South Africa’s Rand Edges Lower On China-linked Risk Aversion
South Africa’s rand inched lower against the dollar on Friday, following many other emerging markets, with global sentiment hit by China’s deteriorating growth prospects. The...
Author : Jide Adesina
President Buhari of Nigeria Urge Guinea Bissau To Respect Rule of Law And Constitutions
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed deep concerns at the unfolding political situation in Guinea Bissau and urged respect for constitutional order. The Nigerian...
South Sudan’s Journalist killed in Juba
Unknown Gunmen shot and killed a South Sudanese Journalist Peter Julius Moi in suburbs of Juba. The killing occurred on Wednesday night, relatives of the...
Social Development Launches A Centre For Abused Women
The Social Development Ministry has launched a centre for abused women in Mpumalanga. It will provide basic needs and support for victims. An area plagued...
Mauritanian Anti-slavery Activist Loses Appeal Against Jail
A Mauritanian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by the country’s leading anti-slavery campaigner to be released from jail, upholding a two-year sentence passed in...
Renaissance Dam Tripartite Committee Starts Meetings In Addis Ababa
This April 2, 2013, photo shows the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Asosa Region, Ethiopia (Photo: AP) The tripartite committee for Ethiopia’s...
GAZA FAMILIES CALL ON EGYPT TO SAVE ABDUCTED PALESTINIANS
Families of four Gaza Palestinians who were abducted in restive Sinai have called on Egypt to save their kin. Abdul Kareem, whose nephew Yasser Zanoun...
Tanzania Suspends Job Agencies in Crackdown On Sex, Labour Trafficking
Tanzania has suspended about a quarter of its recruitment agencies in a bid to crackdown on human trafficking after complaints that girls sent as domestic...
African Stock Market Performance
US Dollar-Adjusted Total Return as of July 31, 2015 STOCK MARKET 1M 1Y 3Y 5Y YTD Botswana Stock Exchange -0.1% 3.1% 13.6% -0.1% 7.7% BRVM...
Morocco Collides With “Giants of The Continent” In The Basketball African Cup
By Yasyn Mouhir Marrakech – The Moroccan National team is participating in the African Championship of Basketball, which kicks off in Tunisia on Wednesday 19 and...
Free Domestic Violence Hotline Launches in Papua New Guinea…
A free hotline offering counselling to victims of domestic and sexual violence in Papua New Guinea was launched on Wednesday in response to widespread violence...
69th Birthday of President Bill Clinton And His Little Jokes ..
It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while...
Nearing Milestone, The Queen Shows No Sign of Stepping Aside
“ I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service...
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Urges Banks To Innovate For Survival
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says banks must come up with new and innovative products that encourage financial inclusion in the country where the...
UN Agency Helps Lybia Upgrade Response To Boats in Distress Of Its Coast
Specialized local operators carrying coffin of one victim of marine accident off the coast of Libya. Photo: UNHCR/Fabio Bucciarelli Following a spate of deadly shipwrecks...
Senegal Mourns Loss of Master Drummer N’Diaye Rose
Senegal’s Doudou N’Diaye Rose, one of Africa’s master drummers and named a “human treasure” by the United Nations, died on Wednesday at the age of...
Perspectives from Egypt; Here’s hoping el-Sisi has the right idea because the Egyptian People Deserve To Have A Fighting Chance
Editorial President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi hopes to shift the economic reliance from tourism to world trade with the opening of the new canal Time has...
South Africa Suspends Pistorius Release….
South African authorities have suspended the release of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, convicted of killing his girlfriend, into house arrest this week. South Africa has put...
Depositors Of Collapsed Dubai Bank To Be Paid Maximum Sh100,000
BY PAUL WAFULA Depositors who have money in the collapsed Dubai Bank will only be paid a maximum of Sh100,000 as the reality of the...
Egypt Would Benefit From Cutting Internet Costs: Study
A human rights group said reducing Internet prices would help bring in more customers. Follow Reducing Internet prices could ensure an increase in the number...