Category : AFRIKA HERALD

  By Dr Mohamed Kirat Four years ago, the death of a young street vendor sparked a popular uprising that ousted Tunisia’s dictator, Zine El...

  A leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabaab, who had a $3 million US bounty on his head, surrendered in Somalia, a Somali intelligence official...

Photographer: Michael Gottschalk/Photothek via Getty Images President Goodluck Jonathan’s attempt to end the subsidies in January 2012 sparked a… The tumbling oil prices that have...

Nigeria police arrest 13-year-old after she leaves suicide vest in taxi unwilling to become Boko Haram’s suicide bomber. A 13-year-old says her father gave her...

Attack on AU headquarters wounds three African Union soldiers and one civilian. Between 15 and 20 attackers were involved MOGADISHU – Three African Union soldiers...

Emergency personnel try to contain a fire on 18 December 2014 at a warehouse at the main humanitarian logistics base in Conakry, Guinea, which contained...

The United Nations refugee agency voiced concern today over the “deteriorating situation” facing more than 400 members of a Muslim minority group trapped by the...

The International Monetary Fund, IMF,  is forecasting that Nigeria’s growth rate would slow to about 5 percent in 2015 as falling oil prices cut revenues...

Preliminary official results have still to be released by election authorities [AP] Polls have closed in Tunisia’s elections, the third in the last two months in...

South Sudanese opposition forces killed at least 11 civilians and rape others in what amounted to war crimes, the United Nations mission in South Sudan...

Tumbling oil prices are exacting a heavy toll on Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and one of the world’s most dependent on crude. The central bank...

Some energy analysts have challenged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to push for the passage of a law that demands companies in the extractive sector...

Nigeria ” Emerging Market” This was the year that Nigeria finally lived up to all its potential and became the largest economy in Africa –...

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has left newly-installed Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in charge as he began his annual holiday, state radio announced Monday. The move...

 A lone gunman kept terrified staff and customers captive into Monday night in a downtown Sydney cafe, brandishing an Islamic flag, as five of his...

  French forces have either killed or captured nearly 200 jihadists in the Sahel region of west Africa in the past year, French Defence Minister...

Amid a proliferation of militant groups and “disquieting” levels of food insecurity, the situation in the Sahel has become increasingly fragile, a United Nations special...

THE AFRIKA MARKET IS OFFICIALLY PROJECTING GEN. BUHARI AS THE WINNER OF APC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES 2014 The stage was set and charged up with all...

Despite a volatile security situation and ongoing fighting throughout the country, the Central African Republic (CAR) is now entering “a critical phase” in its transition...