Often the hardest thing is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn – David Russel
Apr 16th, 2010 by admin
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN ANCHOR: Tonight, we have Nigeria’s acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, leader of Africa’s most populous nation and its biggest oil exporter. Good evening, everyone. I’m Christiane Amanpour, and welcome to our program. Nigeria’s acting president, Goodluck... Continue Reading »
Apr 14th, 2010 by admin
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has condemned the recent expulsion of 36 Congolese refugees by the Zambian government. UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said on Tuesday that the organisation had sent a letter to Zambian authorities to protest against the deportation of 36 residents... Continue Reading »
Apr 12th, 2010 by admin
Somali Islamist group al-Shabab announced on Friday that it has banned local radio stations from retransmitting broadcasts from the Washington-based news service Voice of America and the BBC’s Somali language service. The insurgent group claims the news services have been broadcasting anti-Muslim... Continue Reading »
Apr 8th, 2010 by admin
The European Union announced on Wednesday that it has withdrawn its poll observers from Sudan’s conflict-ridden Darfur region because of safety concerns. The decision came as one of the country’s main opposition party joined a growing boycott of national elections due to start on Sunday.... Continue Reading »
Apr 6th, 2010 by admin
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has sworn in the members of the country’s first human rights and electoral commissions. South African negotiators who are mediating talks between Zimbabwe’s unity government partners said the move, completed last Wednesday, was a breakthrough towards... Continue Reading »
Apr 1st, 2010 by admin
The origin of the human race gets complicated with new discoveries, each one a direct antithesis of the other. The idea that man migrated out of Africa about a million years ago and back again is not new. A theory now claimed to be wrong because of the recent discoveries at Dmanisi in Georgia, dated... Continue Reading »
Mar 29th, 2010 by admin
A six-fold pay rise for health workers in Sierra Leone was agreed late on Saturday night to end the 10-day old strike. The strike organiser, Dr Freddie Coker, said that doctors would now get a take-home salary of 600 US dollars – up from 100 US dollars a month. The strike led to the closure of... Continue Reading »
Mar 27th, 2010 by admin
The impact of the global financial crisis could cause Africa to miss the millennium development goal of halving poverty by 2015, the United Nations said on Thursday. The executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Abdoulie Janneh, said that Africa is the only continent not... Continue Reading »
Mar 24th, 2010 by admin
A long-running campaign against a controversial project to build a giant hydropower dam in Ethiopia has escalated this week amid claims that thousands of local people would lose their livelihoods as a result. Tribal rights group Survival International said on Wednesday that over 200,000 Ethiopians who... Continue Reading »
Mar 21st, 2010 by admin
Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Ghaddafi, has an interesting antidote to the frequent religious riots in Nigeria: break the country into two – something like the Islamic Republic of Northern Nigeria and Christian Republic of Southern Nigeria. In his own calculations, this is the ultimate recipe for peace... Continue Reading »
