fastjet Named Cheapest Low-Cost Carrier In Africa
A recent survey by flight comparison site WhichAirline.com has revealed that fastjet is the cheapest low-cost carrier (LCC) in Africa. The results of the survey...
Author : Jide Adesina
Teaching A Girl Teaches A Community
BY ERNA SOLBERG, GRACA MACHEL In 1990, the Italian World Cup was played to the sound of Luciano Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma. In...
UN to mark ‘Victory Over Slavery: Haiti And Beyond’
Visitors to the United Nations later today and those to the Bronx Museum of Fine Arts tomorrow will have a chance to see an...
UN to mark 'Victory Over Slavery: Haiti And Beyond'
Visitors to the United Nations later today and those to the Bronx Museum of Fine Arts tomorrow will have a chance to see an...
WHO: 38 Million Die Annually From Chronic Diseases
The World Health Organization warned Thursday that 38 million people die each year from chronic diseases, which...
Al-Shabab Attacker Hassan Muhiyadin Was Informant in Presidential Palace
Somali government radio says Tuesday’s attack on the presidential palace was led by a man who had access to the compound and...
Sub-Saharan African Countries Have Made Some Progress Toward Meeting The Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
By:Lenny Ruvaga A new U.N. report says sub-Saharan African countries have made some progress toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), but poverty remains a...
Ebola Outbreak: 25 More Deaths Confirmed In West Africa
A WHO statement said that Sierra Leone accounted for 14 deaths and 34 of the 50 new case Health officials in West Africa say 25...
Security Council Voices Concern Over Political, Security Challenges Facing West Africa
While noting the progress made in addressing political and security issues in West Africa, the members of the United Nations Security Council...
UN in Central African Republic Condemns Attack On Civilians Sheltering In Church
In what it termed a “brutal” attack, the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (CAR) today condemned the killing of...
UN Envoy Condemns Al-Shabaab Attack On Somali Presidential Palace
The top United Nations envoy in Somalia has condemned last night’s attack on the seat of the Federal Government in Mogadishu, the latest in a...
New Fish Drying Method In Burundi Improves Lives For Local Communities
It was a simple adjustment – drying fish on raised racks instead of the sand – but the United Nations food agency project in Burundi has...
Nine Low-income African Countries Win Funding to Transform Renewable Energy Services
At the semi-annual Climate Investment Funds (CIF) governing body meetings held June 25-28 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, nine African nations were chosen to...
Nigeria Suspended From International Football By Fifa
Nigeria have been suspended from all international football by Fifa amid allegations of government interference in its football federation. The ban means no Nigerian team...
Bar.Bamidele Aturu Dies At Age Of 49
Barrister.Bamidele Aturu dies this morning after a brief illness. Its a huge loss to the social movement in Nigeria A VERY SAD DAY FOR NIGERIA...
The Rome Trip with Yvonne Idris
I haven’t written anything in a while, I’ve been settling back in at home. Although I...
Airtel To Sells Its 3,100 Towers In Four African Countries
Airtel today announced to sell its 3,100 telecom towers in four African countries to Helios Towers Africa for an undisclosed sum. “It is...
Airtel To Sells Its 3,100 Towers In Four African Countries
Airtel today announced to sell its 3,100 telecom towers in four African countries to Helios Towers Africa for an undisclosed sum. “It is...
UN Envoy Cites Region’s Daunting Challenges, Boko Haram Threat To Nigeria
While countries in West Africa are trying to promote development and consolidate democracy, they continue to face daunting challenges such as transnational organized...
Escalating violence in Central African Republic threatens aid delivery
Warning about the deteriorating situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that the violence there...