U.N. Chief Furious With Morocco Over Western Sahara Demonstration
By Louis Charbonneau U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Morocco’s foreign minister on Monday he was angered and disappointed by a demonstration in Rabat he said...
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Local Group Raises Money to Put Solar Panels on Nigerian Orphanage
Last year, the New Covenant Worship Center raised money to install a solar power system at an orphanage in Eku, Nigeria, and in January, a...
Nigeria Show No justice for the 640 Men And Boys Slain By Military Following Giwa Barracks Attack Two Years Ago
640 people killed in one day © Amnesty International Protest actions to take place outside Nigerian embassies around the world Demo outside Nigeria High Commission...
Fresh Xenophobic Attacks Reported in S. Africa
Foreign shops were looted on Sunday in an informal settlement near Natalspruit in eastern Johannesburg following the deaths of two local residents, police said. The...
Libyan Presidential Council Demands Power Transfer To Unity Gov’t
Libyan presidential council demanded for a transfer of power to the newly appointed UN-backed government of national accord, local media reported on Sunday. “The presidential...
Without Cutting Corrupt Ties, NNPC’s Reforms Remain Superficial
An international analyst, Matthew Page has stated that following the recent restructuring of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the minister of petroleum and minister of...
From ‘welcome’ To ‘Enough’ _ Europe’s Migrant View Shifts
Last fall, soccer fans celebrated refugee children at a legendary Munich stadium; today, European voters are boosting anti-immigrant political parties and governments are closing their...
Deadly Attack At Ivory Coast Resort
At least 16 people have been killed in a shooting at a hotel popular with Westerners in the Ivory Coast. Four Europeans were reportedly amongst...
Mobile Game To Tackle Infant Mortality in Africa Turns To Crowdfunding
A team of doctors based in Oxford and Kenya launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £100,000 to develop a game to train healthcare workers on...
US election 2016: Super Tuesday For The Rise of Hillary Clinton
Candidates bidding for their party’s nomination in the US presidential election face their biggest test yet in the “Super Tuesday” primary polls. Eleven states cast...
Meet Nicholas Marino Cycling All Remote Africa And Asia
Pictures by Nicolas Marino Nicolas Marino. Documentary and landscape photographer currently on a long cycling journey around remote Asia and Africa. In this page, I...
Black History Month 2016: Your Guide to Events Around the Country
Ninety years ago, Carter G. Woodson founded Black History Week to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12) and Frederick Douglass (Feb. 14)....
Women’s Role In Economic Development
If you empower woman, you empower a nation. Women are the people who are educating the next generation and if we make sure that...
Mali, Ivory Coast Vie For Final Ticket
The target is, of course, the same when Mali and Ivory Coast line up against each other in the last semifinal clash at Stade Régional...
ECOWAS Common External Tariffs Will Not Be Suspended
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has ruled out any plans to suspend the implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariffs (CET). Chief Revenue Officer of...
Why An Egyptian Appeals Court Overturned 149 Death Sentences
The grounds for the appeals court ruling are still unclear, but the new trial will be held in a criminal court. By Bamzi Banchiri Amr...
AviaDev Africa – Ready For Take-off: A Unique Platform Bringing Together Airlines, Airports, Hotel And Hospitality Investors For The First Time
PRESS RELEASE Unique opportunity to connect aviation and hotel sectors KIGALI, Rwanda, February 3, 2016/ — AviaDev Africa (www.AviationDevelop.com), a unique platform bringing together...
Sanders Closes In on Clinton in Iowa Caucus. But Senators Aren’t Feeling The Bern.
With the Iowa presidential caucus kickoff hours away Monday, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton has only a slight edge — 4 percentage points — over Bernie...
Record High Price For Maize Crop in Malawi, Southern Africa
IN PHOTOS About 14 million people face hunger in southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern,...
Scientists Find a Lost Tribe of Lions in Ethiopia
Taylor Hill is an associate editor at TakePart covering environment and wildlife. So the discovery of a “lost population” of lions in a remote national...