Curfew imposed on Nigeria’s Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Curfew has been imposed on Maiduguri, the provincial capital of Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, following a Sunday morning…
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West Africa
East Africa
Ethiopia Christians mark Jesus’ baptism
ADDIS ABABA (AA) – Christians started on Sunday celebrating the Ethiopian Orthodox Epiphany, a three-day occasion that marks the baptism…
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Southern Africa
24 die in Zimbabwe bus accident
HARARE (AA) – At least 24 Zimbabweans died on Sunday after two buses collided about 35km east of the capital…
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Central Africa
Célestin Monga from Cameroon appointed Managing Director of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
GENEVA, Switzerland, November 27, 2014 – A leading member of Swiss based Quantum Global group’s Advisory Board (http://www.quantumglobal.ch) has today accepted…
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North Africa
Egypt court drops Mubarak murder charges
CAIRO (AA) – An Egyptian court on Saturday dropped a case against former president Hosni Mubarak on charges of conspiring…
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AU summit to green-light anti-Boko Haram taskforce
ADDIS ABABA (AA) – The African Union (AU) summit will back plans to deploy a taskforce mandated with fighting the…
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EBOLA Has Not Put an End to Female Circumcision in Sierra Leone
The following are 4 reasons why this Huffington Post article on female circumcision, misnomered as Female Genital Mutilation by opponents,…
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China clamps down on ‘Western values’ in class Education minister warns against using textbooks that undermine communism
BEIJING (AA) – China has warned universities and colleges against using textbooks that promote “Western values,” state media reported Friday….
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Edger Lungu sworn in as Zambia’s new president He thanked other contenders and called for burying the differences to develop Zambia
LUSAKA (AA) – Edgar Lungu on Sunday took the oath of office as Zambia’s sixth president since independence in 1964 after…
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Nigeria’s Jonathan vows to return abducted schoolgirls
LAGOS (AA) – Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan vowed on Saturday to bring back home girls kidnapped in April of 2014…
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Sierra Leone President Koroma calls for action to enable economic and social recovery as progress is made in the fight against Ebola
The outstanding leadership shown by the Sierra Leone president over the past months as his country was ravaged by an…
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Nigeria opposition claims govt plot to kill presidential candidate
LAGOS (AA) – Nigeria’s opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) on Monday accused the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the…
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Universal Education May be an Unattainable Goal for Zimbabweans
HARARE, Dec 24 2014 (IPS) – Zimbabwe boasts of one of the highest rates of literacy across Africa but, but…
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Cameroon’s Educational Goals Threatened by Boko Haram Insurgents
MAROUA, Far North Region, Jan 14 2015 (IPS) – “I’d quit my job before going to work in a place…
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EU launches security mission in Mali, CAR Missions aim to advise and reform internal security in two African states
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union has announced it is to launch a security mission to support internal security forces in Mali and…
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Declaration of victory over Ebola ‘premature': Togo president
ACCRA (AA) – Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, coordinator of the Ebola disease response and eradication process set up by the Economic…
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Nigeria’s leader makes surprise visit to restive north Jonathan visited 900 displaced persons from Baga, the scene of a recent deadly attack by Boko Haram
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday made a surprise visit to the country’s insurgency-wracked northeastern region….
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