As Facebook Inc. Expands Internet.org in Africa, Does the Service Violate Net Neutrality?
Critics continue to shine a light on some of the difficulties that come with balancing business needs with public works. SOURCE: FACEBOOK In today’s era...
Author : Jide Adesina
Zambia’s Plan to Revamp Its Flailing Economy? Divine Intervention.
When Zambia’s currency dropped to an all-time low last month, earning itself the bottom-ranking slot on Bloomberg’s scale, President Edgar Lungu came up with a...
Angola, Cuba to Promote Training for Child Care
The professional training was the main issue of the speech given today by the organizing secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), Surina Acosta,...
Sudan Expresses Willingness To Allow Humanitarian Access To The Two Areas
Sudan’s foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour has told a visiting donor delegation that the government is ready to allow international aid groups to access South Kordofan...
Central African Republic: Avoiding an Electoral Flare-up
Ex-Seleka and anti-balaka combatants have been marching on the capital Bangui, aiming at direct confrontation. The prospect of presidential elections, planned for December, is fuelling tensions further. After the...
Deeper Than The Headlines: Oxfam’s Africa, Drone Surveillance + More Drone Surveillance
An article from Rwanda’s The New Times spells out the Rwandan government’s response to the UN’s efforts to institute a drone surveillance program in the...
Africa Fashion is very Natural
Since I have been married to my husband who is from Africa (Liberia), I have fell in love with the clothing designs from Africa. My...
Press freedom Is Not An Option
As disquiet, disbelief and even embarrassment rippled through Parliament over the contentious Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill, 2014, a Somali saying crossed my mind: Somali...
Ronaldo, Raúl, Di Stéfano: Madrid’s goal machines
With Cristiano Ronaldo becoming Real Madrid’s all-time top scorer, UEFA.com profiles the Portugal forward alongside Raúl González and Alfredo Di Stéfano, the men he has overtaken ...
Engaging With An Aspirational Africa
Africa is no longer just about resources. India’s attitude towards Africa cannot remain imprisoned in the ‘dark continent’ stereotype. Neither can it be defined solely...
A Nigerian Ebola Doctor Could Be The First Black African To Go To Space
No black African has ever been in space but that could change soon. Freeman Osonuga, a Nigerian doctor, recognized for his work as an Ebola...
Emanuel Kawishe, director of the legal services department of the National Electoral Commission of Tanzania Peter Clottey A prominent official of the National Electoral Commission...
India-Africa Forum Summit: A New Twist to Modi’s Foreign Policy?
India’s trade with Africa has increased from $39 billion in 2009-10 to $71.4 billion in 2014-15, with the surge in exports. On the other hand,...
Nigeria Cabinet Under Buhari Gets Ready Months After He Took Power
Since he was sworn in on May 29, Mr Buhari has been running Nigeria with permanent secretaries (senior civil servants), laying himself open to charges...
Egypt Cabinet Orders Half-day off Monday For State Employees on 2nd Voting Day
  Egypt’s PM Sherif Ismael (Al-Ahram) Egypt’s cabinet gave state employees a half-day off on Monday, the second day of voting in the first stage...
Things You Did Wrong In Your Last Failed Love Affair
Friday night and you are in an empty apartment, alone. It’s unusual for you to be indoors on a Friday night. As you are trying...
Kenyan Treasury Bill Yields To Rise
The yields on Kenya’s Treasury bills and a bond on sale next week are expected to rise, but at a slower rate, traders said. The...
In Egypt Vote, Ultraconservative Islamists Try Balancing Act
Beards without moustaches, the trademark of ultraconservative Islamists, were all the rage at this campaign rally, among both speakers and the men in the audience,...
BRUSSELS AIRLINES GETS ‘CLINTON GLOBAL CITIZEN AWARD 2015’
Together with a select group of 23 organizations has Brussels Airlines been honoured for its leadership and response to the Ebola outbreak in West...
Aid Agencies Warns of ‘Worsening South Sudan Civil War’
A coalition of at least 300 South Sudanese and international aid organizations, NGO Forum, has on Thursday released a report, warning of a worsening situation...