Category: Africa

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Police loyal to President Robert Mugabe raided a house used by the prime minister's supporters Saturday and accused them of hoarding weapons in a move that is...

“You Americans … ” His words were being translated by my fixer but his tone and body language needed no interpretation. Mahmoud Samo, owner of a small Mogadishu general store,...

It was the then Senator Barack Obama that asked: how can someone do the same thing over and over again and somehow expect a different result? Senator Obama was reacting...

Nigeria turned 49 on 1st October 2009. Incidentally, I turned 53 the following week on 12th October, 2009, which means for all intent and purposes, I am older than my...

Climate change is real. There is no doubt that the earth is becoming warmer than it was. This is not a conspiracy theory. Most people you meet will tell you...

For the poor working masses, as usual, there is nothing to cheer at in these last proposed 2009 Budget and the new budget for 2010 will soon be presented again...

There was a time I thought that Prof Dora Akunyili would be PDP’s candidate for governorship of the punch drunk Anambra State, until she was made the Information Minister. (more…)

ABUJA — Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua held talks Friday with key militants to discuss the future of the country's troubled Niger Delta oil hub, sources close to the meeting said....

LAGOS, Oct 10 (Codewit) - As many as 70 people were feared dead after a fuel tanker and six commuter buses crashed in the southern Nigerian state of Anambra late...

JOHANNESBURG — Tunisia scored early and Nigeria late Sunday to ensure a thrilling 2010 World Cup Group B qualifying race in Africa will go down to the wire next month....