Jide Adesina, Author at 1st Afrika

Zambia Copper Disputes Reflect Wider Unease In African Mining // Zambia Copper Disputes Reflètent Le Malaise Plus Large Dans L’industrie Minière Africaine

Jide AdesinaMarch 6, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 6, 20150326

By ADRIENNE KLASA As the mining industry gathers for the annual Mining Indaba conference in South Africa, Zambia is the latest country in the region...

AFRIKA HERALD

Selma, 50 Years After ‘Bloody Sunday,’ Still Struggles With a Divided Identity // Selma, 50 Ans Après « Bloody Sunday », Se Bat Encore Avec Une Identité Partagée

Jide AdesinaMarch 6, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 6, 20150445

Jerria Martin wears a lot of hats in Selma, serving as executive director of economic-empowerment group 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement and as secretary for...

Aviation

Kigali Hosts CoW Aviation Meeting // Kigali Hôtes Vache Aviation Réunion

Jide AdesinaMarch 6, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 6, 20150373

AVIATION RULES UNDER FRESH SCRUTINY AS COW COUNTRIES’ EXPERTS MEET IN KIGALI Staff of the three Civil Aviation regulatory bodies of host Rwanda, Uganda and...

LIFE & STYLE

Use Nigerian Gas And Save The Forests // Gaz nigérian Et Sauver Les Forêts

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150346

A recent article in Saudi Gazette about forests and carbon offsets was a poignant reminder of the avoidable forest devastation that is going on in...

Health

Liberia’s Last Ebola Patient Discharged From Treatment Unit // Dernier Patient D’Ebola Du Libéria Déchargé D’unité De Traitement

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150336

Liberia has discharged its last confirmed Ebola patient, as it reported for the first time in nine months it had gone a full week without...

Africa International News

Transnational Organized Crime: “Major Challenge” Facing Arab Countries // La Criminalité Transnationale Organisée: « Défi Majeur » Face A Des

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150409

State Minister, Minister of Interior and Local Authorities Tayeb Belaiz affirmed Tuesday that the transnational organized crime, including terrorism, constitutes a “major challenge” that should...

Properties and Real Estate

Algeria, Egypt Ink Environment Cooperation Agreement // Algérie, Égypte Ink Accord De Coopération D’environnement

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150320

Algeria, Egypt ink environment cooperation agreement Algeria and Egypt have signed a cooperation agreement on experience sharing in the field of environment, said Thursday the...

AFRIKA HERALD

Fuel Shortages in Nigeria Could Affect Economy, Election // Pénurie De Carburant Au Nigeria Pourrait Affecter L’économie, Election

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150318

Nigeria is suffering from a gasoline shortage as falling oil prices have affected the country’s ability to import and distribute refined fuels. Coming just weeks...

Commerce

Alcohol industry Is A Boom Investment In Africa // Industrie De L’alcool Est Un Investissement De Boom En Afrique

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150346

Africa has the world’s highest proportion of binge drinkers, even though its large populations of Muslims and evangelical Christians generally abstain from alcohol. As incomes...

Aviation

Kenya Airways Wins African Cargo Airline of The Year // Kenya Airways Wins Africaine Cargo Airline De L’année

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150337

Kenya Airway’s ‘KQ’ division was voted as African Cargo Airline of the Year for a second year in a row in an online poll conducted...

AFRIKA HERALD

Five African elections to watch in 2015 // Cinq Elections Africaines A Regarder En 2015

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150355

With elections scheduled for 15 sub-Saharan countries this year, an Africa Check factsheet looks to the polls for leadership in five volatile states. Voters will...

BUSINESS

Egypt Approves Law Aimed At Improving Investment Interests // Egypte Approuve La Loi Visant A Améliorer Des Participations Financières

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150323

Egypt’s cabinet and the Ministry of Investment [official website] approved an investment law Wednesday aimed at protecting business deals from legal disputes or political changes...

Properties and Real Estate

Fire Injures 16 At Cairo Convention Hall // Feu Blesse 16 Au Caire Convention Hall

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150314

At least 16 people were injured on Wednesday when a large fire broke out at a convention hall in a northeastern Cairo neighbourhood, medical and...

Entertainment

Leonardo DiCaprio Partners With Netflix For Documentary Projects // Leonardo DiCaprio S’associe A Netflix Pour Projets Documentaires

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150374

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York September 20, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/CARLO ALLEGRI Source ; (Reuters) Actor Leonardo...

STOCK MARKET

Dar Bourse Expects Six More IPOs // Dar Bourse Prévoit Six Offices De Propriété Intellectuelle Plus

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150339

UP to six companies, most of them banks and microfinance institutions, could list on Tanzania’s stock exchange this year, the chief executive of the bourse...

AFRIKA HERALD

Municipalities, Unions Bang Heads Over Pay Rises // Municipalités, Syndicats Bang Chefs Sur Des Hausses De Salaire

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150350

Samwu is accusing Salga of not negotiating in good faith. File photo The first round of wage negotiations between the SA Municipal Workers’ Union and...

POLITICS

Lesotho Stability Impossible Under Current Dispensation // Lesotho Stabilité Impossible Sous La Dispensation Actuelle

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150322

new leadership will take over in Lesotho after the national elections on Saturday. But, if truth be told, nothing much will change except the portraits...

RELATIONSHIP

Girl kidnapped At Birth Reunited With Parents — 17 years Later // Jeune Fille Enlevée A Retrouver Avec Les Parents Naturels–17 Ans Plus Tard

Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 5, 20150353

A mother in South Africa has been reunited with her daughter, 17 years after the baby girl was kidnapped three days after being born. The...

Tourism Uncategorized

Everest stinks to high heaven as human waste piles up // Everest PUE Au Ciel Elevé Comme Déchets Humains S’accumule

Jide AdesinaMarch 4, 2015March 4, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 4, 2015March 4, 20150335

Sherpa said that human excrement is now a bigger problem than the oxygen bottles, torn tents, broken ladders, and cans or wrappers also left behind...

LIFE & STYLE

Slash Sugar Intake To Fight Obesity, Tooth Decay – WHO // Réduire L’apport En Sucre Pour Lutter Contre L’obésité, La Carie Dentaire – Qui

Jide AdesinaMarch 4, 2015

by Jide AdesinaMarch 4, 20150305

Adults and children must cut the amount of sugar they consume by as much as half in North America and Western Europe and even more...

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