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Somalia President Madobe Nominates Gen. Fartaag As Jubaland Vice President
Kismayo - The newly elected president of Jubaland state in southern Somalia has nominated Gen. Abdullahi Ismail Fartaag as the state's new Vice President in accordance with the adopted State Charter, Garowe Online reports. Jubaland President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Madobe) nominated Gen. Fartaag as Jubaland Vice President after consultations with community elders, politicians and ...
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Somalia Five Killed in Clash Between Govt Forces and Militants in Bakool Region
Baidoa - At least 5 persons were killed during clashes on Thursday night in Bakool region, of southwestern Somalia, Garowe Online reports. The fighting erupted Thursday night around 11:30pm local time in El Barde town of Bakool region, near the Somali-Ethiopian border, witnesses said. All the dead and wounded were fighters, according to local reports. Al Shabaab militants attacked Somali ...
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South Africa Prof Karabus Thanks South Africa
Professor Cyril Karabus, who arrived at Cape Town International Airport on Friday following eight months' detention in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on charges of which he was finally acquitted, thanked South Africa for its support during his ordeal. "I really must thank everybody. Your support has just been fantastic," the 78-year-old, a specialist paediatric oncologist who is ...
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Nigeria Akwa Ibom Orders Closure of Illegal Motor-Parks
Uyo - The Akwa Ibom Government has directed operators of commercial vehicles and tricycles to relocate to government- owned motor-parks across Uyo so as to check criminal activities. The Commissioner for Transport, Mr Bassey Abia gave the directive while interacting with newsmen in Uyo on Thursday. Abia said that the relocation should be carried out immediately. "A tax force committee ...
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Africa The Diaspora Can Help Fuel Rwandas Technology and Digital Ambitions
As Rwanda day 2013 comes to London for the first time, let me take this opportunity to talk about the role that the Rwandan business community in the diaspora can playing by embracing the creation of Rwanda startup culture and make a difference in creating much needed jobs at the same time benefiting from the growth of the ICT sector. Rwanda Day is a periodical event that is held in different ...
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Africa Press Release Following CAF Exco May 2013 Meetings
The Confederation of African Football's Executive Committee, in its meeting in Cairo on May 15th and 16th 2013, has approved the appointments of the new members for CAF Standing Committees for 2013-2015, following a new system of selection. The full lists will be published soon. The CAF Executive Committee also congratulated the Football Associations of Algeria and Morocco for the ...
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Nigeria enforces 24-hour curfew as offensive presses on
Nigeria's offensive is targeting all three states put under emergency decree, including Adamawa and Yobe, but the Boko Haram's traditional base of Borno is expected to see the most intense fighting. ...
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African Union Don’t Let Them In
On May 19, African countries will kick off a special summit to celebrate 50 years of unity, first under the Organisation of African Unity and, since 2000, under the African Union. This is an opportune time for the AU to set the record straight on its support for accountability, especially the atrocities during Kenya’s 2007-08 post-election violence. Indeed, Kenyan government sources ...
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Adelaides African community is thriving
FROM business to sport and beyond - Adelaide's African community is thriving, writes Callie Watson. --------- THEY are a new breed of footballers - a group of teenage girls who escaped from lives ofheartache and despair half aworld away to embrace our indigenous game. Two teams of mostly African refugees made their debut in the North Eastern Metro Junior Football Association's ...
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Orb is Favorite Colt at Preakness Stakes
The colt will face eight rivals at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, Saturday. If the horse wins, he gets a shot on June 9 to try for the first Triple Crown win since 1978 at the Belmont Stakes. Orb will break from the one post during the race. Trainer Shug McGaughey said Friday he was pleased with the horse and does not see any problems ahead of the race. Eleven horses have won the ...
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Zim lecturer jailed for labelling Mugabe rotten old donkey
Chenjerai Pamhiri (38), a lecturer at Great Zimbabwe State University in Masvingo city, was convicted and jailed on Friday by a magistrate, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said on Saturday. Prosecutors alleged that Pamhiri, while doing his shopping at a local supermarket last week, shouted that Mugabe was "dirt which should be discarded, a rotten old donkey". He is also said to have ...
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Tunisia ups security as Salafists vow to defy ban
Islamist supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress.There was a heavy police presence at tollbooths along the main highway from the capital to the central city of Kairouan where the Salafists have vowed to hold Sunday's gathering, AFP correspondents reported.Police were singling out for checks the private minibuses that ply between Tunisian towns.Ansar al-Sharia had urged ...
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Liberia Liberias Legislative Branch Urged to Summon EPS Boss Over Terrorists Journalists
The Plenary of Liberia's House of Representatives have been asked to invite the Director of the Executive Protection Service (EPS) to answer to questions of terroristic threat against Journalists. Two separate communications were written by Representatives Munah Pelham Youngblood (CDC-District #9 Montserrado County) and Richmond Anderson (LP-District #12 Montserrado County). Defending ...
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Gambia A Fruitful Relationship
Gambia and Senegal share a lot in common. The two countries are without doubt one people, speaking the same language; brothers and sisters, sharing the same cultural norms and values and located within the same geographical area called Senegambia. The two countries are therefore bound to co-exist in the spirit of brotherhood at all times. This is precisely the reason President Jammeh has always ...
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Mozambique Vietnam - Mozambique Business Forum
Maputo - The Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry organized a Vietnam-Mozambique Business Forum, which will be held in the cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, on June 11 and 13, 2013, respectively. The Centre for Promotion (CPI), in coordination with the CTA, the Cabinet of Accelerated Development Economic Zones (GAZEDA), the Institute for Export ...
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Gambia Mandinary - Councillor Speaks On Cattle Menace
The new Lamin ward councillor Mr. Ebrima D F Jarjou Wednesday declared his stance regarding the conflict brewing between the cattle owners and the women gardeners of Mandinary village during a short interview with this reporter at Brikama Area Council. Readers could recall that the women of Mandinary village and the Alkalo Mr. Faa Ceesay jointly expressed their dissatisfaction regarding the way ...
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Indian Brazilian Nationals Sentenced in US for Human Smuggling
A federal court in Houston, Texas, has sentenced an Indian citizen and a Brazilian national to three years in prison for smuggling illegal migrants into the United States. Kaushik Thakkar and Fabano Amorim were also given two years of supervised release when their prison terms end. Prosecutors say the two charged Indian citizens up to $60,000 each and conspired to smuggle them into the ...
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SaharaReporters Interview Exclusive Achebe A Celebrated Storyteller But No Father Of African Literature Says Soyinka
By SaharaReporters, New York Also: Why He Wished Achebe Had Not Written His Last Book; What He Told Ojukwu Before The War; Genocide, And Other Issues .Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has described Africa’s most well known novelist, Chinua Achebe, as a storyteller who earned global celebration, adding, however, that those describing Achebe as "the father of African literature" were ...
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Morocco to harness the wind in energy hunt
TARFAYA, Morocco (AFP) - Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production, particularly in the southern Tarfaya region, where Africa's largest wind farm is set to open in 2014.The kingdom, which has no hydrocarbon reserves of its own, hopes to cover 42 percent of its energy needs with renewable sources by 2020, and has launched a plan to produce 4,000 ...
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Kenya Herders Disobey Police Orders Against Trading in Tseikuru
HERDER who had previously clashed with residents of Tseikuru district in Kitui, have defied measures put in place by local security authorities and ventured into area. A district security committee and peace meeting on Monday outlawed the use of panya routes by the pastoralist in taking their livestock for sell in Tseikuru markets. It was chaired by deputy County Commissioner Stephen Momanyi ...
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Liberia Woman Faints - During Police Sand Mining Raid
A woman who claimed to be owner of molded blocks Thursday fainted in the hands of residents of the 11TH Street Community after police confiscated several pieces of her blocks in a sand mining raid instituted by the Ministry of Lands and Mining. "Please don't carry my blocks. I have documents to prove that I molded these blocks from river sand," the weeping woman said as she ...
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Kenya Kenya May Soon Reap Millions From Its Forests Says Kefri Researcher
A scientist at the Kenya Forestry Research Institute has said the forests may soon earn Kenya millions of shillings when the carbon offset scheme begins. Researcher Chemuku Wekesa said the scheme will start once the development policies are set by the Environment ministry and discussions take place at the national and international levels. "The carbon trading business is big and will soon ...
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Kenya Kengen to Increase Power Output
Power producer Kengen plans to increase output to the national grid by 70mw by December this year to address the high national demand, managing director Eddy Njoroge said on Wednesday. The power will be supplied by the new Olkaria IV geothermal power plant which is part of the 280mw Olkaria complex, the biggest geothermal plant in the world. Njoroge said construction is on course with 50 per ...
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Gambia Industrial Tribunal Orders Little Star Co Ltd to Pay Plaintiff
Magistrate Jobarteh, chairman of the Kanifing Industrial Tribunal, recently entered judgement in favour of one Ansu Sanneh, who dragged his former employer, Little Star Co Ltd, to the tribunal for unlawful dismissal. In delivering his judgement, chairman Jobarteh told the tribunal that by a praecipe filed by the plaintiff, Ansu Sanneh, sought the following from the defendant: the recovery of ...
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In Zimbabwe Will Next Election Be More Peaceful
Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton about Zimbabwe's upcoming presidential election and efforts to alleviate its international ...
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