African Stockmarkets – Factors To Watch In November
The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Wednesday. - - - -...
Author : Jide Adesina
8 Things The Bedroom Should Be!
The bedroom is the epicenter of love, it sets the mood of the home and affects everything in the house and family including parenting. The...
Oil Ticks Higher On Hopes For Easing Oversupply
Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday, ending a four-day losing streak, as traders weighed a bearish price outlook from the IEA and a lowered US...
Specter of Civil War Haunts Burundi as Fatal Violence Escalates
A man cycles past a barricade set up by protestors in the Nyakabiga neighborhood in Bujumbura. Photographer: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images When night falls, the...
Plan Underway To End Era of Godfathers in Police
DANIEL TSUMA NYASSY The much-awaited scheme of service that will see police officers promoted automatically after serving for a certain number of years will finally...
Africa Needs Energy For Growth, Leaders Say Ahead of Climate Talks
Africa is looking to key climate talks for solutions to electrify the continent, grow its economies and keep its youth from fleeing abroad, African leaders...
GOLDEN EAGLET OF NIGERIA WINS THE WORLD CHAMPION U17 IN A GRAND STYLE
Nigeria Monday morning extended their dominance at U17 level when they won a fifth World Cup by beating fellow West Africans Mali 2-0 in Chile....
How Did These Terror Attacks During The Last 20 Years Change The World ?
(Clockwise from top left) The 2004 Madrid train bombing, the 2001 terror attack on the USA, the 2005 London bombings and the 2008 Mumbai attack...
Over Half Of Poles Against Hosting Middle East, African Refugees
According to the poll, the Poles are mostly scared that refugees may not respect the Polish secular and religious traditions, behave aggressively toward Polish women...
Creation of U.S.-Algeria Joint Venture
Agriculture: Creation of U.S.-Algeria Joint Venture A Memorandum of Understanding on the creation of the first Algeria-U.S. agriculture joint venture was signed Sunday in Algiers...
Nigeria President Buhari To Swear In Ministers, INEC Chairman On Wednesday
President Muhammadu Buhari will officially inaugurate a new Federal Executive Council on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to...
Second African SMEs Summit Opens in Accra
The second African Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) summit has opened in Accra, with a call on entrepreneurs to develop attitudinal change, sense of...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham’s Fund Helps Children in Papua New Guinea
International football icon and goodwill ambassador of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) David Beckham met with children receiving treatment for malnutrition at a UNICEF-supported...
No Room For Death Penalty in 21st Century, Says UN Official, Citing Decline in Support For Capital Punishment
Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré Ahead of the launch of a new book by the United Nations on the global...
Uganda Electoral Commission Clears 8 Presidential Candidates For 2016 General Election
Thousands of Besigye’s supporters escort their candidate to Nakivubo Stadium from Mandela National StadiumDr. Kizza Besigye will vie for next year’s presidential election alongside seven...
S. Sudan Wracked By Weapons Buildup, Rapes, Killings
Killings, rapes, burning of villages and abductions are continuing in South Sudan where the government and rebels are stockpiling weapons in violation of a peace...
Tourists To Be Evacuated From Egypt Amid Bomb Fears
THOUSANDS of tourists are stranded in Egypt after mounting evidence a Russian airliner was downed by a bomb led to all flights between the UK...
Forex Hit knocks Harmony’s Profit
Harmony Gold Mining reported a headline loss of 120 cents per share for the first quarter of the 2015/2016 financial year, compared with a 44-cents...
Evidence Suggests Russian Jet That Crashed in Egypt Desert Was Downed By Bomb
Associated Press Evidence suggests a Russian jet that crashed over Egypt’s Sinai desert may have been brought down by a bomb, the British government said...
Interview : Domestic Violence Ignored in Papua New Guinea
Domestic violence occurs everywhere, and in most countries it’s a criminal offense. But in Papua New Guinea – a Pacific nation near Australia experiencing a...