Displaced people fleeing from the escalating voilence in the capital Mogadishu to the IDP camps on the outskirts of Mogadishu. Newcomers build their own makeshiflt shelters.
As Betting scandal rocks Black Stars Ghana football and its top players are facing a long Fifa ban after allegations that the 2006 World Cup knock-out stage match between Brazil and Ghana was influenced by an Asian betting syndicate. The
By a Correspondent UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed Zimbabwe's move to lift suspension on aid agencies' field operations, which have a vital role in the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the African nation. "This positive development
By Scott A Morgan Over the last year that has been growing concern in both Africa and amongst the activist community here in the United States about the role of AFRICOM (Africa Command). Since January of this year there
By Emelyn Nyoni Malawi President Bingu Mutharika has come under intense 'fire' from the country's private traders over his directive to ban them from buying and selling maize. Government last week announced the
By Ato Aidoo The launching of NPP's manifesto and introduction of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as Nana Akufo-Addo's running mate for this year's presidential election should bring to rest all the wrangling and misunderstanding that characterized the nomination process.
After recent attacks on newspaper offices in Senegal and ongoing detentions of journalists in Gambia , international attention is yet again being focused on the state of journalism in West Africa . Journalists in Gambia
Shabelle: TEHRAN The managing-director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) said: We are trying to secure the release the crew of the vessel that was hijacked in Somali coast. Mohammad
My lady friend has refused to marry. She had watched from the grand stand, for many years, the various stages of marriage and decided she would have none of it. Her major problem is the huge disparity between courtship life
By Sami Zaptia I was very happy to read in the news (The Korea Times 03/06/08) that Libya - via its research institute, the Renewable Energies and Water Desalination Research Center (REWDRC) - signed an agreement with the Korean Electronics
By a Correspondent HARARE - A bomb exploded at a busy Zimbabwean rail and road hub linking capital Harare with second main city Bulawayo, causing minor damages to property but no injuries, police said on Friday. "There was an attempt
The heightened level of political uneasiness and tensions in Sierra Leone has the potential to deliver a devastating and destabilizing impact on national development projects. Hopefully, that will not happen. It is rather sad that the two oldest political parties
By Gezaee Hailemichael The social situation Ethiopian people find themselves in the past four decades, today and tomorrow must blamed on the education system. The theory behind this is that "education" is neutral and automatically leads to a rise of
By Josh Ashaz Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) has said the reports that Republican Vice President Dr Cassim Chilumpha had paid K50 ,000 nomination fee to the ruling DPP to contest on its ticket as parliamentary candidate in Nkhotakota South
By Trust Matsilele HARARE : Arthur Mutambara leader of the small faction of the Movement for Democratic Change is likely to face sanctions from the European Union and the United States for supporting Mugabe's grip on power even
The residents in Deynile district have expressed additional concerns over killing carried out Somali soldiers in their district. The residents have particularly expressed concern with reference to soldier's picking up of residents' men and execute in conjunction with they dump
Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and prime minister Nor Hassan Hussein on Friday arrived in Addis Ababa for talks with the African Union, whose plans to pass judgment between the two men after they came to blows for the dismissal
It used to be so easy. If you wanted to give your readers an idea of the sheer scale of Darfur , you told them it was "about the size of France ". I've done it at least six times
