Northern governors hail Oshiomhole’s re-election

Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa

Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa Interview with JICA President, Akihiko Tanaka By Jocelyne Sambira Africa’s continued growth has sparked the interest of investors from industrialized nations, resulting in fierce competition for its resources and markets. The aggressive economic expansion efforts by China and India, among others, come to mind. Japan, however, has [...]

Malian children face education crisis

Malian children face education crisis Conflict disrupts schools By Kingsley Ighobor While the world remains focused on ending Mali’s conflict following rebel incursions into the northern part of the country early last year, there are about 400,000 Malian children facing severe disruptions in their education, warns the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. The fund and other [...]

Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech

Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech By Pavithra Rao In an era of lightning speed, ever-present wireless connectivity, high tech is now also being used to benefit livestock farmers in rural areas of Africa. Widely known for being used to track wild animals, GPS, or “Global Positioning System” tracking devices are being adapted by [...]

Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge

Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge To the President and Nigeria’s people AssalamualikumWe the MuslimsAgainstTerror.com here by offer our prayers and support for the mission to bring an end to Abubakar Shekau’s Boko Haram. We are pleased to hear of the declared states of emergency. Even though [...]

Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians

Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians By Nwaorgu Faustinus The former parish priest of St. Paul’s Catholic Parish Umuodagu Ntu in Ngor/Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State, Rev. Father Bethrand has called on Christians to be united as a body. Rev. Bethrand made the call at a send-off and reception church [...]

Nigeria At War

May 8, 2013 Boko Haram has waged a war against Nigeria In total violation of the fundamental principles of society, the Nigerian government is yet to respond to the war it’s people and military have been subjected to. The May 7th occurrence in Bama, Maiduguri is the latest in a series of full scale rebel [...]

We cannot afford to wait …there will be nothing left to eat for the poor but the rich

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Donors pledge over $4bn for Mali recovery

International donors have pledged more than $4.22bn to help Mali recover after a conflict with al-Qaeda-linked fighters. The sum exceeds the goals of Mali which had asked donors for $2.57bn for this year and next. The donors’ conference, held on Wednesday in Brussels, was organised by French President Francois Hollande, along with Barroso and Dioncounda Traore, Mali’s interim president. [...]

UNICEF: Africa’s Child Malnutrition Costs $25 Billion Annually – VOA

— Sub-Saharan Africa has some of the world’s highest rates of chronic malnutrition among children. Now, the United Nations children’s agency has put a price tag on it: $25 billion a year. That’s the conclusion of a UNICEF conference on child malnutrition that wrapped up Wednesday in Paris. The effects of hunger often are obvious. [...]

Mandela Fades Amid Battles Over Who Will Claim Legacy

But the face of Nelson Mandela, the 94-year-old leader of the struggle against apartheid who became South Africa’s beloved first black president, remained impassive as stone. He looked confused and irritated, as if his rheumy eyes failed to register the faces of the top leaders of the African National Congress who came to see him [...]

UN envoy says CAR in ‘state of anarchy’

The Central African Republic (CAR) has collapsed into “a state of anarchy” and the UN Security Council must impose sanctions and mandate a neutral security force to restore order, a UN envoy has said. Margaret Vogt, UN representative to the Central African Republic, painted a grim picture of the situation since rebels ousted President Francois Bozize [...]

The cost of no sweatshops: South Africa struggles not to be Bangladesh

By Jon Herskovitz NEWCASTLE, South Africa | Thu May 16, 2013 2:34am EDT NEWCASTLE, South Africa (Reuters) – It’s not luxurious, but Goldfinch Garments, the Chinese-owned South African factory where Sindisizwe Zwane works nine hours a day, is far from a sweatshop: the ventilation is decent, the lighting is good and basic safety measures are [...]

Edo police silent on rescue of justice’s kidnapped family – Guardian

FOR security reasons and safety of the victims, the Edo State Police Command said yesterday that it would not make public its strategies to rescue the wife, daughter and driver of Justice of the Supreme Court, Bode Rhodes-Vivour. They were kidnapped on Friday on their way to Benin City for a wedding by unknown gunmen [...]

Union threatens South Africa’s Amplats with wildcat stoppage

By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura JOHANNESBURG | Thu May 16, 2013 5:29am EDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Miners at South Africa’s Anglo American Platinum operations will stop work from Thursday evening over proposed job cuts, an official for mineworkers union AMCU said, sending the company’s shares and rand sharply lower. “The night shift today is not going underground [...]