AP names Michelle Faul as its bureau chief in Nigeria
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Associated Press has named Michelle Faul, who has covered the major stories of Africa over the past three decades, as its bureau chief in Nigeria. The...
Financial Terrorism Exposed!! – John Perkins (Confessions of an Economic Hitman)
As Chief Economist at a major international consulting firm, John Perkins advised the World Bank, United Nations, IMF, U.S. Treasury Department, Fortune 500 corporations, and countries in Africa, Asia, Latin...
Arewa Consultative Forum: Attack is a National Calamity
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Tuesday described Monday's bomb attack on Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja, as a national calamity. ACF, in a statement in Kaduna by its National Publicity...
Egypt: Six wounded, including two police, in Cairo bomb blasts
Cairo (AFP) - Two bomb blasts in Cairo wounded six people including at least two policemen, the latest attacks since Egypt's Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was ousted. The first attack...
US congratulates Guinea-Bissau on ‘peaceful’ polls
Washington (AFP) - The United States praised the holding of successful elections in Guinea-Bissau as an "important step" towards a better future after years of political instability and...
Zimbabwe opposition expels official who asked leader to quit
Harare (AFP) - Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Thursday expelled a senior official who recently called on the party leader and former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai to step down. The...
Group set to announce innovation prizes in Africa
As global leaders gather for the 2014 World Economic Forum on Africa in Abuja next month to discuss approaches to inclusive growth and job creation, the 2014 winners for Innovation...
Hormonal Zimbabwean teen relieves himself on goat
In a bizarre case of teenage hormones, a 17 year-old herd boy from Bulilima, Zimbabwe was caught entwined sexually with one of his employer, Sehlule Ncube’s she-goats. Ncube heard her...
Nigeria university student infects 324 men with HIV
A female student in Kenya has revealed that she has infected a total of 324 men with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The HIV positive girl, who attends the Kabarak...
South African monster gets life imprisonment
Judge Jeremy Pickering sentenced Xolile Tose (33) of Motherwell to life in prison in the Port Elizabeth High Court, South Africa yesterday. The judge also denied leave for appeal to the...