A team of international experts has drawn up the Soil Atlas of Africa – the first such book mapping this key natural resource – to help farmers, land managers and policymakers understand the diversity and importance of soil and the need to manage it through sustainable use. They say that despite soil’s importance, most people [...]
If the future of computing lies in mobile and the fastest growth in mobile uptake will come from poor countries, Africa is where much of the action will be. Kenya, a stable country with an impressive history of investment in communications technology, has emerged as a leader in the region. This month, Nairobi became the [...]
by Andrew Randa Nigeria beach soccer national team, the Supersand Eagles have arrived Morocco, ahead of the African qualifiers for the Beach Soccer World Cup to held in Tahiti in September. The 12-man squad arrived Morocco at about noon on Sunday and immediately checked into their hotel as they seek to start preparations to earn [...]
As Nigeria prepares for the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers to be staged in Morocco, the skipper of Nigeria‘s Beach soccer team, Isiaka Olawale believes that winning the Beach Soccer World Cup is not a wild goose chase has Nigeria has the players and other resources to make this a reality. In a [...]
Turns out we humans have something in common with dinosaurs: We all trace our origins to Africa. Or at least it seems that way with the new discovery of a new early lineage of dinosaurs from Africa. But is there more to the story? Is there something special about Africa that makes it a cradle [...]
2013-04-29 16:28 Guido Westerwelle (Picture: GCIS/AFP) Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send us your stories Pretoria – Germany’s Foreign Affairs Minister Guido Westerwelle lauded South Africa on Monday for its interventions in strife-torn countries on the African continent. “We welcome your commitment to [...]
Culture is not the first thing that springs to mind when people in South Africa talk of about Diepsloot township. As one of Johannesburg’s largest informal settlements, it is more often thought of as a hotbed of crime, not a hive of cultural activity. But a recent initiative to bring art to the streets could [...]
THINK-tanks to be established ahead of this month’s Brics Summit will help guide Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa’s interaction with and investment on the continent, according to International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. The summit in Durban will be the first in Africa as well as the first to host a discussion [...]
VENTURES AFRICA – Nigeria’s capital Abuja, and commercial city Lagos, have been rated as the second and fourth most expensive African cities respectively, according to an index by theEconomist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on 25 African cities just ahead of the Nigerian Summit 2013. The index scored Abuja’s cost of living to 107.4, with Luanda following [...]
LAGOS – Nigerians celebrated becoming Africa’s soccer champions from the edge of the Sahara desert to the Atlantic coast on Sunday, enjoying a reprieve from headlines of violence and corruption. Thousands stormed the streets in towns and villages from the dusty, mostly-Muslim north to the swampy oil-producing Niger Delta in the south, burning tyres and [...]
The police approached Mido Macia for a minor offence: His mini-bus taxi was parked illegally. A few minutes later, he was being dragged violently along the pavement, handcuffed helplessly to the back of a police vehicle. Within two hours, he was dead. The shocking episode, witnessed by a large crowd and captured on amateur video, [...]
Someone just dropped a glam bomb in Tinapa and we’ve caught the shrapnel of exclusive pictures first-hand, just for you. Nollywood heavyweights Kate Henshaw, Rita Dominic, Funke Akindele and Uche Jombo alongside music star Banky W took Tinapa by Storm for a short film/TV project titled “New Horizons“. The project is directed by Tope Oshin Ogun and [...]
Someone just dropped a glam bomb in Tinapa and we’ve caught the shrapnel of exclusive pictures first-hand, just for you. Nollywood heavyweights Kate Henshaw, Rita Dominic, Funke Akindele and Uche Jombo alongside music star Banky W took Tinapa by Storm for a short film/TV project titled “New Horizons“. The project is directed by Tope Oshin Ogun and [...]
— During a brief stopover in Paris, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged African countries to take over French military operations in Mali as soon as possible, saying it was critical the region find African solutions to its problems. Kerry praised France’s military operation in Mali, a country which, in his words, had been [...]
Monitoring the weather in Africa can be a challenge for climate scientists in Africa, where there are very few observation networks. To help design an affordable, dense network of 20,000 weather stations across the African continent, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and Oregon State University in the US have initiated the Trans African [...]
The number of people in Africa lacking access to safe sanitation is rising, despite repeated promises by the continent’s national leaders to tackle the problem. Poor sanitation is causing hundreds of thousands of deaths a year in Africa, where 600 million people – about 70% of the population – do not have a safe toilet, [...]
27 February 2013 Last updated at 09:33 In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, film-maker and columnist Farai Sevenzo considers the implications of owning firearms. “No more drama,” a black Diva once sang in a song of personal reproach, “no more games.” The drama of the last 10 days was born in a land [...]
PASCAL GUYOT / AFP / Getty Images A French soldier drives an armoured vehicle in the desert near Bourem, northern Mali, Feb. 17, 2013 It’s looking increasingly unlikely that France’s military intervention in Mali will be over anytime soon. Despite comments by French officials earlier this month that Paris hopes to begin withdrawing troops in March, [...]
Here at iROKOtv, the world’s online home of FREE and awesome Nigerian movies, we live, breath, sleep, eat Nollywood. It’s in our DNA. We’ve always said that nobody loves Nollywood like we do….. ….That was until we met Ihuoma Mambo Atanga – a young up and coming filmmaker of Nigerian/Cameroonian descent, based in the US. [...]
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Nigeria ended a 19-year wait to regain the African Nations Cup after a stunning goal from winger Sunday Mba gave them a deserved 1-0 win over Burkina Faso in the final at Soccer City on Sunday. The 24-year-old, who also scored the winner in the 2-1 quarter-final win over Ivory [...]
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Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeri
Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeria In lieu of your statement: NEF to Jonathan: You‘ve declared war on Northern Nigeria We progressive youth of North Nigeria hereby assert that the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) does not represent the good people of North Nigeria. We are disappointed in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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Suicide Bomber Kills 14 at Afghan Province Council
A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief outside the council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility. Seeking to weaken the Afghan government, Taliban insurgents have been carrying out attacks and assassinations intended to intimidate both officials and [...]
Four Israelis dead in Beersheba bank shooting
Four people were killed in a shootout at a branch of Bank Hapoalim on Jabotinsky Street in Beersheba on Monday afternoon. Police are probing the possibility that the perpetrator went into the Beersheba bank with the intent to murder, contradicting initial reports of an attempted robbery. Tragedy at Beersheba bank, May 20, 2013 Rotem [...]
