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The Al Jazeera Trial: The Verdict, Reactions, and Next Steps
On Saturday, August 29, Egypt’s Cairo Criminal Court sentenced journalists Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed, and Peter Greste to three years in prison, in the latest...
Hurricane Fred Threatens Cape Verde Islands off Africa
Hurricane Fred was threatening the Cape Verde Islands on Monday (Aug. 31). (NASA GOES-Floater satellite) PrintEmail By Mark Schleifstein, Hurricane Fred, with sustained winds reaching 80...
Algeria – Oran to welcome 2021 Mediterranean Games (August 31, 2015)
France congratulates the city of Oran, which was selected to host the 19th edition of the Mediterranean Games, in 2021. This success reflects the exceptional...
Oil Prices Drop After Huge Rally…
Oil prices fell on Monday, coming under pressure as dealers took profits from huge gains in last week’s rally and tried to gauge the outlook...
Bonds Weaker As Rand Lowers On Hopes of US Rate Hike
Picture: THINKSTOCK SOUTH African bonds were weaker in the late afternoon on Monday as the bond market tracked the softer rand. Local trade data appeared...
Bank Audi-Egypt, EIB, EBRD Start Dollar Liquidity Talks
Bank Audi SAE, the eighth largest commercial bank in Egypt, is in ongoing talks with some European banks to secure dollar liquidity, a senior banking...
Hunger Rises in Somalia As El Nino Floods Loom – U.N.
Author: Katy Migiro The number of Somalis in hunger has risen in the past six months, the United Nations said on Monday, predicting a further...
Sierra Leone Confirms New Ebola Death
Health officials in Sierra Leone on Sunday confirmed a new death from the Ebola virus, less than a week after the last known Ebola patient...
Cannes Film Festival Winners: The Complete List
“Dheepan” wins Palme d’Or; Rooney Mara, Emmanuelle Bercot and Vincent Lindon take acting honors French director Jacques Audiard‘s “Dheepan” is the best film of the...
UAE, Somalia Vow To Enhance Bilateral Ties
Somalia’s President Hassan Shaikh Mahmoud visited the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, discussing ways to strengthen bilateral ties, state news agency WAM reported. The Crown...
1st African-American Actor To Play Valjean on Broadway Dies
Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African-American and youngest person to ever play the role of Jean Valjean in “Les Misérables” on Broadway has died after falling...
New Guidelines To Help Counties Raise Cash From Capital Markets
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has advised county governments to raise money from the public through sale of bonds to finance major infrastructure projects. CMA...
South Sudan’s Rebels Accuse Government Forces of Burning Down villages, Rapping Women And Girls in Unity State
SPLA soldiers in Bentiu, Unity State. Photo: AFP/File South Sudanese rebels have accused government troops of rapping women, girls, and burning down villages in Unity...
Egypt Sets Oct Election Date, After Three Years Without Parliament
Egypt will hold a long-awaited parliamentary election, starting on Oct. 18-19, the election commission said on Sunday, the final step in a process to bring...
Archbishop Tutu Has Scripted His Own Funeral – But Won’t Be Needing It Anytime Soon
TANYA FARBER AND JEROME CORNELIUS Former President Thabo Mbeki visited Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in hospital recently. With them was Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu. Image...
Transport: Tunisia, Two New Highways To Open In 2016
The new highways of Sfax-Gabès and Oued Zarga/BouSalem will open in the summer of 2016, Tunisia’s Infrastructure Minister Mohamed Salah Arfaoui has said during a...
The Secret of Building Great Brands
While worshipping at the church of high-consumerism in Gotham City, the secret of building great brands was revealed to me in an epiphany. On a...
Chinese Investment In Africa Is More Diverse And Welcome
China’s economic engagement in Africa tends to elicit controversy. Many Chinese deals are accompanied by Western headlines such as “China in Africa: Investment or Exploitation?”;...
Fuel Firm Total Kenya Say H1 Pretax Profit Dips 5 pct
Oil marketer Total Kenya said its first-half pretax profit dropped by 5 percent due to inflation and volatility in international oil prices. The group, part...