Tanzania: Newborn Health Crisis Shame
Being born and abandoned is bad enough, but subsequent admission to a hospital compounds the agony, an agony also experienced by orphaned children.I literally got a distant taste of that agony during a...
View ArticleLivingstone Saw Slave Massacre in Zanzibar
He is one of history's most famous explorers, and his first-person account of a 19th century massacre helped lead to the closure of one of Africa's most notorious slave markets.
View ArticleNo Social Safety Nets for the Poor
In Mbedza village, a remote rural community in southern Malawi, Fedson Feston beams an infant's awkward smile and swings his tiny arms up towards the face of his mother. Four months old, Fedson is too...
View Article"Tunezas" Releases Second Volume of "Humor Ao Domicilio"
The humour group "Os Tunezas" will released their latest work "Humor ao Domicilio vol.2" on Sunday at Luanda's Independence Park.
View ArticleBritain Won't Force TZ to Accept Gays
The British High Commissioner to Tanzania, Ms Diane Corner, yesterday came out in defence of her country following growing condemnation of Prime Minister David Cameron who is being accused of using...
View ArticleHadza Tribe Celebrates First Land Titles
One of the very few hunter-gatherer tribes in east Africa has been celebrating the recognition of its land rights.
View ArticleMuslims Gather On Arafat for Peak Hajj Day
More than two million Muslims began massing Saturday on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat and its surrounding plain, marking the peak day of the largest annual pilgrimage.
View Article'I Am Responsible for My Happiness'
Mrs. Hadiza Isma el-Rufai, first wife of the former minister of the Federal Capital Territory and fiery critic of bad governance, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, is one woman you are not likely to ever see on...
View ArticleStockholm Syndrome
room or legal-based movies. It is quite intriguing for me to see how the perpetrator of a particular crime could get away with it due to lack of sufficient evidence, how the detectives arrive at a...
View ArticleAt Eid El-Kabir, Jonathan Preaches Love
President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Muslim faithfuls to use the period of Eid El-Kabir celebrations to reflect on and imbibe the principles of peaceful coexistence and brotherly love while partnering...
View ArticleUN Condemns Terrorist Attack, Killings
The UN Security Council on Saturday condemned "in the strongest terms" the terrorist attacks that occurred in Damaturu and Potiskum, on Nov
View ArticleOver 136 Dead in Yobe Boko Haram Attacks
No fewer than 136 people have been confirmed dead in the wake of the simultaneous bomb attacks and shootings in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, at the weekend.
View ArticleGov Aliyu Marks Eid-El-Kabir With Special Durbar
The Governor of Niger State Dr. Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu has urged Nigerians to use the occasion of this year's Eid- el-Kabir festival to strengthen the bond of friendship existing among the various...
View ArticleSomalia: Pilgrims Pray Their People, Country to Be Out of the Problems
The Somali pilgrims in Mecca prayed Muslims in the horn of African nations to be in peace and prosperity and be out of this conflict and civil war after more than two decades.
View ArticleJonathan's Election Cause of Insecurity in Country - U.S. Agency
A notable United States based civil society organisation, Fund for Peace, has blamed the eruption of violence in different parts of the country on the ascension of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to the...
View ArticleAfrica: Polio Eradication Press Conference
Julia Gillard: Good morning everyone. It's a great pleasure to stand here today in support of global efforts to eradicate polio. I'm especially pleased to be standing here with Prime Minister Cameron,...
View ArticleEid El-Kabir - Embrace Fear of God, Atiku Urges Leaders
AS Muslims join the rest of the world to mark this year's Eid el-Kabir, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar Saturday urged leaders at all levels to embrace the fear of God in the discharge of public...
View ArticleBayelsa - South/South Govs Fail to Save Sylva
South governors to lobby for the clearance of the embattled Governor Timipire Sylva of Bayelsa State by the People Democratic Party, PDP, failed again, as their meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan...
View ArticleSallah - We Must Sacrifice to Move Forward -Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan is soliciting the support and understanding of Nigerians towards his administration's efforts to transform the country, which may require them to make more sacrifices to...
View ArticleNational Assembly to Probe Ecological Fund
The Senate and the House of Representatives joint committees on Environment and Ecology yesterday resolved to set up a sub-committee to review the way the ecological fund is managed.
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