[SAFA]The Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) remains committed to the development of football in the region, despite the fact that the COSAFA Under-20 Championships will not be staged this year.
The World Economic Forum, in its global competitiveness index, says Rwanda is the most competitive country in East Africa, the third is Sub-Saharan Africa and has moved up seven places compared to last year’s rankings. The ranking is premised on the country’s Basic Requirements of its macroeconomic stability, health and educational outcomes, according to the [...]
Uganda has once again emerged the country with the highest levels of bribery in East Africa, according to the East African Bribery Index 2012, a survey by Transparency International. The survey report, launched in Kampala yesterday, also showed the Uganda Police on top of the list of bribery-prone institutions. The judiciary and land services follow [...]
The last couple of days have clearly been some of the most miserable for the East African Community and the region at large. Times have been so harsh that some people in Kenya have actually started to think that the month of August is kind of a cursed one for them. I do understand where [...]
TANZANIA’S retired Chief Justice, Justice Augustino S. Ramadhani was live on Citizen TV on Monday 6th August 2012 dispensing what may go down history, as Kenya’s East Africa’s first case where a top public official has been dethroned, for “abuse of office.” Reading the findings of the tribunal instituted by President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya [...]
His son, 44-year-old Prince Felipe, was nominated to fill in for his father, who Spain’s government relies on to patch up diplomatic disputes, boost international trade and serve as the country’s high-profile liaison. Tomas Gomez, Madrid’s regional Socialist party leader, said the time had come for the head of state to choose between his public [...]
(CNN) — The second and final day of the Summit of the Americas takes place in Cartagena, Colombia, on Sunday, where leaders from more than 30 North and South American countries are discussing several topics, such as bolstering economic ties and who should be part of future discussions. Yet the war on drugs that has [...]
Abuja — Regional experts have approved a programme to formalize informal trade in the West African region as part of efforts to reduce poverty, boost economic development and integration in line with the ECOWAS Vision 2020. This was the outcome of a two-day workshop which discussed a study on the establishment of a Regulatory Informal [...]
“We badly need to put this crisis on the map because its humanitarian dimension is becoming extremely, extremely dramatic,” he told reporters in Geneva. The region, which includes countries such as Mali, Chad and Niger has been hit hard by political instability and three droughts in less than 10 years. A U.N. appeal in December [...]
In energy terms, east Africa has long been the continent’s poor cousin. Until last year it was thought to have no more than 6 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, compared with 60 billion in west Africa and even more in the north. Since a third of the region’s imports are oil-related, it has been [...]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — They serve on a remote Himalayan glacier known as the world’s highest combat zone, in a fiercely disputed region that has sparked two wars between archrivals Pakistan and India. But instead of dying in battle, 117 Pakistani soldiers were feared lost Saturday in a massive avalanche that entombed their lonely headquarters. Most [...]
BENIN CITY-The Household of Faith Parish of a Redeemed Christian Church of God, Edo Province 1 has been dedicated. The dedicated use that hold on 25th March, 2012 was conducted by a Pastor in-charge of Region 13 done adult of Edo and Delta. In his acquire residence a priest in-charge of Amazing Grace Zone Asst [...]
ABUJA, Nigeria, April 4, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The ECOWAS Commission and the United Nations (UN) are jointly producing a television documentary that will project the contributions of women in regional cross-border trade. The film seeks to document the challenges faced by women traders and entrepreneurs in the region with a view to raising [...]
By Shaun Tandon (AFP) – 4 hours ago WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that a nuclear-armed Iran or a conflict over its program would both destabilize the region as she pressed Tehran for clear commitments in upcoming talks. As Israel voiced growing impatience over Iran, Clinton credited US sanctions with inflicting pressure [...]
| Print | E-mail Written by Sylvester Idowu, Warri Wednesday, 04 April 2012 Share Delta State and its environs are now flooded with petroleum products, following massive loading of fuel at Matrix Energy Depot at Ifie near the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) to curb the incessant fuel scarcity in the Niger Delta region. Nigerian Tribune investigations [...]
You’d be hard-pressed to find a team that supports the notion of harmonic convergence more than the Wheeler boys. The Wildcats, who are in the midst of a stretch of two weeks with no games, have on their roster representatives of at least eight countries if you count head coach Salomon Corella, who is a [...]
At least 11 people have been killed and at least 110 wounded in three co-ordinated bomb blasts in Yala, southern Thailand. The bombs went off in a busy shopping street within minutes of each other. Muslim insurgents are suspected of being behind the attack. The southern region of Thailand, which is predominantly Muslim, is enduring [...]
President Barack Obama got caught Monday talking with the microphone left on — again. This time, he was telling Russia’s outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev that it would be better to leave talks about NATO’s contentious missile defense system until after U.S. elections in November, when Obama would have “more flexibility.” No shock or awe there. [...]
WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) — Think of it as the old Africa and the new. In Mali, a military coup last week toppled an elected civilian government and soldiers went on a rampage of looting. Meanwhile a couple of hundred miles to the south, Ghana has launched a nationwide, biometric process to register every voter [...]
Abuja — President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday charged the newly inaugurated Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission to help refocus the commission and ensure that it helps in achieving development and good life for the people of the region while also addressing overlapping responsibilities between it, Ministry of Niger Delta and the office of the [...]
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Stemming The Tide Of Violent Extremism
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Divide Nigeria Peacefully OR by Civil War
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