Africa
Africa: Investing in Africa's Women
Cape Town — Invest and empower other women on the continent. This is the key message that came from former South African first lady and ...
Africa: Minister Confirms Troop Deployment
Cape Town — Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula confirmed on Friday that South Africa had deployed troops in countries neighbouring the Central African Republic. But this was ...
Africa: Zim Lags Behind As Africa Marks New Era
Herbert Moyo/Hazel Ndebele — TOMORROW Africa celebrates 50 years since the formation of the African Union (AU), formerly the Organisation for African Unity (OAU), on ...
Zimbabwe: Still Rolling Out the Barrel
Delta Corporation Limited, the biggest counter on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) by capitalisation, recently published results for the 12 months ended March 31 2013. Results ...
Nigeria: Doctors Without Borders Shuts Clinic in Northern Nigeria
Abuja — Aid organization Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended emergency health care in Borno State, Nigeria, - the heart of an insurgency now ...
Africa: AGRA Welcomes African Union's Renewed Commitment to Agriculture
Nairobi — Jane Karuku, President of AGRA, said: “We share the African Union’s vision for an Africa that is free of hunger; an Africa that ...
Cote d'Ivoire: Rape Plagues Ivory Coast Long After Conflict's End
Bouake, Ivory Coast — Two years since Ivory Coast's post-election violence came to an end, rape remains a problem throughout the country. Though such attacks ...
Africa: Africa Tempts High-Tech Companies
Multinational High — Tech companies looking for new frontiers and fresh ideas are lining up for a slice of Africa's relatively untapped consumer market. Many experts ...
South Sudan: President Says 'Never' to ICC
Juba, South Sudan — South Sudan President Salva Kiir said Thursday that he would "never accept" the International Criminal Court. He spoke during a visit ...
Kenya: Politicizing the ICC Process Will Not Let ICC Suspects Off the Hook
At the World Economic Forum two weeks ago, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said that Kenya will meet its obligations under the Rome Statute even as ...
Africa: Pan-Africanism 'To Unlock Our Future'
Debates by Africans from all walks of life are reaffirming pan-Africanism as a guide to action and the foundation for Africa's renaissance, African Union Commission ...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Trip to Tokyo to 'Gobble Millions'
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe will next week gobble millions of dollars when he takes a huge entourage of more than 50 government officials to attend the ...
South Sudan: Marrying Off South Sudan's Girls for Cows
Juba — "Our daughters are our only source of wealth. Where else do you expect me to get cows from?" asks 60-year-old Jacob Deng from ...
Egypt: A Calm State in Tahrir Square Before Demonstrations
A state of calm prevailed in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday morning before a planned demonstration which several revolutionary parties and forces have called for. Participants ...
Africa: Africa's Dream of Unity
The African Union is turning 50. It was established as an organization to fight for African unity and initially fought against colonialism. Today it seeks ...
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Seeks to Restore Credibility in DRC
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon und World Bank President Jim Yong Kim are working on a new strategy to end the conflict in DRC. Their ...
Africa: Report Reveals 'Hidden' Social Costs of High Food Prices
A new era of high and volatile food prices is causing life-changing shifts in society, according to Oxfam and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) ...
Eritrea: Eritrea's 20th Anniversary - Haunted By Perceptions or Reality?
Eritrea celebrates its 20th anniversary of independence on Friday with state-run media describing festivities across the country. But Amnesty International has decried the alleged human ...
Africa: Fun and Games Help Communicate Disaster Science
Geneva — Playing games is helping to engage communities with the complex scientific information used to forecast natural disasters, as well as encouraging people to ...
Zimbabwe: June Election 'Unlawful' in Terms of New Constitution
The new Constitution that was formally gazetted by Robert Mugabe on Wednesday makes his desired June election date technically unlawful, with months worth of preparations ...
Uganda: Uganda Now Drug Hub, Admits Police
The police admit that drug trafficking is becoming a problem in Uganda, with many travellers frequently arrested for the offence in foreign countries. The Police Commissioner ...
Nigeria: London Attack - Both Suspects Are Nigerians
The second suspect in the brutal killing a British soldier, Lee Right, of the 2nd Battallion, the Royal Regiment of fusiliers, is also a Nigerian-born ...
Tanzania: Zanzibar Community Leader Attacked With Acid
Zanzibar — In yet another shocking incident in Zanzibar a local leader, popularly known here as sheha, has been attacked with acid. The elderly man, ...
Kenya: Kagame Got Me UN Job, Says Kituyi
Former Trade and Industry minister Mukhisa Kituyi yesterday said nobody from western or central province lobbied for him to be the Secretary General of the ...
Nigeria: State of Emergency Must Not Lead to More Human Rights Abuses
Nigerian authorities must not use the state of emergency imposed in the north of the country as an excuse to commit human rights violations, Amnesty ...
Africa: Raising the Bar on Extractive Resources Transparency and Accountability
Over 3.5 billion people—or half of the world’s population—live in countries that are rich in extractive resources such as oil, gas, and minerals. Yet, too ...
Liberia: Several Govt Officials Snub Assets Verification Exercise
The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) has disclosed that several top officials of the Government of Liberia (GOL) have "deliberately refused to cooperate" with its Assets ...
Nigeria: Nigerians On the Run As Military Combats Boko Haram
Kano — Tens of thousands of residents of northeastern Nigeria's Borno State have fled their homes - thousands of them into neighbouring Niger and Cameroon ...
Congo-Kinshasa: South African Peacekeepers Chase Away Refugees - Report
Dozens of crying children and women have been locked out of a UN base manned by South African peacekeepers outside Goma in eastern Congo, despite ...
Sierra Leone: Not All Sierra Leoneans Enjoy Economic Growth Benefits
Sierra Leone has one of the world's fastest growing economies, according to an International Monetary Fund report. But the post-civil war boom has not yet ...
Chad: Wave of Arrests in Chad
Chad has Africa's largest contingent of troops in Mali. It is fighting alongside French forces to flush out Islamist groups. But at home, the government ...
Liberia: Press Union of Liberia - Position on the President Sirleaf's Double Standard on Press Freedom in Liberia
Fellow Colleagues, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, the events of the last 18 days have been well documented. On May 3, 2013, members of the Liberian media ...
Zambia: Changing Environment in the Zambezi River Basin
Climate and human pressure on resources are significantly changing the environment in the Zambezi river basin, as illustrated in a new 2012 publication, the Zambezi ...
Zimbabwe limits presidential tenures to two five-year terms
HARARE (AFP) – President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday signed Zimbabwe’s new constitution into law, clearing the path to crucial elections later this year. The longtime ruler inked ...
Kenya: A Country Held for Ransom
Nairobi — Gangs in Kenya Have Realised That Every Family, No Matter How Poor, Will Give Everything It Can to Stay Whole, Sparking a Rising ...
Zimbabwe: Ruling Party Militias Spread Fear of Voting
Harare — For the last month Gibson Severe and his wife, Merjury Severe, known opposition supporters from Hurungwe district in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland West Province, have ...
Africa: Africa's GDP Conundrum - in Conversation With Morten Jerven
The economic performance of sub-Saharan African countries in recent years has been widely documented, and praised. Analysts and commentators regularly posit that after weathering the ...
Egypt: Freed Soldiers Arrive in Cairo
Cairo — Supreme Guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, extended his greetings to President Mohamed Mursi, the Armed Forces and the Bedouins of Sinai ...
T.B. Joshua: "I Would Have Halted President Mills' Death If..."
Founder and General Overseer of the Synagogue Church, Prophet T.B. Joshua says in an unusual manner, God did not reveal the death of Ghana’s President, ... Full story
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Nigerian Troops Rescue Women and Children Kidnapped By Boko Haram
By SaharaReporters, New York The Nigerian Army today said it ...
Lagos PDP crisis: Bode George, Ogunlewe reconcile
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State Chapter, on Friday announced that the lingering disagreement between two of its leaders – Chief Olabode George and ...
Again, gunmen kill 3 in Borno
By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri Despite the emergency rule and the deployment of over 3000 soldiers in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, some gunmen suspected to be ...
The Gait Of An Iroko: A Sonnet For Achebe By Kennedy Emetulu
Ogene, the gong pierces the hollow night in feverish echoes of the solemn news!Ala, the earth wearily opens to swallow this huge feast of a ...
Achebe: A Personal Testimony By C. Don Adinuba
Up to the moment he breathed his last on Thursday, March 21, 2013, Chinua Achebe, Africa’s most quoted raconteur, novelist , essayist and social critic, ...
23 Year Old Lebanese Man Arrested for kidnapping 61 year old Aunt in Lagos
A 23 year old Lebanese man has been arrested by police in Lagos for kidnapping his 61 year old aunt, Alhaja Essa Dannawi. Mohammed Dannawi ...
Woman Burns Son’s Face With An Iron As Punishment For Stealing Co-Tenant's Soup
A woman, Sakirat Attah, 25, has been arrested by the police at Elemoro Division, Lekki, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for severely scalding her son’s face. The petty ...
Charly Boy - I Am Obsessed With My Body
In a recent interview, popular entertainer, Charly Boy reveals more titbits about his life; As an advocate of the masses, accompanied with your passion for bikes.,What ...
Photos Of 10 Famous Actress Who Went Publicly Nude For Attention
French actress Frederique Bel pulled out all the stops at the Cannes Film Festival this week - baring her nipples in a completely see-through dress. Her ...
Sufuyan Ojeifo's Shroud Defence of David Mark By Kikiowo Ileowo
I read with pity, a poorly written piece by one Sufuyan Ojeifo on NewsDairyOnline (newsdiaryonline.com/marks-house-of-indolence-a-thesis-redolent-of-dishonesty-by-sufuyan-ojeifo/) and an edited version in the Nigerian Compass newspaper of ...