Death toll rises to 3 in South African township attacks Earth Times Johannesburg - A man was shot dead and another injured in attacks on foreigners in the South African township of Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, bringing the death toll to three after two days of...
400 Million Africans Unemployed All Africa Acting Director, Department of Humanitarian and Social Affairs at ECOWAS Friday said that over 400 million Africans have been affected by employment crisis which has been manifested as a poverty...
Human Rights Lawyers Struggle in Equatorial Guinea VOA Lawyers in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea say they struggle to make their government uphold human rights, in a country often described as one of the worst abusers of basic freedoms on the continent....
Britain jails South African murderers IOL Independent Newspapers subscribes to the South African Press Code that prescribes news that is truthful, accurate, fair and balanced. If we don't live up to the Code please contact the Press...
East African Conference Examines Positive Side of Migration VOA East African authorities are looking at ways of managing the growing phenomenon of migration. Many countries view the exodus of manpower as a threat, while others see it as a potential boost for...
Liberia bans food exports to protect rice supply The Globe and Mail Monrovia, Liberia — Liberia banned all food exports Monday, saying profiteers have been taking advantage of its cheap rice prices to truck the grain – already in short supply in Liberia...
China, Guinea Bissau vow to boost parliamentary co-op People's Daily Top legislators of China and Guinea Bissau met here on Monday, vowing to step up the inter-parliamentary cooperation in an effort to boost bilateral relations. Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing...
European Commission Celebrates Europe Day All Africa On the occasion of the Europe Day, which is celebrated each the Delegation of the European Commission in Sierra Leone kicked-off the anniversary with a visit by students and teachers of...
Red Cross Donates Blood At Gondama All Africa The Sierra Leone Red Cross Society in Bo last Saturday donated 12 pints of blood to the Medicien Sans Frontier (MSF) hospital at Gondama for an onward transfusion to patients who are in dire...
U.S. Embassy Sponsors SLP All Africa United States Embassy sponsored three officers from the Sierra Leone Police to attend an Assessment Needs Conference at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Gaborone, Botswana....
Police Arrest Rapist in Kono All Africa Sesay took to his heels but he was apprehended by the police and whisked off to the Motema Police Station where the ladies identified him as the person who attempted to sexually assault them.
Independent Candidate Steps Down for APC All Africa After persistent lobbying from senior executive members within the All Peoples Congress, the only independent candidate who was supposedly the greatest threat to the APC's chance of winning the...
APC May Dump Victor Foh Soon All Africa Speculations are rife that the ruling All Peoples Congress may soon dump its old but vibrant secretary general when executive members converge later this year to hold their national delegate...
Country Socio-Economic Situation All Africa Sierra Leone's prospects of moving forward and boosting its socio-economic situation is &hopeful,& a senior United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council last week.
Israel has solved the African refugee shelter problem Haaretz Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that Israel has improved the living conditions of the African refugee in Tel Aviv and has relocated many of them to locations where they will be able to find...
Deputy Minister Says All Africa ... explains to Concord Times how his ministry is being run, some of the success stories, his future plans, how he wants to deal with the 'ghost workers' at the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service and...
Fomer Head of State,Others Indicted All Africa The Government of Liberia has indicted former transitional Head of State, Charles Gyude Bryant, former House Speaker, Edwin N. Snowe, Bomi County Senator, Richard Divine and two others on crimes of...
Hawking searches for African Einstein News.com.au Neil Turok , founder of the project and professor of mathematical physics at Cambridge University, said: “Apart from an African Einstein, we want to find the African Bill Gates and the Sergey...
Cameroon club create African Champions League history Soccer Way Camerooon club Cotonsport Garoua reached the group phase of the African Champions League for the first time despite losing 2-1 to Jeunesse Sportive Kayblie in Algeria this weekend.
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