Africa and Japan Emphasize the Need For A Strengthened Partnership
Preparation for the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-VI) began today with a Senior Official’s Meeting (SOM) at ...
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Top Kenyan Olympic Committee Official Arrested
Nairobi (AFP) - Kenyan police on Friday arrested the secretary-general of the country's Olympic committee (NOCK) in the wake of ...
Kenyan Wins 2016 Norman Borlaug Award For Field Research And Application
A Kenyan research scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute based in Nairobi has won the 2016 Norman Borlaug Award ...
Nigerian Banks Suspended From Forex Market, Seek Truce
Lagos (AFP) - Nine Nigerian lenders banned this week from foreign exchange trading for failing to remit some oil money ...
NIgeria’s Buhari Says Boko Haram Leader ‘wounded’
Abuja (AFP) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said Sunday that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is "wounded", in his first ...
Nigeria Braces For Likely Recession
Lagos (AFP) - After two bruising quarters marked by attacks on oil pipelines in the Niger delta and ballooning inflation, ...
Gabon Braces For Results In Tense Election
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon braced for possible violence Tuesday as the country awaited official results of a bitterly disputed presidential ...
Ringier Africa Rolls Out Internship Programme With Africa Leadership University
As part of its mission to be a top African employer and constantly provide opportunities for entrepreneurial leadership talent, Ringier ...
Morocco Hosts First Consultative Meeting On the Road To COP 22
High ranking officials from the Maghreb region are convening in Rabat for a three days’ workshop, jointly organized by the ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Attends the Japan-Africa Business Conference
1. On Sunday, August 28, commencing at 11:56 a.m. (local time; 17:56 p.m., Sunday, August 28, Japan time) for approximately ...
Internet Society Study Points To Reasons For Slow Internet Growth In Africa
Internet access and availability are not enough to get people online, says a new Internet Society (www. InternetSociety.org) study released ...
Hundreds of Millions Face Health Risk As Water Pollution Rises Across Three Continents
· Pathogen and organic pollution rises in more than 50% of river stretches in Africa, Asia and Latin America · ...
Gabon On Edge As It Waits For Election Results
Libreville (AFP) - Security forces deployed on the deserted streets of Libreville Tuesday as Gabon awaited official results of the ...
Shove Your Apology Where The Sun Does Not Shine!!!
Did it have to take the offspring of a Slaver from not-so-Great Britain, George Monibot, to remind us of the ...
Extend Presidential Term To Six Years – Abu Sakara
A former presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Dr Michael Abu Sakara Foster, has joined calls for an ...
Appreciate Now and Leave the Rest To God
Award winning media personality and Forbes Africa correspondent Peace Hyde added another accolade to her profile by receiving the excellence ...
Why EACS EPA With The Eu Just Doesnt Add Up…Op-Ed
The EPA issue has once again re-emerged when Tanzania informed EAC Members and the EU that it would not be ...
Emeka Offor In Context
By 1996 estimation, Andrew Carnegie was reputedly worth $189.6 billion dollars. That bulk was as well estimated to be the ...
Election Petition 3rd Anniversary
Editorial Today, Monday August 29, is exactly three years since the Supreme Court gave judgement on the election petition brought ...
Akufo-Addo Will Be President Even If He’s In Wheelchair – Titus-Glover
Member of Parliament for Tema East, Daniel Titus-Glover, says Ghanaians will vote Nana Akufo-Addo as president of Ghana even if ...