Ban Appoints New UN Envoy For West Africa
Mohamed Ibn Chambas. UN Photo/Loey Felipe Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Mohammed Ibn Chambas as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for...
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UN rights Official Cites ‘Clear Need’ For Vigilance On Issue Of Privacy In Digital Age
Stating that the digital age has opened the door to emancipation for millions and has been perhaps the greatest liberation movement the world has ever...
Pope Advises African Bishops To Focus On Youth
“I urge you to be apostles for the youth in your dioceses,” Pope Francis said in a September 12 address to visiting bishops from the...
STEVE BIKO,Father Of Black Consciousness ; 37 YEARS ON AND STILL A HERO
Today marks 37 years since the death of Steve Bantu Biko who died in police custody in 1977.South Africans are united in celebrating the legacy...
Ghana Makes Finale Of Project Fame West Africa season 7
Ghana has registered one of its best outings at the Project Fame West Africa competition yet – with 2 out of the 3 Ghanaian contestants...
Africa Marked As Fastest Growing Technology Market
According to Singh, Africa has 6 of the world’s top 10 fastest growing countries over the last decade. To add to this, Singh stated that...
Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends For 2015
The 2014 Gartner Symposium, which is being held at CTICC in Cape Town, has presented a variety of different topics throughout the day. However,...
Oscar’s Family Warned About ’Complications’
Oscar Pistorius’s family has been warned to keep the culpable homicide-convict on the straight and narrow in the next month while he awaits sentencing. In...
Maiduguri In Rumble Battle As Nigeria Army Clash With Boko Haram Terrorist
Abuja – Nigerian government forces were fighting Islamist insurgents 35km outside Borno state capital Maiduguri on Friday to try to stop any attack on the...
Setback For Gay Rights In Gambia
Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh really doesn’t like homosexuals. And because he’s been in...
Ebola Could Hit 15 Countries Across Africa
Study of how disease has spread in past finds 22million people may be at risk of infection In a world first, Oxford scientists have created...
Oscar Pistorius Guilty Of Culpable Homicide – But Not Of Murder
Oscar Pistorius is also found guilty of one weapons charge, but not guilty of murdering Reeva Steenkamp Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable...
Putin Signs Law Requiring Terrorists’ Relatives To Pay For Damages
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill that forces relatives of terrorists to pay for damages caused by their attacks. It also...
Oil Hits Two-Year Low As Supplies Build
Brent crude dropped to a two-year low below $97 a barrel on Thursday, falling for a sixth straight session as mounting supply and weak demand...
US Implementing Development Programmes In Libya
A United States Agency for International Development (USAID) spokesperson today said that US government sponsored initiatives are still operative in Libya. This week, the US...
Maternal Health Activists Battle Awaits Supreme Court Verdict
By Andante Okanya KAMPALA – A petition by maternal health activists seeking to compel Government to provide essential adequate kits in referral hospitals for the mothers’...
Obama, Victims’ Families Pause To Remember 9/11
New York – Politicians, dignitaries and victims’ relatives were gathering in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Thursday to commemorate the nearly 3 000 people...
Obama, Victims' Families Pause To Remember 9/11
New York – Politicians, dignitaries and victims’ relatives were gathering in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Thursday to commemorate the nearly 3 000 people...
Court Hitch For Greek Privatization Project
Athens – Greece’s top privatisation project, the long-awaited development of the former Athens airport, is facing new delays after a court found procedural problems in...
Bills Gates’ Foundation Donates Record $50million To Fight Ebola In West Africa
‘By fighting Ebola now, we can make sure it doesn’t become an endemic in [West] Africa,’ the Microsoft co-founder tweeted on Wednesday. The donation is...