Photo: saharareports.org PANA Lagos, Nigeria – Nigeria’s former military Vice President Mike Akhigbe died on Monday at the age of 68, the local media reported Tuesday. The report said Akhigbe, a retired Nigerian Navy Vice Admiral, died in a New … Read More
Photo: inflexwetrust.com PANA New York, US – The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cape Verde at the UN, said the African country’s government has decided to undertake a name change from “Republic of Cape Verde” to the “Republic of … Read More
Photo: ghanachamber.com PANA Lomé, Togo – Some 350,000 visitors, including 900 exhibitors, are expected at the 11th edition of the international trade fair of Lomé, the Togolese capital, running from 29 Nov. to 16 Dec., Fair Managers at the Togolese … Read More
Toby Smith, Getty Images Reportage PANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopia hopes to transform itself into a regional player when the Ethiopia-Kenya high-voltage transmission line is completed in 2015, according to official sources here Tuesday. To undertake the project, Ethiopia … Read More
Photo: nowthisnews Amnesty International Allegations of abuse, including the use of electric shocks, against inmates in a privately run prison in South Africa raise serious questions about the authorities’ real commitment to tackle torture and other ill-treatment, Amnesty International said. … Read More
Photo: unocha.org PANA New York, US – The Acting UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Mr. Chris Nikoi, on Monday said humanitarian agencies and their partners have reached nearly 100,000 of the 156,000 people affected by flooding across South Sudan … Read More
Photo: arbormedia.nl PANA New York, US – The International Labour Organisation (ILO) says sharing experience for the promotion of green jobs can play a key role in helping countries to advance towards a greener and a more sustainable future. PANA … Read More
Photo: Luke Vargas/TRNS PANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned the holding of a unilateral referendum in the disputed Abyei region between the republics of Sudan and South Sudan, warning that the act can only … Read More
Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir, President of Sudan and Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan; Photo: UN PANA Khartoum, Sudan – President Omar Al-Bashir announced here Monday that the next presidential elections in Sudan will take place … Read More
Somali artist Affey with his painting ‘Empty Suit’, representing diaspora politicians; Photo: Voice of America Gabe Joselo, Voice of America MOGADISHU — After years working in the shadow of war, Somalia’s artists are stepping back out into public view and … Read More
Photo: World Health Organization PANA Accra, Ghana – Ghana is to start a pilot project next year to vaccinate adolescent girls against cervical cancer to stem its spread, President John Dramani Mahama announced on Saturday. The government will also establish … Read More
Photo: Voice of America Gabe Joselow, Voice of America NAIROBI, KENYA — From games to mobile payment systems, entrepreneurs from across Africa are getting together in Nairobi, Kenya, to pitch their high-tech innovations to potential investors and partners. Some of … Read More
Photo: Michigan State University Today PANA New York, US – The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, Ms. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, has warned that a growing number of people are exploited and compelled by need or by force to … Read More
Photo: http://semredcrossyouth.org PANA Quatre Bornes, Mauritius – On Saturday, the Mauritian Health Ministry launched the ‘Health Screening and Counselling services at your doorstep Programme’, taking screening and counselling services further closer to the population, PANA reported from here. Under the … Read More
Gambian youth participants in Tostan’s Community Empowerment Program, Photo: tostan.blogspot.com PANA Banjul, Gambia – Concerned by the worsening cases of human rights violations in West Africa in general and The Gambia in particular, two international human rights campaigners have raised … Read More
Photo: whiotv PANA New York, US – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced happiness with the “generally peaceful” conduct of the first round of presidential elections in Madagascar, “after the political impasses of the recent past”. PANA in New York, … Read More
Photo: evwind PANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia– Ethiopia will Saturday launch what it claims to be Africa’s largest wind farm for power generation at Ashegoda, 18 km from Mekelle, the northern Tigray regional capital. Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) said here … Read More
Photo: voanews PANA Lagos, Nigeria- A renewed appeal has gone out from participants in a roundtable at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, US, to stop illicit financial flows (IFF) from Africa, which is depriving the continent of almost US$ … Read More
Photo: energydz The Christian Science Monitor’s David J. Unger Is oil a blessing or a curse? That question will ripple across many African nations in the coming decade as technology and geology converge to unlock billions of barrels of oil … Read More
Photo: Entrance of the Apartheid Museum © Global Brief The Guardian’s Azad Essa In his final address to the African National Congress (ANC) in 1997, Nelson Mandela stunned the western world by attacking white privilege – that enduring postcolonial swear … Read More
