Jide Adesina, Author at 1st Afrika

Botswana Metals Confirms Share Purchase Plan Price // Botswana Métaux Confirme Part Achat Plan Prix

Jide AdesinaJune 19, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 19, 20150680

Botswana Metals has extensive news flow pending from an 8000 metre drilling program, where first assays intersected broad zones of nickel sulphides. Botswana Metals (ASX:BML)...

RELATIONSHIP

Rights Group Accuses Tobruk Libyan Government Of Torture // Droits De Groupe Accuse Le Gouvernement Libyen De Tobrouk De Torture

Jide AdesinaJune 19, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 19, 20150791

By Ken Hanly Tobruk – Human Rights Watch(HRW) said that the internationally-recognized Libyan government based in Tobruk, with its allied forces, was responsible for arbitrary...

IMMIGRATION & YOU

Nigerian Girl Wins Legal Battle On Refugee Status // Girl Nigériane Remporte La Bataille Juridique Sur Le Statut De Réfugié

Jide AdesinaJune 19, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 19, 20150723

A girl with “significant” special needs born in Ireland after her Nigerian mother claimed she fled here due to fears her unborn child might suffer...

Women's World

Rihanna Designs A Range of Flash Tattoos // Rihanna A Conçu Une Gamme De Tatouages Flash.

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 201501137

Rihanna has designed a range of flash tattoos. The ‘Diamonds’ hitmaker has teamed up with Los Angeles-based jewellery designer Jacquie Aiche to create a line...

IMMIGRATION & YOU

250,000 Children Starving In South Sudan As 18-Month Conflict Rages On // 250 000 Enfants Mourant De Faim Dans Le Sud-Soudan Comme Conflit De 18 Mois Fait Rage

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 20150611

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN A quarter of a million children face starvation in war-torn South Sudan, with an end to the 18-month conflict as distant...

Commerce

Airtel’s Tower Sale Deal In Africa Falls Through // Tour Vente Deal De Airtel En Afrique Tombe A Travers

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 20150712

Now the deal with Tanzania and Tchad stands terminated, the agreement with HTA for Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo is still intact, sources...

LIFE & STYLE

Chocolate ‘May Be Good’ For Your Heart // Chocolat « Peut Etre Bon » Pour Votre Cœur

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 20150803

New research has added to tentative evidence that eating chocolate in modest quantities may be good for the heart, its investigators say. Scientists in Britain...

RELATIONSHIP

1,400 Leads Fails To Locate Two US Prison Breakers // 1 400 Conduit Omet De Se Situer A Deux Nous Prison Breakers

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 20150667

Progression images of what convicted murderers Richard Matt(L) and David Sweat might look like after being on the run for ten days. (AFP/New York State...

Entertainment

Bobbi Kristina Brown’s Aunts Row Over Fate // Ligne De Tantes De Bobbi Kristina Brown Au Sort

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 20150649

BUSINESS

CBC Chairman Concerned Trade Maneuvers Imperil Africa Pact // Président De CBC Concerne Commerce Manœuvres Mettent En Danger Le Pacte De L’Afrique

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 20150691

Trade Adjustment Assistance legislation could be a casualty of efforts to stymie Trade Promotion Authority; now, some members fear the long-heralded African Growth and Opportunity...

Aviation

US To Assist Ghana’s Aviation Sector // NOUS Pour Aider Le Secteur De L’Aviation Du Ghana

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015June 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015June 18, 20150737

Mr Anthony Foxx, the US Secretary of Transportation, has pledged the readiness of the United States Department of Transportation to provide technical assistance and capacity...

Education

Bookham Students Enable African Schoolgirls To Gain An Education // Bookham Etudiants Activez Ecolières Africains D’acquérir Une Education

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 20150661

STUDENTS in Bookham have raised more than £3,000 to help girls in Africa travel to school to get an education. Manor House School has collected...

AFRIKA HERALD

UN urges Libyan factions to reach agreement // Des Nations Unies Engage Les Factions Libyennes S’entendre

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 20150741

Amid four years of turmoil, Islamist militia controlling capital welcomes draft unity deal, but says ‘modifications’ needed The UN Security Council on Wednesday urged Libyan...

ARTS & CULTURE

Seattle Art Museum Presents ‘Disguise: Masks And Global African Art’ // Seattle Art Museum Présente ‘ Déguisement : Masques Et Global De L’Art Africain ”

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 20150704

Drawing inspiration from the Seattle Art Museum’s celebrated African collection, Disguise: Masks and Global African Art (opening June 18, 2015) is a groundbreaking exhibition that...

ECONOMY

Looking Back To Move Forward: An Interview With Elsie Kanza, Head of Africa, World Economic Forum // Regarder En Arrière Pour Aller De L’avant : Une Entrevue Avec Elsie Kanza, Head of Africa, World Economic Forum

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015June 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015June 18, 20150760

By ADRIENNE KLASA In 1992, one year after the end of the apartheid era in South Africa, the two leaders that would broker the country’s...

TECHNOLOGY

Officials Move To Ease Money Transfer Across East Africa // Des Agents Passent Faciliter Le Transfert D’argent A Travers L’Afrique De L’est

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 20150758

By LILIAN OCHIENG Officials in East Africa are working to ease money transfer across the region in a move to boost trade. Low cross border...

Uncategorized

Access Africa Reveals Two Winners of $5Million Renewable Energy Fund // Accès Afrique Révèle Deux Lauréats Du Fonds Energie Renouvelable De 5millions $

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 20150586

Access Infra Africa has announced Quaint Solar Energy from Nigeria andFlatbush Solar from Cameroon as the winners of the inaugural Access Co-Development Fund (ACF). ACF...

AFRIKA HERALD

UN Agency Airlifts Lifesaving Survival kits To Displaced In Hard-To-Reach Areas of South Sudan // Nations Unies Agence Airlifts Sauvetage Survie Trousses Aux Déplacés Dans Hard Zones Du Sud-Soudan

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 20150669

Aid workers loading a plane with survival kits for distribution in South Sudan. Photo: International Organization for Migration (IOM) The United Nations agriculture agency has...

RELATIONSHIP

World Day to Combat Desertification 2015 // Journée Mondiale De Lutte Contre La Désertification 2015

Jide AdesinaJune 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 18, 20150810

The World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) is observed worldwide on 17 June every year. The focus this year is “attainment of food security for...

RELIGION

RAMADAN GREETINGS FROM THE AFRIKA MARKET

Jide AdesinaJune 17, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJune 17, 20150754

“It is a period of sober reflection, a period we move closer to Almighty Allah in supplication and prayers and a period prayers are answered...

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