A Research, conducted by non-governmental organization, Survival International (SI), has suggested that ‘Pygmy’ fathers form exceptionally close bonds with their children. The organization is celebrating the extraordinarily close parenting of rainforest tribes in central Africa, including some “Pygmy” tribes where … Read More
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned home on Sunday from London, United Kingdom, after receiving medical treatment. President Buhari traveled to London on June 6 to rest and receive medical attention from an ear, nose and throat specialist, an official statement … Read More
Deeply concerned by reports of fighting on June 12 and 13 on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged the two countries to show “maximum restraint’ and follow the path of dialogue to resolve … Read More
Judges of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice have reconstituted the bureau of the Court with the election of Honorable Justice Jérôme Traoré from Burkina Faso as the new President of the Court, Honourable Justice Micah Wilkins Wright from Liberia … Read More
South Africans on Thursday marked the 40th anniversary of Soweto riots, a 1976 black student uprising in the Soweto area of Johannesburg, which became a turning point in the anti-apartheid struggle. An estimated 20,000 students took part in the June … Read More
Zambia has made great progress in promoting exclusive breast feeding, becoming the sixth highest in the world at over 72 percent, according to the 2016 Global Nutrition Report. The 2016 Global Nutrition Report, however, says 40 percent of children under … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] More than nine out of 10 refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe this year through Italy are unaccompanied, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday, warning of the growing threats of abuse, exploitation, and death … Read More
The sentencing hearing for convicted killer Oscar Pistorius began in the North Gauteng High Court on Monday with a psychologist testifying that the double amputee is too depressed to testify in his defence. The court is reviewing his sentence after … Read More
The presidential council of the Libyan national unity government has urged the international community to honour its commitments to Libya, especially medical support to the armed forces fighting the Islamic State group, Daech. The call was made in a communique … Read More
UN and child charity organizations said 4,000 of South Sudanese children who were separated from their families during conflicts in South Sudan have now been reunified. The milestone was reached when seven-year-old Nyabitu returned to her family home in Kodok … Read More
The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), the new militant group attacking oil facilities in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, has blown up another major crude oil line. Military sources said that the militants attacked Obi Obi Brass Trunk line operated by Agip … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] The Ivorian Minister of Education, Mrs Kandia Kamissoko Camara and the General Manager of Global E-Schools and Communities Initiative (GESCI), Jerôme Morrissey, signed last week a partnership agreement to develop an e-learning platform. This e-learning platform named … Read More
South African mobile phone giant, MTN, agreed on Friday to pay a 330 billion naira (US$1.6 billion) fine to the Nigerian government for failing to disconnect customers unregistered in the West African country. The company will pay the fine over … Read More
The Sudanese Foreign Minister, Ibrahim Ghandour, has said that he and seven other African Foreign ministers will discuss with the UN Security Council (UNSC), on June 9, the position of African countries opposing the International Criminal Court (ICC). The African … Read More
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is to act as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the period President Muhammadu Buhari will be away in London for medical treatment. President Buhari made the disclosure Monday while speaking to journalists at the … Read More
Botswana’s software development company Intellegere Media has developed a collection of mobile applications to share and tell the cultural history of each ethnic community in the country. Itumeleng Garebatshabe, Intellegere Holdings founder and CEO said the applications, dubbed Heritage Series … Read More
The multinational oil giant Shell must not be allowed to palm off its responsibility to clean up decades of oil pollution which continues to blight the Niger Delta, human rights watchdog Amnesty International has said ahead of the Nigerian government’s … Read More
The Nigerian government on Saturday announced the recovery over 78.3 billion naira, US$185.1 million, 3.5 million pounds and 11.2 million euros from looted funds between May 29, 2015, and May 25, 2016. (US$1=200 naira). The revelation is contained in a … Read More
Translated in French by Oumar Diouck Botswana has awarded a massive anti-retroviral drugs tender to a British company, ViiV Healthcare, a global specialist HIV company majority owned by GSK, with Pfizer Inc. and Shionogi Limited as shareholders. ViiV Health said … Read More
The European Union (EU) will on June 10, 2016 sign its Economic Partnership Agreement with six member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) after the European Council on Wednesday authorized the signature and provisional application of the deal. … Read More
