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USAID, Western Union program aids African business | CATHERINE TSAI | The Associated Press | DENVER - A U.S. aid agency and Western Union Co. are teaming up to offer a cash boost to sub-Saharan Africans who live in the U.S. but have business plans bac... (photo: Creative Commons) Philadelphia Daily News Africa Business Economy Photos US |
World Bank study finds major Africa improvements | HARRY DUNPHY | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - Several African nations are among those that have made great improvements in how their people are governed, with Botswana even on a par with many m... (photo: WN / John Sahid) Philadelphia Daily News Africa Photos Politics Washington World |
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In Brief Comments 0 | AFRICA | Leaders back Sudan official SIRTE, Libya — After bitter wrangling, Africa’s leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal... (photo: AP / Ibrahim Usta) The Oklahoman Africa Leaders Photos Politics Sudan |
Somali rebels vow more attacks | Rebels in Somalia have vowed to continue attacking African Union peacekeepers, as heavy clashes in the war-torn capital Mogadishu left at least five people dead. | Figh... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh) Al Jazeera Government Photos Rebels Somalia War |
Obama's Africa visit prompts Nigerian, Kenyan angst | LAGOS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's choice of Ghana for his first official trip to Africa next week has triggered a bout of self-questioning in Nigeria and ... (photo: AP / Paul Sancya, File) The Star Kenya Nigeria Photos Politics US |
Turmoil could thwart Iranian ambitions | THE long-term strategic consequences of the roiling revolt of the Iranian street against the mullahs is impossible to know. | But it certainly weakens the regime of Pre... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye) The Australian Elections Iran Mideast Photos Politics |
African leaders denounce international court | SIRTE, Libya - After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bas... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser) Houston Chronicle AU Human Rights ICC Photos Sudan |
'We have to sit down with them...' | By Andrew Heavens | Khartoum - Darfur rebels signed an accord with one of Sudan's main opposition parties in Cairo on Wednesday, agreeing to push for a new transitional... (photo: (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou) / ) Independent online Darfur Photos Politics Rebels Sudan |
Kenya eyes other tourism markets Written By:Margaret Kalekye , Posted: Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Caption: Kenya has put in place an aggressive programme to diversify her tourism source ma... (photo: Creative Commons / berraschungsbilder) Kenya Broadcasting Corp Kenya Markets Photos Russia Tourism |
Zanzibaris kicking the heroin habit | On the dazzling white sands of a Zanzibar beach, a team of footballers is ecstatic, despite losing 5-3. | The Muamko Recovery Team are all former heroin addicts and thi... (photo: AP Photo ) BBC News Drugs Heroin Photos Recovery Tanzania |
Fighting rages in Somalia, 20 dead | HEAVY fighting in the Somali capital has killed at least 20 people, the second day of fierce clashes as government forces tried to drive hardline Islamists out of their... (photo: AP / Abdurahman Hersi) The Australian Africa Peace Photos Somalia War |
RWANDA: Sugar daddies and mummies have bitter consequences web | KIGALI, 2 July 2009 (PlusNews) - A new HIV prevention campaign in Rwanda âEuro" "Sinigurisha" (I am not for sale) âEuro" warns against cross-generational sex involv... (photo: IRIN News / Zoe Flood) IRINnews Africa Campaign Health Kigali Photos Rwanda |