Kenya to Help Resolve Conflict in Sudan

Paul Mwaura 12:46 pm | Naiobi,Kenya 8th feb 2010 – President Mwai Kibaki has today maintained that Kenya is committed to see a peaceful Sudan. The President said this after holding discussions with members of the African Union High Level...

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Early Elections the Only Solution To Zimbabwe’s Problems

Newstime Africa 11:35 am | Morgan Tsvangirai, the Zimbabwean Prime Minister has reportedly said that early elections could be the only way to solve the country’s political problems. The Prime Minister made the statement during an interview with...

February 8 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Chaos in Guinea as Muslims Engage Christians in Bloody Battle

Newstime Africa 10:57 am | Clashes between Muslims and Christians in the south-eastern part of Guinea have entered their third day. Mobs of people armed with machetes and knives went on the rampage attacking each other in what...

February 8 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
The Development of Kailahun Becomes a Priority for President Ernest Koroma of Sierra Leone

Newstime Africa 12:55 pm | It is becoming more obvious that the President of Sierra Leone is determined to make one of his important priorities, the development of the provincial areas of his country. Previous governments have never...

February 7 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »
Somalia Appoints Special Envoy to USA

Shafii Mohyaddin Abokar 11:01 am | President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed of Somalia has officially appointed his special envoy to the United States, a leading donor nation to Somalia, a presidential statement said on Sunday. The appointment of Abukar...

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Kenya’s P.M. Calls For Resignation of Top Education Ministry Officials

George Kebaso 09:24 pm | The Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, today called for the country’s Education Minister Sam Ongeri and his Permanent Secretary, Karega Mutahi to quit their offices over disappearance of more than US$1.3 million (KSh100...

February 5 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Nigeria’s President Yar’Adua to Hand Over Power

Newstime Africa 09:13 pm | President Umaru Yar’Adua has expressed his intentions to hand over power to the Vice President Goodluck Jonathan for medical reasons. The President will write a letter to the Nigerian Senate. The letter...

February 5 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Somali Government Urges the Release of British Couple Held by Pirates

Shafii Mohyaddin Abokar 07:43 pm | The Somali transitional federal government which controls only parts of the capital city on Friday called on pirates holding a British couple to release them unconditionally. Labour minister Mohamed Abdi Hayir said in...

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Egyptian Government Accused of Crimes against Humanity as Two African Migrants are Shot Dead By Police

Newstime Africa 09:43 am | Two African migrants trying to find their way into Israel have been shot dead by Egyptian border police.  This makes it four, the  number of African migrants killed this week by the ruthless...

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Diplomatic Tensions Between Morocco and Norway

Hafsa Oubou 08:58 am | Rabat – Moroccan authorities are asking Norway to punish the Norwegian diplomats who were involved in the” kidnapping” of Skah’s children. The story began last summer when Selma, born in 1993, and Tarik,...

February 5 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Headline News

African Minerals Set to Make a Big Impact on Sierra Leone’s Economic Development »

African Minerals Set to Make a Big Impact on Sierra Leone’s Economic DevelopmentAhmed M Kamara 10:05 pm | It is quite rare in the corridors of the international financial world of investors, for anyone to admit wrong and confess to his past activities without being forced...

February 4 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Spotlight on Kenya as P.M. says Intolerance Threatens Survival of the Country »

Spotlight on Kenya as P.M. says Intolerance Threatens Survival of the CountryGeorge Kebaso 12:34 pm | Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga today condemned what he termed as the culture of intolerance which he said threatens the survival of the Kenyan nation. Citing the violence...

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Focus on Sudan as ICC to Review President’s Case »

Focus on Sudan as ICC to Review President’s CaseAbdulaziz Billow Ali 12:27 pm | An appeal chamber on Wednesday said that judges need to review their decision to omit genocide from the war crimes and arrest warrant issued for Sudan’s President Omar...

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Somali Pirates Hijack North Korean-flagged Ship »

Somali Pirates Hijack North Korean-flagged ShipAbdulaziz Billow Ali 09:27 am | Somali pirates have once again struck, this time hijacking a North Korean cargo ship on Wednesday with an unknown number of crew on board, the European Union Naval...

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Kenya to Help Resolve Conflict in Sudan »

Kenya to Help Resolve Conflict in Sudan

Paul Mwaura 12:46 pm | Naiobi,Kenya 8th feb 2010 – President Mwai Kibaki has today maintained that Kenya is committed to see a...

February 8 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Early Elections the Only Solution To Zimbabwe’s Problems »

Early Elections the Only Solution To Zimbabwe’s Problems

Newstime Africa 11:35 am | Morgan Tsvangirai, the Zimbabwean Prime Minister has reportedly said that early elections could be the only way...

February 8 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Chaos in Guinea as Muslims Engage Christians in Bloody Battle »

Chaos in Guinea as Muslims Engage Christians in Bloody Battle

Newstime Africa 10:57 am | Clashes between Muslims and Christians in the south-eastern part of Guinea have entered their third day. Mobs...

February 8 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

The Development of Kailahun Becomes a Priority for President Ernest Koroma of Sierra Leone »

The Development of Kailahun Becomes a Priority for President Ernest Koroma of Sierra Leone

Newstime Africa 12:55 pm | It is becoming more obvious that the President of Sierra Leone is determined to make one of...

February 7 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »

Somalia Appoints Special Envoy to USA »

Somalia Appoints Special Envoy to USA

Shafii Mohyaddin Abokar 11:01 am | President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed of Somalia has officially appointed his special envoy to the United States,...

February 7 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Kenya’s P.M. Calls For Resignation of Top Education Ministry Officials »

Kenya’s P.M. Calls For Resignation of Top Education Ministry Officials

George Kebaso 09:24 pm | The Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, today called for the country’s Education Minister Sam Ongeri and his...

February 5 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Nigeria’s President Yar’Adua to Hand Over Power »

Nigeria’s President Yar’Adua to Hand Over Power

Newstime Africa 09:13 pm | President Umaru Yar’Adua has expressed his intentions to hand over power to the Vice President Goodluck Jonathan...

February 5 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

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  • Egyptian Government Accused of Crimes against Humanity as Two African Migrants are Shot Dead By Police
    February 5, 2010 | 9:43 am

    Two African migrants trying to find their way into Israel have been shot dead by Egyptian border police.  This makes it four, the  number of African migrants killed this week by the ruthless Egyptian police force. It is a clear case of Egypt not accepting that it is an African country and sees itself more [...]

  • Focus on Eritrea as Somalia and Ethiopia Appeal for Action
    February 5, 2010 | 8:51 am

    African leaders have condemned Eritrea for what they termed as “unfolding destabilizing nature” in the East African region. African Union leaders in their final day in Addis Ababa, said that the Afewerki’s regime is still busy with its negative activities in destabilizing regional peace and security. The governments of Djibouti and Somalia yesterday told the [...]

  • Kenya Warns International Community Against Interfering in Sudan’s Referendum
    February 3, 2010 | 1:32 pm

    Kenya is calling on international community to support Sudan and help avert political violence in Sudan in the forthcoming referendum on independence for the Southern Sudan. In a press statement by Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s press unit, The PM warned the United Nations, the African Union and the USA against taking sides in the vote [...]

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Kenya to Help Resolve Conflict in Sudan »

Paul Mwaura 12:46 pm | Naiobi,Kenya 8th feb 2010 – President Mwai Kibaki has today maintained that Kenya is committed to see a peaceful Sudan. The President said this after holding discussions with members of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel on the Darfur led by former Presidents, Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and Pierre Buyoya of Burundi. President Kibaki commended the...

February 8 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Kenya to Help Resolve Conflict in Sudan

Chaos in Guinea as Muslims Engage Christians in Bloody Battle »

Newstime Africa 10:57 am | Clashes between Muslims and Christians in the south-eastern part of Guinea have entered their third day. Mobs of people armed with machetes and knives went on the rampage attacking each other in what was first thought to be a religious conflict. But the situation has taken a new twist as the center of the turmoil...

February 8 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Chaos in Guinea as Muslims Engage Christians in Bloody Battle

Egyptian Government Accused of Crimes against Humanity as Two African Migrants are Shot Dead By Police »

Newstime Africa 09:43 am | Two African migrants trying to find their way into Israel have been shot dead by Egyptian border police.  This makes it four, the  number of African migrants killed this week by the ruthless Egyptian police force. It is a clear case of Egypt not accepting that it is an African country and sees itself more...

February 5 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »
Egyptian Government Accused of Crimes against Humanity as Two African Migrants are Shot Dead By Police

Early Elections the Only Solution To Zimbabwe’s Problems »

Newstime Africa 11:35 am | Morgan Tsvangirai, the Zimbabwean Prime Minister has reportedly said that early elections could be the only way to solve the country’s political problems. The Prime Minister made the statement during an interview with the Voice of America. He said talks about fully implementing the agreement that brought about Zimbabwe’s unity government, are unlikely to resolve...

February 8 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Early Elections the Only Solution To Zimbabwe’s Problems

Kenya’s President Kibaki Briefed on Eastern DRC Peace Situation »

Paul Mwaura 12:20 pm | Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki today met and held discussions with former Presidents Olesegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and Benjamin Mkapa of Tanzania, who briefed him on the current situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to press statements from the presidential press service, the meeting briefed President Kibaki on the current situation in the...

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Kenya’s President Kibaki Briefed on Eastern DRC Peace Situation

West Africa

The Development of Kailahun Becomes a Priority for President Ernest Koroma of Sierra Leone »

The Development of Kailahun Becomes a Priority for President Ernest Koroma of Sierra Leone

Newstime Africa 12:55 pm | It is becoming more obvious that the President of Sierra Leone is determined to make one of his important priorities, the development...

February 7 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »

Nigeria’s President Yar’Adua to Hand Over Power »

Nigeria’s President Yar’Adua to Hand Over Power

Newstime Africa 09:13 pm | President Umaru Yar’Adua has expressed his intentions to hand over power to the Vice President Goodluck Jonathan for medical reasons. The...

February 5 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Chaos in Guinea as Muslims Engage Christians in Bloody Battle

Chaos in Guinea as Muslims Engage Christians in Bloody Battle »

Newstime Africa 10:57 am | Clashes between Muslims and Christians in the south-eastern part of Guinea have entered their third day. Mobs of people armed with machetes and knives went on the rampage attacking each...

February 8 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

East Africa

Kenya to Help Resolve Conflict in Sudan

Kenya to Help Resolve Conflict in Sudan »

Paul Mwaura 12:46 pm | Naiobi,Kenya 8th feb 2010 – President Mwai Kibaki has today maintained that Kenya is committed to see a peaceful Sudan. The President said this after holding discussions with members of the African...

February 8 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Somalia Appoints Special Envoy to USA »

Somalia Appoints Special Envoy to USA

Shafii Mohyaddin Abokar 11:01 am | President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed of Somalia has officially appointed his special envoy to the United States, a leading donor nation to...

February 7 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Kenya’s P.M. Calls For Resignation of Top Education Ministry Officials »

Kenya’s P.M. Calls For Resignation of Top Education Ministry Officials

George Kebaso 09:24 pm | The Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, today called for the country’s Education Minister Sam Ongeri and his Permanent Secretary, Karega Mutahi to...

February 5 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Southern Africa

Focus on South Africa as Minister’s Wife is Arrested on Drug Offences »

Focus on South Africa as Minister’s Wife is Arrested on Drug Offences

Newstime Africa 12:53 pm | Sheryl Cwele, the wife of South Africa’s intelligence minister, Siyabonga Cwele,  has been arrested on drug-dealing charges. She has been charged with...

January 30 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

Robert Mugabe is Indeed a ‘Goblin’ »

Robert Mugabe is Indeed a ‘Goblin’

Ahmed M Kamara 05:40 pm | Who said Robert Mugabe is a Goblin? That person is quite right. According to the dictionary, ‘ Goblins are demons of any...

January 25 2010 / 4 comments / Read More »
Early Elections the Only Solution To Zimbabwe’s Problems

Early Elections the Only Solution To Zimbabwe’s Problems »

Newstime Africa 11:35 am | Morgan Tsvangirai, the Zimbabwean Prime Minister has reportedly said that early elections could be the only way to solve the country’s political problems. The Prime Minister made the statement during...

February 8 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

North Africa

Egyptian Government Accused of Crimes against Humanity as Two African Migrants are Shot Dead By Police

Egyptian Government Accused of Crimes against Humanity as Two African Migrants are Shot Dead By Police »

Newstime Africa 09:43 am | Two African migrants trying to find their way into Israel have been shot dead by Egyptian border police.  This makes it four, the  number of African migrants killed this week...

February 5 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »

Diplomatic Tensions Between Morocco and Norway »

Diplomatic Tensions Between Morocco and Norway

Hafsa Oubou 08:58 am | Rabat – Moroccan authorities are asking Norway to punish the Norwegian diplomats who were involved in the” kidnapping” of Skah’s children. The...

February 5 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

Tourism vs Terrorism: Classic But Still Frightening »

Tourism vs Terrorism: Classic But Still Frightening

Hafsa Oubou 12:45 pm | Tourism like any other field is possible to be touched by any political, economic, and social world changes. For Morocco, the field...

January 17 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Central Africa

New Constitution Set To Give Angolan President More Powers »

New Constitution Set To Give Angolan President More Powers

Newstime Africa 11:37 am | A new constitution that expands the powers of the presidency in Angola is set to be approved by the country’s parliament. ...

January 21 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Kabila Launches Fight Against Corruption and Sacks 3,000 Civil Servants »

Kabila Launches Fight Against Corruption and Sacks 3,000 Civil Servants

Newstime Africa 12:04 am | The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, has dismissed 100 top government officials in the country’s Finance Ministry after...

January 6 2010 / Your comments / Read More »
Kenya’s President Kibaki Briefed on Eastern DRC Peace Situation

Kenya’s President Kibaki Briefed on Eastern DRC Peace Situation »

Paul Mwaura 12:20 pm | Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki today met and held discussions with former Presidents Olesegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and Benjamin Mkapa of Tanzania, who briefed him on the current situation in...

January 25 2010 / Your comments / Read More »

Perspective

  • Malians Face Cocaine Charges in The United States
    January 1, 2010 | 1:59 pm

    Three men have been charged with plotting to transport tons of cocaine across Africa with the help of Al Qaeda. The three defendants all of them from Mali, were arrested in Ghana on Wednesday and flown to the United States on Thursday night. The men said that they were helping some [...]

  • Islamist Rebels in Somalia Threaten to Attack Ethiopia
    December 31, 2009 | 12:47 pm

    Hezbal Islam an Islamist rebel movement fighting the Somali government vowed on Thursday to carry out attacks inside Ethiopia targeting military bases and government buildings. According to Sheikh Shuriye Afrah Sabriye, the group’s regional governor of Hiiraan region bordering with Ethiopia, Islamist forces are ready for a big war against Ethiopia, saying the attacks inside [...]

  • Africa’s Man of The Year 2009
    December 31, 2009 | 10:03 am

    To be an outstanding citizen of an African country is not sufficient for anyone to be given the honour of being referred to as Africa’s Man of The Year. To have made an important contribution towards the enhancement of a better standard of living for your people and to have put the interest of your [...]

  • China Embarrasses Itself to The World as an Innocent British Man Is Executed
    December 29, 2009 | 12:35 pm

    The brutal regime in China has shown the international community that it is the most vicious political makeup that the world has ever seen. The behaviour of the Chinese government leading to the execution of an innocent British man only goes to show why China is not respected across the world because of its human [...]

  • A New Paradigm for Engaging Somalia
    December 28, 2009 | 3:37 pm

    The stakes are much higher than ever before. And, despite the negative reports that dominate the news and thus perpetuate the sense of hopelessness, voices of reason are becoming more audible against the current senseless violence, chaos and extremism. More and more Somalis are coming to realize that the path ahead leads nowhere except the [...]

  • Liberia’s Information Minister To Face Embezzlement Charges
    December 28, 2009 | 12:03 pm

    Liberia’s General Auditing Commission (GAC) has found that the country’s Information Minister Laurence Bropleh, now suspended, defrauded the government to the tune of $358,000. According to reports coming out of the country, the audit commission has recommended that suspended Minister Bropleh makes restitution of the said amount and also faces prosecution. [...]

  • Get Paid For Exposing Corruption – African Style
    December 24, 2009 | 1:54 pm

    In what is meant to be a desperate measure to discourage corruption in public office, the President of Liberia,  Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf  has issued a decree offering to pay and protect informants who would disclose activities of corruption directly to the government. With the new rules, anyone giving information leading to money being recovered will get [...]

  • Sierra Leone’s NRA Boss Allieu Sesay Suspended Over Allegations of Financial Malpractices
    December 22, 2009 | 12:44 pm

    The head of Sierra Leone’s National Revenue Authority, (NRA) has been suspended from office with immediate effect pending investigations by the Country’s Ant-Corruption Commission. The Anti-Corruption Commissioner, Abdul-Tejan Cole said in a statement  “Commissioner General Allieu Sesay was invited by the Anti-Corruption Commission to explain financial irregularities as head of the National Revenue Commission,”  Allieu [...]

  • UN Lifts Arms Embargo on the Liberian Government
    December 18, 2009 | 9:16 am

    The United Nations Security Council has lifted the arms embargo imposed on the government of Liberia citing that the country has made progress in the rebuilding of the country. The decision was made on Thursday and the embargo would be lifted for a 12-month trial period after which it would then be re-assessed. The statement [...]

  • 2009: The Bloodiest Year for African Journalists Since 2000
    December 17, 2009 | 8:17 pm

    New York, December 17, 2009—2009 has been the bloodiest year for media professionals killed in the line of duty worldwide since 1992, and has seen the highest death toll for journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa in this decade, according to an annual analysis of media fatalities worldwide released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). [...]

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