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...
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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...
Madame Tussauds London unveils wax figures of ALL SIX James Bonds. (Greatstock/Splash) Los Angeles – Madame Tussauds has unveiled wax figures of all six actors...
Army Dismisses Brig-Gen. Ransom-Kuti, Sentences Him to Six Months Imprisonment Over Boko Haram Insurgency
Brig-Gen. Ransome-Kuti Senator Iroegbu in Abuja The Nigerian Army has dismissed Brig-Gen. Ransome-Kuti, and as well. sentenced him to six months imprisonment through General Court-Martial...
Zambia Issues Altar Call For Economy; It May Take More
Waldo Swiegers | Bloomberg | Getty Images A man holds Zambian 50 kwacha banknotes in Lusaka on Oct. 8, 2015. As Zambia’s currency has swooned...
Courage, Sacrifice and Heroism on The Road From Dalayate to Badhade
Chief of Defence Forces General Samson Mwathethe (left) inspecting the Guard of honour, during the commemoration of the 3rd Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) day at...
Ethiopia is Facing its Worst Drought in 30 years. Can The Government Stop Famine This Time?
Farmers in North Wollo, the most drought-sensitive area of the country, say their crops have failed. Arron Reza MeratGlobalPost NORTH WOLLO, Ethiopia — For decades past, poor...
Dozens Dead in Nigeria Blasts
At least 39 people have died after multiple explosions in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri. Three female suicide bombers, thought to be aged between 11...
Yassmine Attia: Brilliant Tunisian Woman Wins International Caen Debate Prize.
A young Tunisian lawyer, Yasmine Attia, presented a laudable case in the 25th debating contest at the memorial of Caen in France. The young attorney...
Nigeria President Buhari Pledges to Root Out Long-Entrenched Graft
By NORIMITSU ONISHI Private jets that used to crowd the airport here have been grounded, their wings clipped by the new government’s crackdown on corruption....
Egyptian Classical, Short Films To Screen at Arab Film Festival in US
Arab Film Festival CAIRO: Egyptian feature and short films will be screened in the Arab Film Festival to be held in San Francisco, Los Angeles,...
What Happens To Unborn Babies When Pregnant Women Smoke?
Photo:Courtesy It is estimated that smoking during pregnancy is causing over 2,000 premature births, 5,000 miscarriages and 300 stillbirths every year Tens of thousands of...
FIFA Says “Working Well” As Hayatou Takes Charge
Back to Home FIFA, engulfed by a wave of scandals, is still working well in operational terms, acting secretary general Markus Kattner said on Thursday...
African Bank Gives Up On Purchase of Insurer Stangen
THE lending unit of African Bank Investments Limited (Abil), which collapsed in August last year, said it is no longer buying insurer Standard & General...
How Do We Close Africa’s Education Gap
Less than half of the world’s countries have equal numbers of girls and boys in school with not one sub-Saharan African nation achieving equality, according...