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Kenya: Kingi Warn Kenyans Over Ethnic Coalition16/11Minister for Fisheries and Development Amason Kingi have told residents of Nyanza region to shun leaders forming coalitions based on ethnicity saying …
Cameroon Hosts Pioneer International Cocoa Festival12/11Cameroon has hosted the first ever international cocoa festival. The festival kicked off on Thursday 7 November 2012 with an international conference …
Nigeria: Nigerians reject rotating the Presidency12/11Nigerians on Saturday rejected single term presidency, which is being canvassed by President Goodluck Jonathan, during the House of Representatives Pu…
ECOWAS determined to solve Mali Crisis12/11ECOWAS leaders on Sunday 11th November 2012 in Abuja adopted a harmonized Concept of Operations for the deployment an African-led international force …
Kenya: Rate of Suicide is alarming in Nyanza Region12/11The rate of suicide cases in Nyanza region of Kenya is worrying the area residents and Police boss, Joseph Oletito following the number of cases repor…
New vaccine trial reduces malaria by one-third09/11Latest vaccine trial results show a reduction in malaria by approximately one-third in African infants aged 6 to 12 weeks, lower than that seen in th…
Public officials’ asset disclosure insufficient09/11Financial disclosure laws requiring public officials to file a statement of their assets, liabilities and interests can make corruption easier to…- ODM Party Aspirant Burial - Tight security in Kisumu city09/11Police dons in anti-riots gears are strategically positioned in all the corners of the City ready to curtail any of the anticipated chaos as the late …
GHANA: Criminal Responsibility in the Melcom Disaster08/11The Melcom Disaster and Criminal Responsibility. No One Should Escape!
On a day that the United States re-elected President Barack Obama for a second…
KENYA: Sustainable Organic Farming & Development Initiatives08/11Sustainable Organic Farming & Development Initiatives (SOFDI), a charitable organization based in Western Kenya region by a Switzerland woman has …
Those whose negligence caused this will pay! Mahama swears08/11President John Dramani Mahama has given a strong indication that persons whose negligence caused the collapse of the multi-storey Melcom building at A…
GHANA: 77 persons rescued, 9 feared dead in Melcom disaster08/11The hard work of the Field Engineers, NADMO and other emergency institutions including the Ghana Police and the National Ambulance Service have led to…
Malawi suspends anti-gay laws07/11Malawi is shelving its laws against homosexuality pending a vote on whether to repeal them, a rights group said, a bold move in a continent that mostl…
Mali's Ansar Dine Islamists in humanitarian aid deal07/11One of the Islamist groups in northern Mali has agreed to allow humanitarian aid groups into its territory.
One rescued, dozens feared dead at collapsed 6-storey Melcom07/11One person has been rescued whiles dozens of others are feared dead, trapped or injured as a six-storey Melcom shopping complex opposite the Neoplan A…
Egypt's Coptic Christians choose new pope05/11The Coptic Orthodox church has chosen a new pope, Bishop Tawadros, to lead the Middle East's biggest Christian community.
Corruption, profilgacy undermine Zimbabwe’s prospects05/11It's hard to eke out a living in Zimbabwe if you don't have connections in the upper echelons of society.
Militias battle in Tripoli05/11Fighting between two militias erupted at the building that previously housed Libya's intelligence agency in central Tripoli early Sunday, sources…
Uganda's Media Council bans State of the Nation play01/11Uganda's authorities have banned a play that criticises President Yoweri Museveni's government, the play's co-director John Ssegawa has…
Casablanca bombing suspect arrested by German police31/10Gunmen have killed 20 people, including a traditional leader, in an attack on a village in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state, a local official has…