Nigeria: Ondo Election and the Demystification of Tinubu
Akure — On Saturday, October 20, 2012, the people of Ondo State dealt a devastating blow on the ACN armada, led by its self-styled Leader, Jagaban Bola Ahmed Tinubu. About...
Africa Loses One Million Tonnes of Fish Yearly Due to Illegal Fishing
Africa loses one million tonnes of fish per year due to overfishing and bad governance in the fisheries sector. The continent's losses account for one-tenth of annual global losses, said...
South-Africa, DRC Presidents Sidestep DRC Crisis
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — Congolese President Joseph Kabila and South African President Jacob Zuma held a bilateral meeting Tuesday that coincides with a rising rebellion in Congo's east. Despite the...
South Africa: Banyana Seek First African Title
The Confederation of African Football's 2012 African Women's Championship, which kicks off with Banyana Banyana taking on tournament hosts Equatorial Guinea in Malabo on Sunday, will, for South Africa, be...
Poor Infrastructure Is Africa’s Soft Underbelly
In one of Africa’s most ambitious investment decisions, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has unveiled a plan to spend $97 billion on infrastructure over the next three years to upgrade...
West Africa: UN Health Agency Calls for Help With De-Worming Efforts in Sahel Region
Countries gripped by a hunger crisis in West Africa's Sahel region urgently need additional help to combat a series of intestinal-worm and other Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) that have spread...
Sudan: African Union Supports Abyei Referendum in 2013 but Gives Six Weeks for a Deal
Khartoum — The African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) announced on Thursday it support to the organization of a referendum in Abyei next year, but gave the parties six...
Africa: Regional Trade Key to African Food Security, World Bank Says
Washington — The World Bank is urging African countries to strengthen regional food trade, suggesting that food security could be greatly enhanced simply by allowing farmers to trade more easily...
NYC officer arrested in ghoulish kidnap plot
NEW YORK — A city police officer was charged Thursday with plotting to kidnap, rape, torture and kill women he had identified and catalogued on his computer, and then cook...
In 2 murder cases, mothers turn in their own sons
GOLDEN, Colo. - Mindy Sigg sat sobbing, listening to prosecutors tell a court that her 17-year-old son had confessed to the abduction and killing of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway. While any...