Kenya Airways Wins African Cargo Airline of The Year // Kenya Airways Wins Africaine Cargo Airline De L’année
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...
Author : Jide Adesina
Five African elections to watch in 2015 // Cinq Elections Africaines A Regarder En 2015
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...
Egypt Approves Law Aimed At Improving Investment Interests // Egypte Approuve La Loi Visant A Améliorer Des Participations Financières
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...
Fire Injures 16 At Cairo Convention Hall // Feu Blesse 16 Au Caire Convention Hall
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...
Leonardo DiCaprio Partners With Netflix For Documentary Projects // Leonardo DiCaprio S’associe A Netflix Pour Projets Documentaires
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York September 20, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/CARLO ALLEGRI Source ; (Reuters) Actor Leonardo...
Dar Bourse Expects Six More IPOs // Dar Bourse Prévoit Six Offices De Propriété Intellectuelle Plus
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...
Municipalities, Unions Bang Heads Over Pay Rises // Municipalités, Syndicats Bang Chefs Sur Des Hausses De Salaire
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...
Lesotho Stability Impossible Under Current Dispensation // Lesotho Stabilité Impossible Sous La Dispensation Actuelle
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...
Girl kidnapped At Birth Reunited With Parents — 17 years Later // Jeune Fille Enlevée A Retrouver Avec Les Parents Naturels–17 Ans Plus Tard
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...
Everest stinks to high heaven as human waste piles up // Everest PUE Au Ciel Elevé Comme Déchets Humains S’accumule
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...
Slash Sugar Intake To Fight Obesity, Tooth Decay – WHO // Réduire L’apport En Sucre Pour Lutter Contre L’obésité, La Carie Dentaire – Qui
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...
Durban Bids For 2022 Commonwealth Games Hosting // Durban Soumissionne Pour 2022 Commonwealth Games Hébergement
The 2010 World Cup was a great advert for South Africa By Milton Nkosi, BBC News, Johannesburg Durban is all set to host the 2022 Commonwealth...
‘ Sustainability Starts In Sendai,’ Says Ban As New UN Report Urges Funding Boost For Risk Reduction // « Développement Durable Commence A Sendai, » Dit Ban Comme le Nouveau Rapport De L’ONU Exhorte Financement Boost Pour La Réduction Des Risques
In Bangladesh, an innovative “disaster resilient village” was built in Shymnagar for a coastal village wiped out after Cyclone Aila. Photo: UNDP Bangladesh/Nasif Ahmed A...
Lornah Kiplagat: Its time For Kenyan Athletes To Get Trendy Sportswear // Lornah Kiplagat : Son Temps Pour Les Kenyans Athlètes A Obtenir Trendy Sportswear
Lornah launches her new sports gear. First Lady was in attendance. Celebrated Kenyan athlete Lorna Kiplagat says Kenyan runners should think outside the box, get...
Documentary Review: These Girls by Tahani Rached (Egypt) // Revue Documentaire : Ces Filles De Tahani Rached (Egypte)
Documentary These Girls by Egyptian Canadian filmmaker Tahani Rached is an intimate portrait of the lives of several street-involved girls in Cairo who range in age...
Mugabe And his Change agent Of Olds // Mugabe Et Son Agent De Changement D’Olds
We all need a laugh sometimes and I think this is just the right time for that laugh. Here is a cartoon of President Robert...
Africa Wants A ‘Marshall Plan’ To Tackle Ebola // L’Afrique Veut Un « Plan Marshall » Pour Lutter Contre Le Virus Ebola
Countries hit by the Ebola epidemic want a Marshall Plan to tackle the disease, African leaders said at an international conference in Brussels on Tuesday....
Coptic Patriarch Meets With Families of Libyan Martyrs // Patriarche Copte Rencontre Avec Les Familles Des Martyrs Libyens
Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, met on March 3 with families of the 21 Christians who were beheaded by the...
Wine Entrepreneur Support Programme And Campaign Set To Raise South Africa’s bottled Wine Exports // Entrepreneur Support Programme Campagne Set De Soulever Afrique Du Sud Et D’exportations De Vin En Bouteille De Vin
A new initiative aims to see more bottled wines exported from South Africa in a bid to raise the country’s reputation as a premium producer...
$50m Earmarked For Weather Projections // 50millions De Dollars Destinées Aux Projections Météorologiques
By John Agaba ENVIRONMENT minister Ephraim Kamuntu has explained that the impact of weather extremes could no longer be ignored, calling for improved accuracy in...