Nigerian NGO Gabasawa Women & Children Initiative Receives Grants From The...
LAGOS, Nigeria, 29th June 2015 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/– The Western Union Foundation today announced its support for vocational education in Nigeria by providing Gabasawa Women and Children...
View ArticleDisplaced Face Uncertain Future As South Africa Camp Closes
The last camp in South Africa hosting displaced foreigners following a series of xenophobic attacks across the country in April, is scheduled to close today, officials from the municipality where it is...
View ArticleThe AUC & AIMS Sign Agreement To Strengthen The Teaching And Learning Of...
Dr Martial De-Paul Ikounga the African Union Commissioner for Human Resources,Science and Technology and Dr Dorothy Nyambi, AIMS Executive Vice President sign MoU for STEM education in Africa at AU...
View ArticleBuhari Orders Arrest Of Brother-In-Law
President Buhari has reportedly ordered the arrest of his brother-in-law, Musa Yola, over fraud allegations.According to Sahara Reporters, Musa Yola, who is also known as 'Alhaji Yola' was ordered to...
View ArticleMugabe Asks For Obama's Hand In Marriage
In the wake of the legalized gay marriage in the USA, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has challenged President Barack Obama by asking his hand in marriage.AWD News reports that during his weekly...
View ArticleWhy Patience Jonathan's Security Aide Was Murdered
Fresh details have emerged following the death of DSP Tamuno Jacob Igbomie, a former security aide to Patience Jonathan.A security source, who spoke to Leadership, said Tamuno, was murdered because of...
View ArticleBurundi President Claims Early Victory In Elections
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has claimed an early victory for his ruling CNDD-FDD party in the country's controversial parliamentary poll, despite the opposition of domestic civic groups, the...
View ArticleNew Ebola Case Reported In Liberia
Liberia has announced the return of the deadly Ebola virus, more than six weeks after the country appeared to have eradicated the disease."A new case of Ebola has been reported in Margibi County," said...
View ArticleHow Kate Henshaw Lost Everything To A House Fire
Veteran Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw, it is certain, cannot get over last Thursday's inferno that gutted her Lekki Phase 1, Lagos residence in a long while, as, according to new reports, 'she lost...
View ArticleBuhari Has Achieved A Lot Within One Month In Office – Lai Mohammed
The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari's pace within 30 days of his administration has outpaced the...
View ArticleRamadan In Kenya | Video
Filmmaker: Yasser AshourMuslims have lived in Kenya for centuries and today make up about 11 percent of the country's population. These communities live on the coast in cities like Mombasa - where...
View ArticleBucie, Cassper Nyovest, Davido, Diamond Platnumz & Yemi Alade To Perform At...
MTV Base has revealed that Bucie, Cassper Nyovest, Davido, Diamond Platnumz and Yemi Alade, have been added to the sizzling performer line-up for the MTV Africa Music Awards KwaZulu-Natal 2015. The...
View ArticleSomalia's Football Revival Lures Foreign Players
Mogadishu, Somalia - Mustapha Izekor left his home in Nigeria's Kano State to pursue his childhood dream of playing football in a professional league. This dream of playing in a big stadium in front of...
View ArticleFears Rise Of New Ebola Outbreak In Liberia
A teenager who died from Ebola fever has spread the virus to at least two more people in Liberia, confirming the first outbreak of the tropical disease for months, a health official has said."Two more...
View ArticleBurundi Awaits Vote Results Amid Fatal Violence
Six people, including one police officer, have been killed in gun battles in Burundi's capital as the nation awaits election results from Monday's parliamentary poll.The clashes in Bujumbura's Cibitoke...
View ArticleTeenager Finds Four-Inch Centipede In Ear
When 14-year-old Grant Botti from Arkansas woke up on the morning of June 30, 2015, it was just like any other day - until he noticed a severe pain in his ear.He put a finger in his ear and what he...
View ArticleSegun Arinze, Sound Sultan, Fred Amata, Saka, Yaw, Bovi, Joke Silva, Star...
Last week, precisely on Wednesday June 24, 2015, respected comedian, Atunyota Alleluya Akporobomere, popularly known as Ali Baba clocked 50 years and as expected, the celebration did not go without...
View ArticleLiving At The 'Mercy Of The Rain' In Somaliland
Hargeisa, Somaliland – It has been particularly dry this year in parts of Somaliland, the internationally unrecognised nation-state that broke away from Somalia in 1991. Small, frequent droughts have...
View ArticleUN Peacekeepers Killed In Northern Mali
Five UN peacekeepers have been killed in an attack on their convoy in northern Mali, a spokesperson for the country's UN peacekeeping mission has said.Spokesperson Radhia Achouri said other details...
View ArticleIn Pursuit Of Child Rights In Tanzania
"I was supposed to be the first one awake to get the children up and send them to school, and then take care of the household chores. And then I was the last one to bed at night."Angel Benedicto's...
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