the last major TV contest of Britain's election campaign, a snap poll shows, with 44% of viewers saying he had performed best on the night.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from eNCA.com | WorldThe former US first lady has been directly attacked by Republicans on everything but her age.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from eNCA.com | WorldSuch is their anger with the London-based political elite, and the Labour Party in particular, that many pro-union Scots will back the Scottish National Party (SNP) on May 7.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News24 WorldBaltimore streets were largely calm as an emergency curfew set in for a third night, following hours of protests over the death of an African-American man who died while in police custody.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from eNCA.com | WorldThe UN has said 8 million people are affected with at least 2 million in need of tents, water, food and medicines. 600,000 houses have been destroyed or damaged .
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from eNCA.com | World"If, with the nation watching, three black women at three different levels can't get justice... for this community... where you're going to get it in our country": Baltimore Mayor
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News24 WorldSaudi Arabia says its forces have killed dozens of rebels from Yemen who launched their first major attack on the kingdom since Saudi-led air strikes began last month.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from News24 WorldAt Nepal's crowded National Trauma Centre, overwhelmed doctors make split-second life or death decisions, arranging earthquake victims into order of priority and trying where possible to avoid amputations.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Seychelles News Agency - WorldA court in Pakistan Thursday sentenced 10 men to life imprisonment for attempting to kill Nobel-prize winning teenage activist Malala Yousafzai in 2012, officials said, though the chief suspect remains at large. Pakistani Taliban militan...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsMaputo City Council will demolish a total of three hundred houses, built in flood and erosion prone, that are located 50 metres from the reserve where the Maputo ring road (linking the southern cities of Maputo and Matola) is under const...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsLondon-listed Kenmare Resources has received a revised, nonbinding proposal from Australian mineral sands miner Iluka Resources regarding the proposed buyout of the Irish miner.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsMozambican President Filipe Nyusi said on Monday that he heard explanations from his South African counterpart on the xenophobic crisis in this country and that Jacob Zuma assured him that those responsible for the violence will be exemp...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsThe Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Thursday rejected the bill submitted by the former rebel movement Renamo, that aimed to set up “provincial municipalities”, and ensure Renamo control over much of central and no...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsSouth Africa's tourism industry is likely to take a hit following a wave of xenophobic attacks this month, a setback for the country which has worked hard to clean up its image as a hub for violent crime.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsAngola's government has banned nine church groups operating in central Huambo province, where the main opposition party said hundreds were killed this month in a police crackdown on a rebel Christian sect.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsMore than 200 people were arrested during a raid at the Thembelihle informal settlement near Lenasia, south of Johannesburg on Thursday morning.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsA student in his second year of Economics and Management at a higher education institution, is in dire straits with the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) for having unsuccessfully attempted to break into an ATM, using a grinding...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsZimbabwe and Zambia are "Siamese twins" and their citizens have always worked together well, Zambian President Edgar Lungu said.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has reportedly said that only white people are “living better lives” in South Africa while black Africans are "still very low".
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsMany Zimbabweans reacted angrily on Thursday to reports that President Robert Mugabe had called members of the Kalanga tribe uneducated crooks at a SADC summit this week.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Club of Mozambique NewsMozambican President Filipe Nyusi distanced himself from the discussion today in Parliament, over the controversial project of the provincial authorities, submitted by Renamo as a way to overcome the political crisis with the main opposi...
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- Friday, May 1, 2015 from LusakaTimes.comPRESIDENT Lungu says he will not deny access to information and freedom of expression to the media and the citizenry because it is a constitutional right. The President said his administration will allow citizens to...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from LusakaTimes.comTHE Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) has withdrawn its lawyer Buta Gondwe from representing the financial institution in a case in which it has sued defunct Zambian Airways shareholders over a K14 million loan. When...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from LusakaTimes.comTHE tribunal appointed to investigate allegations of professional misconduct against suspended Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mutembo Nchito has rescheduled the date for the delivery of its ruling from May 7, 2015 to May 13,...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from LusakaTimes.comMINISTER of Information and Broadcasting Services Chishimba Kambwili has directed district commissioners and town clerks countrywide to pull down political campaign billboards within three days. Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on K...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from LusakaTimes.comFORMER MMD spokesperson Dora Siliya has applied to recontest the Petauke Central parliamentary seat on the Patriotic Front (PF) ticket. The only other applicant for the seat as a PF candidate so far is Elias...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Zambia Daily Mail » NewsKABANDA CHULU, Mongu FORMER MMD spokesperson Dora Siliya has applied to recontest the Petauke Central parliamentary seat on the Patriotic Front (PF) ticket. The only other applicant for the seat as a PF candidate so far is Elias Banda, p...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Zambia Daily Mail » NewsYANDE SYAMPEYO, Bulawayo PRESIDENT Lungu says trade and investment relations between Zambia and Zimbabwe have strengthened over the years with Zambia’s exports to its southern neighbour exceeding US$1.3 billion in 2010. The President sai...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Zambia Daily Mail » NewsYANDE SYAMPEYO, Harare SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) leaders have condemned the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa which left six people dead. In a communique at the just- ended SADC extraordinary summit of heads o...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Zambia Daily Mail » NewsYANDE SYAMPEYO, Harare PRESIDENT Lungu says he will not deny access to information and freedom of expression to the media and the citizenry because it is a constitutional right. The President said his administration will allow citizens t...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Zambia Daily Mail » NewsTEDDY KUYELA, Lusaka THE tribunal appointed to investigate allegations of professional misconduct against suspended Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mutembo Nchito has rescheduled the date for the delivery of its ruling from May 7, ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Zambia Daily Mail » NewsMWILA NTAMBI, Kitwe MINISTER of Information and Broadcasting Services Chishimba Kambwili has directed district commissioners and town clerks countrywide to pull down political campaign billboards within three days. Speaking when he paid ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Zambia Daily Mail » NewsCATHERINE MUMBA, Lusaka MINISTER of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Joseph Katema says meaningful and sustainable development can be achieved by engaging traditional leaders in governance programmes such as promoting peace and stability. ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Zambia Daily Mail » NewsCHAMBO NG’UNI, Chibombo CENTRAL Province Minister Davies Chisopa has called on civil servants to be professional to efficiently deliver services to the people. Mr Chisopa, addressing heads of government departments in Chibombo, said it i...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO : The Wafd Liberal Party may still act as a member of The Beloved Egypt electoral alliance to run in the long-awaited parliamentary elections, Youm 7 reported. Party member Essam Shiha told Youm7 that the supreme authority might be...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Egypr.com - Egypt NewsAn Alexandria misdemeanours court on Wednesday sentenced five Morsi supporters to 18 years in jail and a fine of LE 135,000 for “illegal protesting” and
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Cairo PostBEIRUT: Syrian government forces have carried out a series of air raids and shelled several areas in the country’s northwest in an apparent attempt to halt a rebel advance, killing at least 20 civilians, activists said Thursday. St...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesEgypt's M2 money supply was up 17% at the end of March from a year earlier, the central bank said.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: The Ring Road will be partially closed starting from Saturday in order to ease loads, said head of the General Traffic Administration Saeed Taema Thursday. Taema stated that the decision came after frequent accidents on the road d...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsAdamawa House of Assembly yesterday passed a resolution calling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to probe alleged procurement of 50 Toyota Hilux
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsThe dollar sank to its lowest level in more than two months as the currency market adopted a markedly dovish view on the United States
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Cairo PostPRESS RELEASE: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Mergermarket, the world’s leading intelligence and news service for mergers and acquisitions, has released its Q1 Middle East Trend Report ahead of the Middle Eastern M&A and Private Equity...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Cairo PostRIYADH: The Saudi Defense Ministry says three Saudi soldiers and “dozens” of Yemeni Shiite rebels were killed overnight Friday after the rebels and their supporters launched a cross-border attack on the kingdom. A ministry st...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesTurkish police fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of stone-throwing May Day protesters on Friday, after they defied a ban and tried to march on Istanbul's Taksim Square. Europe's biggest city was under a security lockdow...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) resumed its rally in Thursday’s session, powered by a strong buying spree among Arab and foreign investors for a second straight day. The benchmark index EGX30 hiked 2.17 percent to 8,672 points at clos...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Egypt Independent: World newsA senior US diplomat told Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza on Thursday that the east African country risks boiling over if it smothers political opposition, as protests against the president entered a fifth day. The Burund...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Cairo PostReuters: Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition struck a residential district of the Yemeni capital Sanaa overnight, killing eight to 10 civilians, residents said on Friday. The Saba state news agency, controlled by the Houthi movement in ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Egypt Independent: World newsFrench authorities have identified some of their troops accused of sexually abusing children in Central African Republic while there on peacekeeping duties, a French judicial source said on Thursday. The matter, which risks ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Egypr.com - Egypt NewsAPEgyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has met with Spain's King Felipe and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for talks expected to center on combatting jihadi terrorism and
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsThe Brazilian man shot dead alongside Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran in Indonesia was a paranoid schizophrenic who didn't realise he was being executed
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Egypt Independent: World newsSouth Korean workers clashed with riot police at a May Day rally in Seoul on Friday, vowing to wage an "all-out general strike" if the government pushes through with planned labour reforms. Thousands of riot police erected barr...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesSpain's Economy Ministry said that the country would collaborate with Egypt to study the creation of a high-speed rail link between Cairo and Luxor.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsA Saudi-led coalition pressed on with air strikes Thursday against Shiite rebels in south Yemen where fierce clashes raged between the insurgents and southern pro-government
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsWhen the sons of late Afro-beat legend, Fela Anikulapo-kuti, Femi and Seun announced that they were both going to perform at concert titled 2 Kings in Lagos, many were excited. Followers of Afro-beat music were eagerly anticipating the e...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsChocolate City acts, M.I, Ice Prince and others had a meeting yesterday with Jay-Z‘s cousin and Roc Nation executive, Brian Biggs aka “Bee-High”, who reportedly came
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: Egypt’s workers celebrated their Labor Day Friday amid concerns over a clampdown on their right to protest after the Administrative Court ruled that employees participating in strikes or sit-ins, thus “hindering public interests,”...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesRights groups slammed an official visit to Spain on Thursday by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, saying he should be shunned for his authoritarian rule rather than courted for business deals. Spain's King Felipe VI hosted the...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsThe President-elect, Gen. Buhari, today Wednesday April 29th in Abuja inaugurated a 19-member Transition Committee to liaise with its Federal Government counterpart to ensure a
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: The unemployment rate in 2014 slipped .2 percent compared to 2013, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced Thursday; the rate in 2014 was 13 percent, compared to 2013’s 13.2 percent. The organ...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesEgypt's Finance Minister Hany Kadry Dimian said Egypt hopes to issue sukuk, or Islamic bonds, at the beginning of the 2015/2016 fiscal year.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsIndonesia brushed aside last-minute appeals and executed eight people, including 4 Nigerians convicted of drug smuggling on Wednesday, although a Philippine woman was granted a
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: Egypt is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Spain to establish fish farms in the Suez Canal axis Thursday, said Mohab Mamish Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, Youm7 reported. The MoU came among 5 other MoUs and a...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: Low-cost Saudi carrier Flynas announced Thursday the launch of a new route from Riyadh to Cairo, as an inaugural flight took off from Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport to Cairo International Airport Terminal 1 Wedne...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Cairo PostPRESS RELEASE: Qalaa Holdings (CCAP on the Egyptian Exchange, formerly Citadel Capital) released today its consolidated financial results for the year ending 31 December 2014, reporting revenues of EGP 6.5 billion, up 34% from 2013 pro f...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Cairo Post
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from The Nigerian Voice NewsSAN FRANCISCO, April 30, (THEWILL) Controversial Itsekiri youth leader, Chief Ayiri Emami, has called on President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, to probe and scrap the multi-billion dollar Amnesty Programme designed for ex-militants i...
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- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: Egypt and Sudan officially opened the Qustul border crossing Thursday to facilitate trade and goods movement between Egypt and African countries, Youm7 reported. Egypt’s Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and the Sudanese First Vice Pr...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Egypt Independent: World newsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not attend events in Moscow next week commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe, the Kremlin said on Thursday. "He has decided to stay in Pyongyang," Kr...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from Egypt Independent: World newsPolice in southern Germany have prevented a planned Islamist attack, a German newspaper reported on Thursday, adding that a married couple had been arrested overnight after weapons and explosives were found in their home. Police s...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Egypr.com - Egypt NewsSeveral bomb attacks hit Sharqia governorate, northern part Egypt, in the early hours of Friday, according to Youm7. The governorate’s capital Zaqaziq witnessed two consecutive
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsDiamond Banks Plc has sacked over 1,000 workers. P.M.NEWS Business reports that the sack was because the bank had to realign its operations for a tougher
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsAt least 15 people have been killed and six others missing in flash floods that hit Kenya’s Narok county, some 100 km from the capital
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: Two conscripts were shot in two separates Friday attacks in Arish, North Sinai, Youm7 reported. Mohamed Atef, 21, one of the guards securing Arish Third Police Station was shot by a stray bullet in his left arm, a medical source i...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesFrance-based Louis Dreyfus Commodities Company is offering to invest in Egypt's logistics centre in Damietta.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Egypt Independent: Top storiesThe defense of the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie and members of the Guidance Bureau appealed their death and life imprisonment sentences before the Court of Cassation. Cairo Criminal Court, headed by Judge ...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: Faraeen channel will shut down Saturday due to aggregated debts, TV host and owner of the channel Tawfiq Okasha said Wednesday. “The total debts of the channel from 2011 till now are 11 millions EGP,” Okasha said in the channel&#...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Zawya.com - Egypt Top StoriesChina-based Oppo Electronics intends to invest 100 million Egyptian pounds in Egypt's smartphone market.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Egypr.com - Egypt NewsEgypt’s largest listed automotive assembler and distributor GB Auto has called for lower tariffs on car imports from the US and Asia, fearing that free
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Egypt Independent: World newsAuthorities in Thailand uncovered a mass grave in an abandoned jungle camp Friday believed to contain the remains of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, a grisly find in a region notorious for people smuggling routes. The discovery was...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsThe Federal Government has condemned the execution of four Nigerians by Indonesian authorities over drug-related offences, despite pleas for clemency by President Goodluck Jonathan, describing
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: Newborns in Egypt to remain with their jailed mothers until the age of four instead of two, according to recent draft amendments to Law on Prison Regulations announced Friday. When the child turns four, he will be transferred to l...
- Thursday, April 30, 2015 from OnlineNigeria NewsAccording to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Nigeria accounts for over 14 per cent of the World’s maternal deaths. According to the UNFPA representative in
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Cairo PostCAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) extended its losing streak for the second month in a row by April-end, and market capitalization shed around 6.4 billion EGP ($844.5 million,) according to its monthly report issued Thursday. During the...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsThe Senate committee has adopted a special report by the Auditor General on the collection of revenue in the world famous Masai Mara Game Reserve.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by kenyacitizentvPresident Vows Less Talk, More Service Delivery From: Kenya CitizenTV Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:42 More in News & Politics
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by kenyacitizentvWorld Relay Championships From: Kenya CitizenTV Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:44 More in News & Politics
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by NTV UgandaSecurity agents in negotiations with Tanzania over Jamil Mukulu Uganda plans to send a team of security team to the neighboring Tanzania to complete negotiations of the the transfer of captured ADF supremo Jamil Mukulu to the country to ...
Cardiff Council agreed to recognise Somaliland as a sovereign state at a meeting in City Hall in March Cardiff full council meeting: Pontcanna / Somaliland Members of the Somali community in Cardiff have criticised a motion by Car...- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by kenyacitizentvEACC: Way Forward? From: Kenya CitizenTV Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 03:23 More in News & Politics
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by K24TVBarobaro Ataka Kuiuza Saa Ya Sh Milioni 1.5 Nairobi Akisema Amelengwa Na Wezi Huku wengi wakiwa na hofu ya kutojua watakapotoa mkate wao wa kila siku, kuna kijana mmoja hapa jijini Nairobi, ambaye hofu yake ni tofauti kabisa kutokana na ...
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsA Kenyan family is pleading for the release of their daughter who is locked up in a Saudi prison over unclear circumstances
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by K24TVGov't announces a 12% increase on minimum wage Gov't Announces A 12% Increase On Minimum Wage Kenyan workers will now have something extra to take home after the government announced a 12 % increase in the basic minimum wage. Fro...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by K24TVPresident: Gov't Is Doing Everything In Its Power To Secure Kenyans President Uhuru Kenyatta used today's labour day celebrations to re-assure the nation of the government's commitment in addressing the insecurity challenge f...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by NTV UgandaMuseveni says pay rises for civil servants to come after infrastructure development President Yoweri Museveni has defended his stand to invest in infrastructure development first and consider increasing salaries for civil servants later....
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by K24TVLabour day marked in a one-of-a-kind, short ceremony at uhuru park This year's Labour Day celebrations were arguably the shortest in Kenya's history. Unlike previous years, the day was marked with short speeches with the event ab...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by kenyacitizentv"Hatubanduki Ng'oo!" Maskwota Wakataa Kuhama Ben Moi, Moiben From: Kenya CitizenTV Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:37 More in News & Politics
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by K24TVBomet governor protests URP's expulsion of 9 nominated MCAs This year's labour day celebrations were also marked in various counties nationwide with some counties experiencing hitches in marking the event. Karen Karimi joins with...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Bartamaha » Latest Somali NewsMail & Guardian he Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) have released a report that says that in 2014 Somalia exported a record 5 million livestock to markets in the Gulf of Arabia “thanks to heavy investments in animal disease p...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by kenyacitizentvBill Clinton, Daughter Chelsea Tour Projects In Kenya From: Kenya CitizenTV Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:44 More in News & Politics
- Nairobi, May 1, 2015-Unidentified armed men on Wednesday night shot dead Somali journalist Daud Ali Omar at his home in Somalia, according to local journalists and news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities t...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by NTVKenya'Kutenda Before Kusema': President Kenyatta says he will reduce talk, act more President Kenyatta who has been absent from the public eye for a week appeared at the Labour Day celebrations where he gave a complete dress down to l...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by NTVKenya3 die as mini bus, 14-seater matatu collide along Kamulu road 3 people died on the spot and several others were critically injured, after a mini bus from Tala collided with a 14-seater matatu heading to Nairobi. The accident is said to h...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by NTV Uganda2 arrested over yellow pigs demonstration in Jinja Two men have been arrested in Jinja town after they let set two pigs, painted yellow, loose on Nizam street. The sight of the two pigs running around attracted attention and caused commo...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by K24TVFormer US president Bill Clinton in Kenya ahead of Obama's July tour Former US President Bill Clinton In Kenya Ahead Of Obama's July Tour Former US President Bill Clinton and his daughter Chelsea Clinton began their three day tou...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Horseed Media • Somali News • Politics and Opinion » » Somali News in EnglishMore than 200 Somali refugees arrived on Friday in Northern Somalia from the conflict in Yemen, as the number of the refugees streaming into the Horn of African nation continues to increase. A boat carrying the 220 refugees, mostly women...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by NTVKenyaMau Politics: Politics slow down water tower restoration The recent eviction of some 5000 people from the Olpusimoru Forest in the Mau Narok complex triggered the return of divisive politics of the MAU. The recovery of this water catchme...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by K24TVThe Rise And Rise Of The Kenyan Classical Music Stars- The Moipei Quartet From: K24TV Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 11:12 More in News & Politics
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Bartamaha » Latest Somali NewsThe Telegraph A Somali rapist who poses a “high risk” to children and adults in Britain has overturned a bid to deport him because he could face ill-treatment if returned to his homeland. The 31-year-old sex offender served a five year s...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by NTVKenyaFormer US president Bill Clinton meets President Kenyatta Former US president Bill Clinton on Friday met President Kenyatta and held talks with the president on ongoing projects sponsored by his Clinton Foundation in Kenya. Clinton is in...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan
May 1, 2015 (JUBA) - The South Sudanese government has accepted the involvement of the Trioka countries, as proposed by the regional bloc (IGAD), in direct negotiations with the armed opposition faction led by the country's former vice-p... - Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by kenyacitizentvKenyatta Calls For Truce Between Sonko,Kidero From: Kenya CitizenTV Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 02:35 More in News & Politics
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by NTVKenyaUnknown assailants attack, murder Eldoret journalist on his way home Veteran print journalist John Kituyi has been killed. The journalist was attacked by a group of unknown people before being hit at the back of his head; he succumbed to...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by kenyacitizentvNarok Floods, Death Toll Hits 10 From: Kenya CitizenTV Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:26 More in News & Politics
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by kenyacitizentvUlanguzi Wa Mwana! From: Kenya CitizenTV Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 01:58 More in News & Politics
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsA policeman and several civilians were seriously injured after an eviction exercise went awry at the expansive Ben-Moi farm in Uasin Gishu County.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by kenyacitizentvTaahira Mjamzito Akubaliwa Kutibiwa, Eldoret From: Kenya CitizenTV Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 01:39 More in News & Politics
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by NTVKenyaKajiado Rally: Organisers working to ensure rally takes place on Sunday Confusion and uncertainty lingers as to whether this weekend's Kajiado Rally will proceed or not. The initial reports on Friday after scrutinizing of about 40 ca...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by NTVKenyaSale Frenzy: City residents flock Nakumatt Labour Day sale Shop till you drop! Its a rare chance that residents of Nairobi and may be other Kenyans who are passing by Nairobi will have, for the next three days following Nakumatt Supermar...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesI asked her, why did you do this? But she pleaded innocence, saying she was not the one who leaked her own nudes
- Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Popular Standard Digital News FeedsMombasa leaders marked Labour Day celebrations yesterday by renewing onslaught against the government and Kenya Ports Authority (KPA).
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by kenyacitizentvKakamega Tens From: Kenya CitizenTV Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:35 More in News & Politics
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesEldoret-based veteran journalist and proprietor of a regional paper “The Mirror Weekly” John Kituyi was on Thursday evening crudely murdered by unknown assailants in Pioneer estate, Eldoret.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from M&G Africa Index FeedMilitary ruler Amin used to advise Ugandan boxers: "Always aim at killing your opponents and see if any biased referee can reverse the results.”
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Bartamaha » Latest Somali NewsAFP t a hospital in Mogadishu’s Yaqshid district, children suffering from severe acute malnutrition, worsened by stomach and chest infections, are receiving treatment that is likely saving their young lives. Three years have elapse...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Bartamaha » Latest Somali NewsReuters NAIROBI enya will not forcibly repatriate some 336,000 Somalis living in one of the world’s largest refugee camps, but the government intends to continue with its plans to close the camp within three months for security rea...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by kenyacitizentvMan, Wife Conspire To Steal A Child From: Kenya CitizenTV Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:31 More in News & Politics
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by K24TVRais Kenyatta Asuta Upinzani Kwa Kukosa Uzalendo Wanapokosoa Rais Uhuru Kenyatta alitumia fursa ya leo kuwasuta vikali viongozi wa kisiasa wa upinzani kwa kile alichosema ni mazoea ya kunena mabaya pekee kuhusu taifa la Kenya. Rais alise...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by NTVKenyaLabour of Pain: Govt. offers little protection for Kenyan workers As the world marked Labour Day, many workers may have had little to celebrate. Employees' complaints range from poor wages and benefits to discrimination and intimidat...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by kenyacitizentvMwanahabari Auawa Eldoret From: Kenya CitizenTV Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:57 More in News & Politics
- British Office Hargeisa 01 May 2015 SUBJECT: SOMALILAND PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS The International Community welcomes Somaliland’s National Election Commission’s announcement of a timeline for the voter registration proce...
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Standard: RSS Feeds - HeadlinesNairobians may devour a politician's daughter's nude photos if threats by her ex-boyfriend come true.
- Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by NTVKenyaWorlds Relays: Kenya ready for competition in the Bahamas Kenya starts her World Relay middle distance title defense on Saturday at the Bahamas. The team led by World 1500 meters champion Asbel Kiprop and guided by head coach Sammy Rono,...
