Many Deaths As Boat With African Emigrants Sinks Off Libyan Coast – Libya Navy
A boat packed with up to 250 African emigrants trying to reach European shores sank on Sunday off the Libyan coast and most are feared...
Author : Jide Adesina
Ghana Lacks Marginal Reserve Of Energy Generation – ECG
Mr William Boateng, Director of Public Relations of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), said lack of marginal reserve of energy generation is a contributory...
Is U.N. Ignoring Janjaweed Danger?
Editor’s note: Akshaya Kumar is Sudan and South Sudan Policy analyst at the Enough...
UN Vehicle Hits Landmine In Mali, 1 Peacekeeper killed
A UN military vehicle struck a land mine Sunday in the volatile Kidal region of northern Mali, killing a Chadian soldier and wounding four...
Ancient Egyptian Coffin Lid Sold For £12,000 – Despite Cairo Officials Attempting To Block Auction
Sale goes ahead despite relic being ‘illegally removed from Egypt’ It was bought in Africa by big game hunter and journalist Captain ‘Tiger’ Sarll...
Explosives Seized And 19 Arrested In Suspected Plot in Uganda
The police in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, seized “substantial amounts of explosives” and suicide vests in raids on what they said was a terrorist cell with...
Nigeria Civil War Hero, Gen.Benjamin Adekunle a.k.a Black Scorpion is Dead At 78
The War Hero, who played a key role in the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970), Brig.-Gen Benjamin Adekunle (retd.), A.k.a “Black Scorpion”, died this morning at...
THE GREAT AKWASIDAE FESTIVAL OF THE ASANTE PEOPLE
To every African, festivals hold a special place in everyday life. They are occasions for re-union, remembrance and merry-making. Festivals are also occasions of mixed...
Danny Welbeck Can Be Prolific At Arsenal, Says Alan Shearer
Striker Danny Welbeck can score 25 goals a season for Arsenal, says former England international Alan Shearer. Welbeck, 23, joined the Gunners from Manchester United for...
UNESCO And The Shoah Memorial Organize A Training Session On The History Of Genocides For Sub-Saharan African Education Officers
Pursuant to its commitment to promote Holocaust education globally so as to contribute, through education, to the prevention of genocides, UNESCO gathers from 15 to...
The Legendary Of Queen Sheba Of Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s historic journey is long and many ruins can be seen in the country. A good example of this is the former settlement of Yeha...
Yemi Alade Set to Release New Album Tittled K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Yemi Alade , the sensational sexy pop star is the rave of the moment and doing well on the billboards . This year...
Davido Gets Nominated For 2014 MTV European Music Awards
Davido in style By Ethelbert Obinna Umeh Davido is no doubt the king of African entertainment going by the myriads of awards he has gathered...
IHG Expands In Africa With Hotel In Ethiopia
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed a management agreement with Tsemex Hotels and Business Plc to develop Crowne Plaza Addis Ababa. The 210-key hotel represents...
Dollar Heads For Best Run
The US dollar headed for its ninth straight week of gains on Friday, some measure of how the economic fortunes of the United States and...
Shell Revives Plan To Sell LPG Business
Anglo-Dutch oil group Royal Dutch Shell has appointed Credit Suisse to advise on the sale of its European liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) business, the Financial...
Nigerian Designer Lisa Folawiyo Unveils SS 15 Collection At NYFW 2014
Lisa Folawiyo showed her now eponymous label’s collection for Spring Summer 2015 at an intimate NYFW show for press and buyers on September 6th...
Under Violence Nigeria’s Girl Abductees Become Child Soldiers
Children are bearing the brunt of much of the violence in northeastern Nigeria – including killings, rapes, abductions and attacks on schools. A new report...
Girls, Not Guns: The Promise Of Progress For South Sudan
SOUTH SUDAN, AFRICA: During the first year of independence for the world’s newest nation, women of South Sudan united to amplify their voices and ensure their...