1st Afrika

Jamaica and UK To Celebrate Bob Marley’s 70th Birthday in A Unique Way // La Jamaïque Et Au Royaume-Uni Pour Célébrer Le 70e anniversaire de Marley de façon Unique

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150412

Jamaica and UK To Celebrate Bob Marley’s 70th Birthday in A Unique Way 23rd Jan 2015 Jamaica and UK get reggae to party in

AFRIKA HERALD

The Amazing Clips And Daunting Challenges of Africans in Pictures // L’incroyable Clips Et Redoutables Défis Des Africains En Images

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150399

BY RORY MOULTON WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ASK people throughout Africa to document the continent’s biggest challenges, city systems, and burgeoning innovations? You get mesmerizing

RELIGION

The Miracle of Christian Reconciliation Has Begun! // Le Miracle De La Réconciliation Des Chrétiens A Commencé !

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150347

By Terry Modica Good News Ministries Wow, this is a MUST-SEE video and it needs to be shared with our Catholics and our Protestant friends

TECHNOLOGY

Meet The 8 African Startups To Compete At Seedstars World Final Competition // Rencontrer Les 8 Startups Africaines Pour Concurrencer Dans La Finale Mondiale De Le Seedstars

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 20150392

By Loy Okezie On February 4 2015, 36 startups from emerging markets around the world will converge at the Grand Final of Seedstars World to

ARTS & CULTURE

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 20150388

The wrenching, Oscar-nominated “Timbuktu” depicts Mali under jihadist rule — but it’s far more than an issue drama ANDREW O’HEHIR “Timbuktu”: A timely African film

SPORTS

Serena Williams Defeats Fellow American To Reach Australian Open Final // Serena Williams Bat Collègues Américains Pour Atteindre La Finale Open D’Australie

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150343

Serena Williams has never lost in the Ausralian Open once reaching the semifinals. On Thursday she kept the streak alive, defeating fellow American Madison Keys

Commerce

African Development Bank and MasterCard Broaden Financial Inclusion in Africa // Banque Africaine De Développement Et MasterCard Elargissent L’Inclusion Financière En Afrique

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150353

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and MasterCard announced a broad collaboration that aims to expand financial inclusion across the African continent. The collaboration seeks to

BUSINESS

Why Africa Must Focus On Creating Local Value // Pourquoi L’Afrique Doit Mettre L’accent Sur La Création De Valeur Locale

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 20150378

African policymakers need to understand the value that their economies are creating and retaining if they are to move away from their current reliance on

Aviation

Spitfire Lost To The Nation By Bungling Museum: Aircraft Was Used To ‘Pay’ Firm To Recover Another Plane From Egyptian Desert – But It Is Still There Three years on

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150407

Museum used the grounded Spitfire to pay a firm to recover an RAF Kittyhawk P40 discovered preserved in the Sahara desert But even though it

Education

School Denies Class Segregation // École Refuse La Ségrégation De Classe

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 20150391

A Pretoria school on Thursday denied claims of racial segregation and said their pupils attended integrated classrooms. “Regarding the allegations of racial segregation at Curro

AFRIKA HERALD

African Union Calls For 7,500-Strong Force To Fight Boko Haram // L’Union Africaine Appelle A 7 500-Strong Force Lutter Contre Boko Haram

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150400

BY KARIM LEBHOUR The African Union called Friday for a regional five-nation force of 7,500 troops to defeat the “horrendous” rise of Nigeria’s Boko Haram

Entertainment

Rocky Peter American Idol VIDEO: Singer Overcomes Poverty in Africa, Channels Emotions In Original Song ‘Wrong Places’ //

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150356

By Shari Weiss Rocky Peter blew away the judges on “American Idol” on Thursday with his moving backstory and a poignant performance of an original

LIFE & STYLE

WFP Cuts Food Rations To 150,000 Refugees In Uganda // PAM Coupe Des Rations Alimentaires à 150 000 Réfugiés En Ouganda

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150363

Children from Bunia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have a meal at the Kyangwali refugee settlement in Hoima district in Western Uganda, March 25,

POLITICS

Hillary Clinton’s ‘WMD’ Moment: U.S. Intelligence Saw False Narrative In Libya // ‘ADM’ instant Hillary : Services De Renseignement Américains Ont Vu Faux Récit En Libye

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 20150362

The gap between Hillary Rodham Clinton’s rhetoric warning of a Rwanda-like slaughter of civilians in Libya and the facts gathered by career intelligence staff is

Women's World

Decorating The Woman’s Cave // Grotte De La Femme De Décoration

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150346

Today we will talk about a woman’s cave. Even though every space in the house belongs to the women in that house; we have come

Health

Liberian Children Return To School As Number of Ebola Cases Decrease // Les Enfants Libériens Retournent A L’école Que La Diminution De Nombre De Cas De Virus Ebola

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150339

By Michelle Kapusta, Children in one of the countries hardest hit by the Ebola epidemic are finally able to return to school for the first

STOCK MARKET

Ivory Coast Growths of $1 BLN: PM on Eurobond Comes February // Crus De La Côte D’Ivoire De $1 Milliards: PM Sur Euro-Obligations vient Février

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150329

Ivory Coast is aiming to issue a new Eurobond of at least one billion dollars at the end of next month. Ivory Coast is aiming

AFRIKA HERALD

UN Forecasts ‘Worrisome’ 2015 Outlook On Humanitarian Front For Somalia // Prévisions A Long Terme Des Nations Unies « Inquiétant » Perspectives 2015 Sur Le Front Humanitaire Pour La Somalie

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150362

A food distribution centre near the Somali city of Beletweyne. UN Photo/Abdulkadir Ahmed Malnutrition rates are “stubbornly high” in Somalia with more than 200,000 children requiring emergency

International News

Parties Agree ‘in Principle’ To Move UN-Mediated Political Talks to Libya // Parties Conviennent « En principe » Pour Déplacer Les Pourparlers Politiques Non Médiatisées En Libye

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015January 30, 20150333

Participants at the Libya dialogue, Palais des Nations, Geneva, on 27 January 2015. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré Participants in the United Nations-facilitated Libyan political dialogue in

IMMIGRATION & YOU

UN Sec. Condemns Destruction of Villages,Displacement of Thousands in Darfur // Interdiction Condamne La Destruction De Villages, Le Déplacement De Milliers Au Darfour

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2015

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20150332

A market for livestock in the Golo area of Darfur. Photo: UNAMID/Albert González Farran United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned the reported aerial bombardment

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