Guantanamo Prisoner From Mauritania Back Home After 13 years
” Another prisoner has been released from the detention center on the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon said Thursday. ” Another...
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Iran Signals Readiness To Compromise Before Key Syria Talks-officials
On the eve of an international conference aimed at ending Syria’s four-year-old civil war, Iran signalled it might be willing to back away from its...
Sugar Export Plans Hit Snag As Kakira Registers Shortfall
Kakira Sugar Works joint managing director Mayur Madhvani speaks to Daily Monitor in an interview last week. PHOTO BY DENIS EDEMA Â Plans to export sugar...
Middle East and Africa Proppants Market – Segmented By Material Type and Geography – Growth, Trends and Forecasts (2015-2019)
he Middle East and Africa proppants market is expected to see healthy rise due to the presence of immense shale gas reserves in Algeria, South...
Stanbic IBTC Reports 46.3% Fall In 9-Month Profit
*Shareholder Wants Regular Forensic Audit Of Companies There may be more troubles ahead for shareholders of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, following the submission of the...
Nigeria Issues Boko Haram ‘Most Wanted’ Poster
Nigerian soldiers patrol in the north of Borno state close to a former camp of Boko Haram on June 5, 2013 near MaiduguriAFP Nigeria’s army...
Sleeping Less Than Six Hours At Night Could Cause Premature Death
Doctors say you’re risking premature death from diabetes, stroke or heart disease if you’re getting less than six hours shuteye a night As medical advice...
Egypt’s Industrial Sector Struggles With Growing Chinese Presence
Chinese goods, especially traditional handicrafts, have invaded the Egyptian market. In this regard, Atef Yaacoub, head of Egypt’s Consumer Protection Agency, stressed in March 2013 the need to...
African Powerhouses Seek A Nuclear Energy Future
African nuclear expertise is limited, so countries are looking abroad to achieve their nuclear ambitions. Many African countries are in the grip of a nuclear...
Tanzania: A History of Troubled Elections
TANZANIA, where ruling party candidate John Magufuli was on Thursday declared the winner of a hotly contested presidential vote, has a history of troubled elections...
Huge Opportunities for Recruitment Across Africa
29Oct, 2015by TheSouthAfrican.com in NEWS Font size –16+ Careers in Africa returns to Johannesburg for a seventh year to bring the strongest professionals from across...
India dilemma: Arrest Sudan’s Bashir And Irk Africa, or Ignore The ICC?
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has landed in India and already he is causing a stir. The controversial leader, indicted for genocide and war crimes by...
CAF Extend Belaili Doping Ban To 8 years
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have increased Youssef Belaili’s doping ban to 8 years. The Algerian and USM Alger striker was initially banned for...
LAMB : Sheer Brilliance Knits Together First Ethiopian Film At Cannes
Yared Zeleke’s sharp eye for the culture of his homeland is showcased in this tremendous ethnographic debut Lamb is a 2015 Ethiopian drama film directed...
South Africa’s MTN Seeks to reduce $5.2 bln Nigeria fine
* MTN in talks with NCC to reduce fine – source * MTN was still in talks with NCC when deadline passed – source *...
Uganda’s Maternal Health Improves
By Carol Natukunda UGANDA’S maternal deaths have been reducing at an annual rate of 3.2 % in the last two decades, a newly released...
Stocks Retreat Ahead of Apple, Fed
BY CHUCK MIKOLAJCZAK Picture: THINKSTOCK Global equity markets retreated on Tuesday as investors showed restraint in advance...
Mega Beer Merger Bets On The Rise of African Drinkers
Print Share: Workers pour brewing ingredients in a copper kettle at the Nile Brewery Company, east of Uganda’s capital Kampala. In the slums of Kampala,...
Quincy Jones, Terrence Howard, Ava DuVernay Pay Tribute to African Americans in TV
“It just makes my soul smile every time I see it happen: Young black men and women who are tearing it up and contributing to...
Nairobi Securities Exchange To Launch ETF And Derivatives Services
The Nairobi Securities Exchange has announces it is preparing to launch ETF and derivatives add-ons in an effort to encourage liquidity and greater local investor...