Nigeria: Ebebi - Speaker, 18 Lawmakers Head for Supreme Court
Barely 24-hours after an Appeal Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital ordered the reinstatement of Mr. Peremobowei Ebebi as the deputy governor of Bayelsa state, the state House of Assembly has...
View ArticleDjibouti: Hard Life for Somali Refugees in Ali Addeh Camp
Amina Ahmed Barre, a Somali refugee, sews clothes on her sewing machine out in the open, in temperatures of more than 30 degrees. There is not a tree in sight in the camp that houses more than 14,000...
View ArticleMilitary Under Mubarak's Shadow
Egypt's armed forces, the de facto rulers of the country since last week's ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, have already met several longstanding demands of the opposition, including the suspension...
View ArticleCôte d'Ivoire: Heading for Bust?
The financial system in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa's second-biggest economy after Nigeria, is grinding to a halt after an exodus of international banks amid continued political chaos.
View ArticleUganda: Government Urged to Show Restraint After Shooting of Journalist
Reporters Without Borders said it was "shocked" at the shooting by a ministerial bodyguard today of freelance journalist Julius Odeke and called for the guard to be punished and for journalists be...
View ArticleSudan: Farming the Future in the South
With independence only months away, Southern Sudan will need to invest in infrastructure to feed and employ its people, while seeking alternatives to its economic dependency on oil, say analysts.
View ArticleCentral African Republic: Victims Suffered Health Complications After Attacks...
The tenth prosecution witness to testify in the trial of war crimes accused Jean-Pierre Bemba today told the court that he and his son suffered health problems after being assaulted by Movement for the...
View ArticleNigeria: Aregbesola Inaugurates Truth Commission
Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, Thursday, inaugurated the Justice Samson Uwaifo-led Truth and Reconciliation Commi-ssion (TRC) as he expressed the determination of his administration to bring an...
View ArticleMuseveni at 72 Per Cent in Provisional Results
NRM Presidential Candidate Yoweri Museveni's tally stayed strong early Saturday with the second provisional results released by the EC indicating he has still picked the lion's share of votes so far...
View ArticleNigeria: House Probes Katsina-Alu Over Salami's Allegations
The House of Representatives Thursday ordered an investigation into the allegations of corruption, compromise and abuse of office levelled against the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice...
View ArticlePolls End, 80 Arrested for Chaos
DESPITE the voting exercise being calm in most places, there were a few incidents of violence as the country went to the polls Friday. By midday, at least 80 people had been arrested over different...
View ArticleNigeria: Ebebi - Bayelsa Assembly Goes to Supreme Court
A day after Bayelsa State Deputy Governor Peremobowei Ebebi was reinstated by the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Nestor Binabo, and 18 other members of...
View ArticleMuseveni Ahead as Provisional Results Released
UGANDANS will not wait long to know the final results from the 2011 poll. The Electoral Commission under Eng Badru Kiggundu has released early Saturday the second set of provisional results from the...
View ArticleINEC Yet to Display Voters' Register in Parts of Anambra
INEC in Anambra has yet to commence verification of voters register in some parts of the state, a survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has revealed.
View ArticleEgypt: A New Tomorrow Dawns
Eva Haroun, who was in Tahrir Square on January 25 and on February 11 to witness both the start and the climax of Egypt's popular uprising, reports from Cairo on the euphoria of the moment and the...
View ArticlePupils Levied N50 Monthly to Pay Private Teacher in Enugu
Despite the avowed free education policy of the Enugu State Government, pupils of some primary schools in the state are now levied to pay private teachers hired to augment the shortfall in the number...
View ArticleNation at 'Critical Juncture' in Post-War Recovery - Ban
Liberia has reached "a critical juncture" in its long recovery from civil war as it prepares for its second democratic elections later this year, and considerable work remains to be done before the...
View ArticleKwara Govt Approves 100 Percent Pay Rise for 15 Medical Consultants
The Kwara Government has approved 100 per cent increment in the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (COMESS) for its 15 newly employed medical consultants.
View ArticleMy Wife is a Thief, Prostitute, Man Tells Court
A 48-year-old business man, Okanlawon Oloyede, on Friday told an Abeokuta Customary Court Grade 2, that his wife, Lateefat, was a thief and a prostitute.
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