Fang Lizhi, one of China's best-known dissidents whose speeches inspired student protesters throughout the 1980s, has died in the United States, where he fled after China's 1989 military crackdown...
As the world approached the 1990s, three major events occurred which shaped the global economy, enforcing globalisation and multiparty democracy, especially in African countries.
These events were...
Malawi's Vice-President Joyce Banda is to be sworn in shortly as president following the death of Bingu wa Mutharika, officials say.
She is to become southern Africa's first female head of...
Mali's Tuareg rebels declare independence
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) Mali's Tuareg rebels, who have seized control of the country's distant north in the chaotic aftermath of a military coup in the...
David Starkey argues that the feral underclass has been adopted by the 'blacks':
"The chavs have become black. The whites have become black. A particular sort of violent, destructive, nihilistic...
By CHRISTABEL LIGAMI (email the author)
Posted Saturday, April 7 2012 at 13:08
East Africa will have a Single Customs' Territory by the end of this month after...
Ni nani huyo? (wengine wameshaanza kumtaja Mugabe!)
Mchungaji wa kinaigeria TB Joshua atabiri kuna kiongozi wa Africa atakayefariki katika siku sitini zijazo!
By Wonai Masvingise and Thelma...
(AP/Ed Wray)
Getting paid to fish sounds like a dream come true to some. But does it have the same appeal if you're going up against a "fish from hell" that can travel on land and sink its teeth...
Iteere: Al Shabaab planning attacks
06 April 2012 By ATHMAN AMRAN
Al Shabaab militants are planning attacks during the Easter festivities, Police Commissioner Matthew Iteere has said.
"We have...
Who is Viktor Bout, and why should Africa care?
This man is believed to be the biggest illegal arms dealer in history, and his largest market is Africa. Arrested and held in Thailand, will he...
zamani nilikuwa siioni kenya kama reference country lakini siku hizi nabadili mtazamo, kwa mfano
1.kenya ina ardhi ndogo lakini wana viwanda zaidi ya saba vya sukari nakulima zaidi ya hekta laki...
Sat, 07 Apr, 03:13 PM
A teenage high-school student in China sold his kidney for an illicit transplant operation and used the proceeds to buy an Apple iPhone and iPad, state press said on Friday...
Kenya Airports Authority staff down tools over pay
Kenya Airports Authority staff stage a protest the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi April 6, 2012. The workers went...
Thousands of articles have been written about it, tens of forums held to discuss it, and now a study has been done on it. Nairobis property market margins are the fastest growing, not just in...
..some experts r casting doubts on the idea of ea monetary union.
..we really have to think through this and know exactly what we r getting ourselves into.
..this is very important for the...
An oil pipeline has been attacked, apparently by Sudanese fighter jets, in the latest outbreak of violence on the volatile border between Sudan and South Sudan. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri...
It will soon be compulsory for all Kenyans above 18 years to operate a bank account, once plans by the Government to introduce laws in the coming budget take effect.
Finance minister Njeru Githae...
The editorial of one Swahili Daily, Tanzania Daima of February 22 carried a title: Msafara wa Rais Nje Upunguzwe, or literally, the Presidential entourage abroad should be cut down. This has...
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