South Africa’s Rand Slips, Stocks To Open Higher
South Africa’s rand on Friday ended a recent rally after stronger-than-expected U.S. inflation data lifted the dollar, while stocks were expected to open higher. By...
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German Hunter Pays £40,000 To Kill Biggest Elephant in Africa Just 3 Months After Cecil The Lion Was Shot
Killed: The huge elephant A German hunter has sparked outrage after shooting dead what is believed to be the biggest elephant in Africa for half...
Airtel Deal To Sell Over 3,500 Towers in Africa Collapses
Bharti Airtel today said the deal to sell over 3,500 telecom towers in Africa to Eaton Towers has lapsed and stands terminated. “The agreements for...
Ghana Law School sued
Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare a Ghanaian law professor based in Florida in the United States has taken the General Legal Council (GLC) to the Supreme...
S. Sudan Marks Global Handwashing Day With Calls For Cholera Fight
More than 800,000 children in South Sudan marked on Thursday the annual World Handwashing Day by washing their hands with soap and clean water in...
France Grants U.S.$170 Million To Nigeria for Improved Power Supply in FCT
France says it has granted 170 million dollars aimed at increasing the power supply for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The French Ambassador to Nigeria,...
UBA Nigeria Profit Rise 44% to N48.6 Billion in Nine Month
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc on Thursday reported its financial results for the nine months September 30, 2015, showing a rise of 44 per...
Guinea Presidential Vote Results Expected Friday
Guinean election officials examine votes at a collation center in the Conakry neighborhood of Ratoma, Oct. 14, 2015. Turnout in Sunday’s controversial first round of...
Cairo To Cape Town: New Free Trade ‘Super Bloc’ Huge For African Economy
The following opinion piece was written by Calestous Juma, who is professor of the Practice of International Development at Harvard Kennedy School, and Francis Mangeni, who...
Foods That Can Save Your Heart
Fresh Herbs When you add these to foods instead of salt and fat, you’re making a heart-healthy choice. They add flavor without the bad stuff....
Nairobi School Teachers Fail to Stop Trial
The High Court yesterday declined to stop the prosecution of three secondary school teachers accused of assaulting a student. The Nairobi School teachers allegedly assaulted...
Dengue, Congo Fevers Claim Three More Lives
With the death of a 36-year-old due to Dengue fever, the disease’s death toll for the year reached five, while the number of patients to...
Triton Minerals Improves Downstream Economics For Mozambique Graphite
has underlined the unique marketing versatility of its graphite resources on the Balama North and Ancuabe projects in Mozambique with new testwork confirming large particle...
Chinese Investments in Africa Help Revitalize Africa’s Economy
China’s role in helping revitalize infrastructure and financial investment acrossAfrica is gaining momentum ahead of the forthcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation(FOCAC) summit set to be...
Canadian Imprisoned in Ethiopia May Soon Be Coming Home
Government officials have signed off on paperwork for a prison transfer that would see Toronto man Bashir Makhtal back in Canada by the end of...
Somalia Slams Kenya Over Maritime Dispute
Kenya’s objection to the Indian Ocean maritime case before the International Court of Justice is “without merit”, Somalia’s Attorney General Ahmed Dahir has said. Attorney...
Hillary Clinton Responds To Benghazi Questions By Defending Libya Intervention, Diplomacy
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday vehemently defended the Obama administration’s decision to oust Muammar Qaddafi’s government in Libya and send diplomats there,...
Attorney: Burkina Faso Leader Sankara Was Assassinated
FILE – Thomas Sankara A lawyer for the family of Burkina Faso’s late Marxist revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara said Tuesday that an autopsy proved he...
Terrorism in Libya, Syria & Iraq Threatens Region’s Security: Bashir
The Sudanese President Omer Hassan al-Bashir said that the escalation of terrorist activities in all of Libya, Syria and Iraq has become a danger to...
South Africa Discourages Travel to Israel
South African President Jacob Zuma in parliament in Cape Town South Africa’s ruling party recommends that travel to Israel be discouraged unless it is for...