Often the hardest thing is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn – David Russel
Posted in Africa on Mar 9th, 2010
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 near Jos were attacked from nearby hills […]
Posted in Africa on Feb 25th, 2010
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 that the […]
Posted in Africa on Feb 24th, 2010
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, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Senegal, Morocco, Madagascar and Niger. The report claims that schools in […]
Posted in Africa on Feb 23rd, 2010
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 province, where in some areas up to 40 per […]
Posted in Africa on Feb 22nd, 2010
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, told a conference in the United States over the weekend […]
Posted in Africa on Feb 19th, 2010
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 a number of ministers were captured and at least three people were killed in […]
Posted in Africa on Feb 2nd, 2010
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 Moreno-Ocampo last Friday claiming the ICC should […]
Posted in Africa on Jan 21st, 2010
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 figure was methodologically flawed and might […]
Posted in Africa on Jan 20th, 2010
Violent religious clashes in the Nigerian city of Jos have killed more than 200 people, according to a rights watchdog. Human Rights Watch said today that the violence that erupted on Sunday has so far killed at least 151 Muslims and 65 Christians. Local authorities insist on a lower death toll of 20 dead. Security […]
Posted in Africa on Jan 20th, 2010
Africans first Noble laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka needs to introduction; being one of Nigerians most established literary forces. In this interview he bares his mind on Nigeria and life in general.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE GREATEST SINGLE IMPROVEMENT SINCE THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES?
It’s not in terms of human utilization of resources; whether human or material, not […]
