Africa: Parliament to Probe All Africa Games
Temporary speaker Gitobu Imanyara has directed that a parliamentary committee to probe how a guest athlete was allowed to compete at the All African Games in Mozambique. The orders were issued after...
View ArticleKenya: Nation Hope to Bounce Back After Poor Show
Kenya team will be seeking to bounce back today as the International Rugby Board (IRB) Dubai Sevens tournament gets underway. Kenya registered a disappointing performance in the opening leg at the Gold...
View ArticleAfrica: Media Advisory
Investments for children must be at top of African HIV and AIDS agenda
View ArticleIvory Coast and Guinea Discuss Reconciliation Efforts
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara arrived in Conakry on Thursday for a one day visit in which he and his Guinean counterpart Alpha Conde will discuss reconciliation efforts in their troubled...
View ArticleAfrica: Nomination Process Opens for 2012 Nansen Refugee Award
UNHCR is today launching the nomination phase for the 2012 Nansen Refugee Award, the refugee world's highest honour. We are calling on members of the press, the public, and humanitarian community to...
View ArticleNigeria: Miracle Birth Woman - Three Babies Still Missing
The striking story of Precious Donatus Ogbonna, the miracle birth woman is becoming very endless. In a quick rehash, Precious Donatus Ogbonna, the General overseer of Christ Salvation Ministry, Owerri,...
View ArticleBurundi Upsets Uganda to Top Group 'B'
BURUNDI electrified the National Stadium on Thursday, upsetting pre-match favourites Uganda 1-0 to finish top of Group 'B' at the Cecafa Tusker Challenge Cup going on here in Dar es Salaam city, Tanzania.
View ArticleOjukwu - FG Drops State Burial Plan
The Federal Government is not likely to accord Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu a full state burial as originally planned, government sources told THISDAY Thursday. But the Senate, in a unanimous resolution...
View ArticleAfrica: UNICEF Calls for Children With Disabilities to Be Included in All...
Children with disabilities have the same rights as all children
View ArticleGolola Avoids City for Fear of Punching Muzungu
MOSES Golola will spend nights in the ring for the remaining days ahead of his super middleweight WKF Inter-continental fight with Hungarian Andras Nagy.
View ArticleNigeria: Boko Haram - 185 Muslims Repatriated From Taraba
No fewer than 185 persons, mostly Muslims coming to Taraba from Kano and Jigawa were late last month repatriated as a security measure aimed at checking the infiltration of the dreaded Boko Haram sect...
View ArticlePolls 'Should Help Ivory Coast Reconciliation'
The UN envoy to Ivory Coast said on Friday this month's election should be an opportunity to reconcile the country, which has been deeply divided since another vote last year triggered deadly violence.
View ArticleNigeria: Northern Women Have Come of Age - Hon. Binta
Binta Bello who represents Kaltungo/Shongo Federal Constituency of Gombe State was a commissioner for women affairs in the Gov. Goje administration before going into the House of Representatives early...
View ArticleAngola: 5,000 Flee Central Nigeria Violence
At least 5,000 people have fled villages in central Nigeria at the heart
View ArticleOketcho Eyes Fifth Basketball Title
KCC Leopards' Flavia Oketcho has only lost once in the FUBA playoff finals and that was six years ago. But the UCU Lady Canons pose yet another credible threat to her stunning record in this year's...
View ArticleEx-Town Clerk Ssegane Sent to Luzira
The Anti-Corruption Court on Friday remanded the former Kampala town clerk James Ssegane to Luzira prison over his alleged role in causing a financial loss of over Shs3.4b to the then Kampala City...
View ArticleEthiopia Opens Additional Camp for Somali Refugees - UN Agency
Hundreds of refugees in southern Ethiopia have been relocated from an overcrowded transit centre to a new camp, the fifth one in the area for Somalis fleeing conflict and drought in their homeland, the...
View ArticleThe Nation Drops Nine Steps in 2011 Corruption Index
Nigeria was Thursday ranked 143rd out of 183 surveyed countries in terms of public perception of corruption, in a detailed assessment carried out by global watchdog, Transparency International (TI).
View ArticleWe Lost to a Better Side Tonight - Verbeek
Morocco qualified to the semi-finals of the CAF U-23 African Championship despite losing 1-0 to Senegal. Two wins from the first two games meant the hosts finished second in group A behind their...
View ArticleCountry's Oil Exports Up By 38.9 PCT in 10 Months
Egyptian exports of crude oil and petroleum products increased by 38.9 percent from January through September, reaching 4 billion dollars compared to 3.353 billion dollars last year, according to a...
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