Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
Lafia, Katsina, Minna, Yola — Floods wreaked havoc in several states in the North at the weekend, killing at least 15 people in Adamawa State and another four in Niger State. Hundreds of homes and farmlands were destroyed in floods in Katsina State, while roadways and bridges were submerged in Nasarawa State. The Adamawa flood […]
By E. J. Nathaniel Daygbor Speculations in certain quarters of the Liberian society that the political leader of the main opposition Congress for Democratic Change or CDC will contest the 2014 mid-term election may be nearing confirmation. Unimpeachable sources within the CDC suggest that with the necessary political mechanisms in place, the National Executive […]
By Jide Ajani and Joseph Erunke The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, last week groaned under the multiplier effects of the threat of a strike action by members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG. As workers struggled to get to their offices, even the effect of the power outage was […]
President Yahya Jammeh has vowed to execute all death row prisoners by mid-September. Reports from The Gambia over the weekend said the authorities had executed nine prisoners on death row. The alleged executions followed President Yahya Jammeh’s promise to carry out all death sentences by mid-September, Al Jazeera Television said. It is understood that among […]
Police would not comment on Monday morning regarding reported allegations that workers killed during the Marikana shooting were fleeing from police. “We cannot comment until the outcome of the commission of inquiry. We have to respect the process,” said Captain Dennis Adriao. Independent Police Investigative Directorate spokesman Moses Dlamini was not immediately available for comment. […]
In Ethiopia muscle power is the only option for many farm pumps, but even these can drastically improve farm yields and incomes. Johannesburg — Quietly, a revolution to develop cheap ways to draw water for irrigation is unfolding in small villages and rural regions in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, a new three-year study has […]
By Siki Kigongo On July 29, the Government of Uganda confirmed the Ebola hemorrhagic fever had resurfaced in western Uganda, with a large number of cases reported in Kibaale district. The knee-jerk reaction would have been to panic, as this killer disease that had claimed many lives before had returned. However, this was not […]
Controversial cleric Aboud Rogo has been shot dead in a drive-by shooting. Rogo had been accused of fundraising for al Shabaab activities, facilitating travel of youths from and into Somali, and equipping them with skills on how to avoid detection by the Kenyan police. Controversial Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo has been shot dead in Mombasa. […]
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Thousands of mourning Ethiopians turned out Wednesday as Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s body arrived at Addis Ababa airport following his death in a Brussels hospital at the aged of 57. A military band played as the coffin, draped in an Ethiopian flag, was taken from the Ethiopian Airlines flight, a […]
Addis Ababa — Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died at the age of 57, state TV announced on Tuesday. Mr. Zenawi who was 57 has been sick for the last four months and was for two months receiving medical treatment in Europe for an undisclosed illness. He died around 11.45 pm local time on […]