CAR President Flees Capital as Rebels Take Bangui
BANGUI ,CAR — Rebels in Central African Republic have seized control of the capital, forcing President Francois Bozize to flee Bangui. Witnesses reported heavy fighting in the city early Sunday as the...
View ArticleMandela ‘responding positively’ to treatment after hospitalization
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who was hospitalized on late Wednesday evening for a recurrence of a previous lung infection, is responding to treatment at an...
View ArticleMandela breathing ‘without difficulty’ after minor procedure
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who was hospitalized on late Wednesday evening for a recurrence of a lung infection, is now breathing without difficulty after...
View ArticleMandela’s condition unchanged as he spends time family
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — Former South African President Nelson Mandela was visited by family members on Monday as he spent a fifth day at an undisclosed hospital, receiving treatment for a recurrence...
View ArticleMandela ‘much better now’ after week in hospital
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — The condition of former South African President Nelson Mandela is continuing to improve and doctors say he is "much better now" than when he was admitted to hospital, the...
View ArticleCameroon : The seven French hostages freed
The presidency signed a communiqué this 19th April informing the national and international opinion. DABANGA – CAMEROON – Two months exactly as they were taken hostages by the Nigerian Islamic sect...
View ArticleGLOBAL RATING SERVICE (GRS) expands its network and presents the first...
NEW YORK — GRS will establish offices in Dakar serving Senegal, in Abidjan serving Francophone West Africa, and in Accra serving Anglophone West Africa, including Ghana and Nigeria. Offices in Malabo...
View ArticleNelson Mandela’s condition deteriorates, now critical, govt says
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — The condition of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who is being treated at a South African hospital for a recurrence of a lung infection, has deteriorated and the former...
View ArticleCentral African Republic gold mine collapse kills 37
NDASSIMA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC — At least 37 people have been killed after a gold mine collapsed in the Central African Republic (CAR), making it the country's worst ever mine disaster, a...
View ArticleKenyan President Kenyatta addresses nation on Nairobi mall attack
NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta addressed the nation late on Saturday after a group of suspected al-Shabaab gunmen stormed an upscale shopping mall in the capital Nairobi, killing at...
View ArticleTwitter to Label Tweets by Leaders Who Break Its Rules
Twitter will begin labeling tweets by world leaders that violate its rules, but that it says still serve the “public interest,” the company announced in a blog post Thursday. The function will apply...
View ArticleTwitter to Label Tweets by Leaders Who Break Its Rules
Twitter will begin labeling tweets by world leaders that violate its rules, but that it says still serve the “public interest,” the company announced in a blog post Thursday. The function will apply...
View ArticleTwitter to Label Tweets by Leaders Who Break Its Rules
Twitter will begin labeling tweets by world leaders that violate its rules, but that it says still serve the “public interest,” the company announced in a blog post Thursday. The function will apply...
View ArticleTwitter to Label Tweets by Leaders Who Break Its Rules
Twitter will begin labeling tweets by world leaders that violate its rules, but that it says still serve the “public interest,” the company announced in a blog post Thursday. The function will apply...
View ArticleTwitter to Label Tweets by Leaders Who Break Its Rules
Twitter will begin labeling tweets by world leaders that violate its rules, but that it says still serve the “public interest,” the company announced in a blog post Thursday. The function will apply...
View ArticleGuinean forces announce detention of president, dissolution of government
KIGALI, Rwanda/DAKAR, Senegal/PARIS (AA) – Guinea’s president was detained Sunday by soldiers led by an army colonel, who announced the move on state television. Addressing the nation on public...
View ArticleDilapidation gripping Zimbabwean towns, cities
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – Domiciled in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital, just at the beginning of the year, 39-year-old Denford Ngirazi drove his Mercedes Benz straight into a litany of potholes, instantly...
View ArticleNew Covid variant shuts borders across globe
The Hague, Netherlands — A new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant spread across the globe on Sunday, shutting borders and renewing curbs as the EU chief said governments faced a “race against time” to...
View ArticlePollution killing Africa’s largest freshwater lake
GKAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – The Ruparelia Group, a privately owned company belonging to Sudhir Ruparelia, acquired a permit to construct a resort and convention Centre on Lake Victoria shores in Uganda....
View ArticleSport leaders eye Africa as talent source, investment target
NEW YORK — Africa offers a vast underdeveloped market for global sports, with thousands of athletes ready to join international ranks if only there were major investment, industry leaders and stars...
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