Often the hardest thing is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn – David Russel
Posted in Africa on Oct 25th, 2009
On April 1st, 1953, Chief Anthony Enahoro, a back bencher in the Central House of Representatives as it was called then introduced a private member’s Bill demanding for self-government for Nigeria by 1956. His historic motion was developed and later realised on 1st of October, 1960 with collected efforts and cooperation of our early nationalists […]
Posted in Africa on Oct 23rd, 2009
The level of penetration of mobile phones in developing countries has increased eight fold since 2000 and now stands at 48 mobile subscriptions for every 100 people. The finding is from the Information Economy Report, published today by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Africa has the quickest growth of mobile subscriptions in […]
Posted in Africa on Oct 22nd, 2009
Ethiopia launched an appeal today for emergency food aid to feed 6.2 million people threatened by hunger. The plea comes 25 years after a devastating famine in the country killed more than one million people. Ethiopia’s current plight is the consequence of a five-year drought that is affecting over 23 million people in seven East […]
Posted in Africa on Oct 21st, 2009
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the region’s trade bloc, suspended Niger from the group yesterday in response to the country’s controversial parliamentary elections on Monday. Niger’s opposition boycotted the voting claiming it would allow President Mamadou Tandja to harden his grip on power. ECOWAS had called on Tandja to postpone the elections […]
Posted in Africa on Oct 20th, 2009
South African police forces have shot and killed a total of 556 people in the last year in what is the highest annual toll in the country for a decade. The figure has been released by the country’s Independent Complaints Directorate following the death of a 30-year-old hairdresser who was mistakenly shot by police in […]
Posted in Africa on Oct 19th, 2009
Zimbabwe’s cabinet is due to meet tomorrow despite the boycott declared last Friday by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai‘s party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Commentators say President Robert Mugabe‘s decision to hold the weekly cabinet meeting without the leader of the former opposition party is an indicator of the fragility of the power sharing agreement […]
Posted in Africa on Oct 16th, 2009
The United Kingdom will provide 100 million US dollars in aid to Zimbabwe this year, the largest ever annual donation to the country. The British ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mark Canning, announced the decision yesterday. Mr Canning said the aid money would support the coalition government formed after political rivals Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai signed […]
Posted in Africa on Oct 15th, 2009
Guinea and China have signed a mining and oil deal this week that will bring more than seven billion US dollars in Chinese investment to the African country. The agreement was announced on Tuesday by Mamadi Kallo, Guinea’s secretary of state in charge of public works. China has yet to confirm the deal. Chinese investment […]
Posted in Africa on Oct 14th, 2009
Around 70,000 women die every year and five million others develop complications as a result of unsafe abortions, according to a new report released yesterday. Despite a fall in the general number of abortions worldwide, the research by the US-based Guttmacher Institute found that restricting the availability of legal procedures does not reduce the number […]
Posted in Africa on Oct 12th, 2009
China’s investments in Africa are doing more for the continent’s development than Western aid programmes, Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said. Current trade flows between China and Africa are estimated to be of over 100 billion US dollars per year. Kagame told the German business newspaper Handelsblatt that Chinese investments are helping establish African companies […]
