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    March 8th every year, women all over the world celebrate and are celebrated. This years’ theme is ‘Equal rights, Equal opportunities, an idea central to the general empowerment of women. The day should particularly shed light on how far women have come since 1975 when they were... Continue Reading »

Several hundred people have died after fresh religious clashes near the Nigerian city of Jos erupted over the weekend, according to officials. Media reports on Monday quoted local officials who put the death toll between 200 and 500 people, including many women and children. Three mainly Christian villages... Continue Reading »

  As South Africa prepares to host the world cup, Abedi Pele a former Ghananian player says it is good for Nigeria to go all out to excel because he would not want other African nations to fail because it is important that all countries do their homework well. He believes all players should be excited... Continue Reading »

Poor governance and management are threatening the quality of basic education in Africa and putting Millennium Development Goals at risk, an international watchdog has warned. Transparency International published a new report on Tuesday that assessed primary education management structures in Uganda,... Continue Reading »

A sleeping sickness outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has hit more than 10,000 people in the north-eastern province of Haut-Uele and could develop into an epidemic, a medical aid group has warned. Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said yesterday that the situation is “critical” in Haut-Uele... Continue Reading »

Universal testing and prescription of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) to all HIV-positive people could effectively halt transmission of the virus within the next five years, a top scientist has said. Dr Brian Williams, based at the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis in Stellenbosch,... Continue Reading »

Niger’s president has been overthrown in a military bloody coup after soldiers stormed the presidential palace yesterday. The national constitution has been suspended and all state institutions dissolved. The President Mamadou Tandja, had  extended his tenure to a third term. The President  and... Continue Reading »

At last the ailing Nigerian President Yar adua has agreed to hand over power to the Vice president, Good Luck Jonathan. This news comes seven weeks after his absence in the country.  Legal adviser to the President announced this to the BBC, reporting that the sick president would write a letter saying... Continue Reading »

Local human rights activists have called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the violent clashes between Christians and Muslims in the Nigerian city of Jos last month in which more than 300 people died. The Nigerian rights group Serap wrote to the ICC’s chief prosecutor Luis... Continue Reading »

The estimated 5.4 million death toll as a result of the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo may be exaggerated, according to researchers. A new study published by the Human Security Report Project, based at the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, suggests that the widely accepted... Continue Reading »