Deaf School Blaze Pupils Discharged.
All 54 learners who were admitted to hospital after a fire broke out at the North West Secondary School for the Deaf in Leeudoringstad near...
Author : Jide Adesina
14 Arrested In Spain And Morocco On Suspicion Of Recruiting For ISIS
Mary Ann Georgantopoulos Younis Al-bayati / AFP / Getty Images Spanish and Moroccan authorities arrested 14 suspected recruiters for ISIS, the Spanish Interior Ministry announced...
8,000 Mosquito Bed Nets to Be Distributed In Southwest Region Of Cameroon
By Asong Sylvester and Nkeze Linda Public health practitioners in the Southwest Region have promised to improve the quality of health services despite the many...
Community Watch :POLICE BOSS ASSURES CITIZENS OF ADEQUATE SECURITY
By : Irikefe Kefe The Area E Commander, ACP Frank Mba has reaffirmed the Nigeria Police commitment on safeguarding the life and property of the citizenry...
UK To Crack Down On illegal Working By Migrants
Illegal migrants found working in Britain will face jail and have their earnings seized under new measures announced by the government on Tuesday. The government...
UNHCR Delivers Aid To Thousands in Southern Libya As Conflict flares
In Libya, UNHCR has managed to distribute aid to tens of thousands of displaced people in and around Tripoli and in the south-west over the...
Sonangol To Acquire Cobalt’s Stake In Two Blocks Offshore Angola For $1.75bn
Angolan state oil company Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola – Empresa Pública (Sonangol) has signed an agreement with Cobalt to acquire the latter’s 40%...
We Must Prepare For New Attacks – Francois Hollande
French President Francois Hollande says his country should be prepared for more attacks such as the thwarted assault on a high-speed train last week. Hollande...
Rand Extends Gains As Global Mood Perks Up
THE rand extended gains at midday on Tuesday, with a broad recovery in equity markets outweighing the weak domestic gross domestic product (GDP). The domestic...
Africa stock market index
There’s no end in sight to the downward spiral of the The Afrika Market Index. As global markets experienced their worst week of the year,...
Yin, Yang And Oud: When Two Egyptian Musicians Play On One Instrument
Not only do Ghassan Al-Youssef and Dina Abdel-Hamid play on one oud, they also share a philosophy of life that embraces peace and meditation as...
We Are With The Government of South Sudan on IGAD Plus Peace Proposal
Public Statement USA 08/23/2015 As the IGAD plus peace proposal on South Sudan had hit a deadlock on the government side. Our position as one...
UN Chief Arrives in Nigeria To Mark Bombing, Abducted Girls
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Nigeria on Sunday to commemorate the Boko Haram bombing of his organisation’s headquarters and focus new attention on...
Android One Partnership That Cuts Down N100k Infinix Phone To N17k For Nigerians
If you are very smart, the next time you are buying the Infinix Hot2 smartphone, valued at about N100,000, you would get it at a...
Meles Zenawi’s Legacy For The Horn of Africa
There is little doubt that Meles Zenawi’s political architecture gave modest advantages to most ethnic groups in the country who were the subjects of...
Waves For Change: How Surf Therapy is Helping South Africa’s Most Deprived Children
Many of the children growing up amid disorder and violence in some of Cape Town’s most deprived areas can’t even swim. So what’s one Brit...
Cairo Citizens Caught Between Isis Violence And Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi’s Draconian Security Crackdowns
Egyptian riot police stand in front of a damaged national security building following a bomb blast in northern Cairo’s district of Shubra. Photograph: Ahmed Abd...
African With Fake US Dollars Drives Into CIQ Complex
An African national, believed to be involved in a black-money scam, took a wrong turn and ended up driving his vehicle containing hundreds of pieces...
The Best Sonnets of All Time…
Picking the greatest sonnets of all time involves personal taste and fancy. (So if you disagree with my choices, please feel free to compile your...
INEC Begins Procurement of Materials For Kogi Election
Acting Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Amina Zakari, said the commission had begun the production and procurement of materials for upcoming Kogi and...