SOUTH AFRICA / WORLD CONGRESS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: King Fabrice Zombie Kavabioko calls for a fair distribution of the Economic growth
King Fabrice Zombie Kavabioko undertook a tour in the provinces of Kwa Zulu Natal and Johannesburg in South Africa in early April 2019. This enabled him to actively participate in …
Kenyan parliamentarians harass journalists following corruption allegations
Nairobi, August 3, 2018–Parliamentarians in Kenya should stop harassing journalists and allow them to report on the legislature without fear of reprisal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Dinah …
CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Football : l'Africa Sports bat le Sporting de Gagnoa, vise ticket africain
En match de la 21ème journée de la Ligue 1 de football joué dimanche 15 avril 2018, au stade Robert Champroux de Marcory à Abidjan, l’Africa Sports d’Abidjan a battu …
NIGERIA - Dangote to sell $833m in bonds for expansion
Dangote Cement Plc says, it has got approval from Nigerian regulators to issue 300 billion naira ($833 million) in local-currency bonds as it seeks to fund expansion and refinance …
GHANA - Sustain fight for respect for human rights – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the 70th anniversary celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with a call on all to ensure that the fight for the …
GHANA - Nana Addo calls for transformational education as KAIPTC graduates 77
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has with urgency, reechoed the clarion call for all higher learning institutions, to assist the rapid transformation of African economies unto an …
Africa will become the food basket of the world – Dangote
Nigerian business leader Aliko Dangote has told investors “Agriculture, agriculture, agriculture. Africa will become the food basket of the world.” In a packed room at the headquarters of global …
GHANA - Festivals Ahoy! Let’s Celebrate!
Lante Djang-We often celebrates the Homowo first. That is in August. Two weeks later, Ga Mashie people observe the joyous hunger-hooting festival. Osu, La, Teshie, and Nugua follow in that …
President Buhari Media Team Visit Him In London, Still No Date Of Return To Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari’s media team led by the Minister of information Lai Mohammed today paid a visit to their ailing principal at Abuja House in London. The team comprising of …
GHANA - “Value Addition Key To Africa’s Development” – President Akufo-Addo
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated that unless the economies of African countries industrialise, with the goal of adding significant value to its primary products, …
Opinion - Newswatch: Sad end to ‘a way of life’!
By Abdulrazaq Magaji My first major assignment for Newswatch, once Africa’s most cited and best known news magazine, was to do preliminary work ahead of the 50th …
“Ours is Not Yet a Humane Society” | Conversation with Niyi Osundare
Professor Níyì Ọsundáre is Professor of English at University of New Orleans, USA, and one of the best-known poets from Africa. His works of published poetry include Songs of the …
A POETA MOÇAMBICANA ELIANA NZUALO LANÇA UM PODCAST - O nome disso é África
Com a mesma naturalidade com que nos diz que um dia escreve um livro Eliana Nzualo começa agora a falar da África no espaço O nome disso é África. Daquí …
Amílcar hoje
Amílcar Cabral foi o líder da libertação de Cabo Verde e Guiné Bissau, assassinado a 20 de Janeiro de 1973 antes de ver a independência das (ex) colónias africanas de …
Facebook’s influential Nigerian ‘brain trust’ is the reason Zuckerberg came to Lagos first
Yomi Kazeem Mark Zuckerberg has just spent two days visiting Nigeria in a move that could signal more attention from Silicon Valley. That Zuckerberg chose Lagos as the destination of …
NAMIBIA - Regulation threats worry editors' forum
THE Editors’ Forum of Namibia (EFN) has expressed concern that although Namibia continues to fare very well in Africa and the world in terms of press freedom, elements of harassment …
SOUTH AFRICA/ AFRICAN DIASPORA PARTNERSHIP WITH TRADITIONAL KINGDOM: King Mthimkhulu III embraces migrant’s integration in South Africa
During a Press Conference organized by African Diaspora Forum (ADF) at its headquarters yesterday, in Yeoville, Johannesburg, the King Mthimkhulu III of Hlubi Kingdom in Kwazulu Natal (Kzn) announce its …
Made in China, counterfeited for Nigeria
By Debo Adesina President Muhammadu Buhari could not have picked a better place for his next stop on what many Nigerians have begun to see as a …
Djibouti expels BBC journalists ahead of elections
Nairobi, April 6, 2016-Djibouti should ensure that journalists can report on presidential elections without harassment or fear of expulsion, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today, condemning Djiboutian authorities’ …
Modern beekeeping offers Ethiopian youth a sweeter future
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Author: Pius Sawa NAIROBI, March 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Beekeeper Ayenalem Ketema is the proud owner of three hives …
